Beneath the Wraps

             The day we cleaned the shed two black chickens appeared – as though they had been living there and we destroyed their home.   They weren’t.   I have no idea where the two birds came from.   One was pretty much smaller than the other.   Normally Jaime has given names to all the animals that have come into our yard.   But she was not yet up.   Richard named the larger of the birds Myrtle and the smaller one he named Creek.           We managed to keep Bonnie away from them during the morning.   I don’t know whose yard they had come from or why they chose to stay.   I let Bonnie out after 4:00.   I had forgotten about the chickens until I noticed her attacking Myrtle’s corpse.                Poor Creek seemed lost without her companion.   Richard would take Bonnie out and put her on a chain.   I don’t...

           For a week now we have been touching up our house.   The deck REALLY needed a make- over.   I don’t think it’s been painted/stained for two or three years.   It NEEDED a fresh coat of something.   And Richard was concerned about the trim facing west as it also needed a fresh coat of paint in his opinion.   Honestly no one is going to notice.   Nobody ever goes back there – especially to look at the shutters.   But whatever.   So here are some things we have done.   we painted the chairs after this photo was taken clean up             I thought I had posted about our make-shift shed that we made from the tarp of a greenhouse kit.    Richard built the frame to last – but the tarp did not.    It started out with good intentions but became more of an eye sore each time it was moved.    And so much junk accumulated over the years...

 Jesus,  Others,  Yourself          -         in that order

  Last night watched the most beautiful service spotlighting Palm Sunday.   An integration of faiths.   I remember having gone to the tabernacle on Temple Square.  I didn’t visualize that I would have ever witnessed anything like this .  Pretty cool.

                 I think before the last two conferences (at least the October ones) Jaime has created Bingo cards that we might pay closer attention.  One year she picked a specific General Authority would wear a red tie.  I just had “red tie” on my Bingo card – no one specific.  I would not have even thought about the Bingo card except Dieter Uchtdorf was wearing a bright green tie which I liked.  I would have never guessed that a green tie would be worn.  Nor a lilac/orchid colored one with a circle/sun type pattern (that was worn by Gary E. Stevenson) followed by Amy Wright wearing a colorful orange suit.  I actually lost track after that – not that it’s important.  I didn’t lose sight of the message each had to convey.  It has been a really good conference thus far.             Dale G. Renlund talked about being prepared and how the topic of ...

  Richard signed up for cookies for a refreshment after our Easter service.   Of course we had to trial run:

            Before Richard and I went on our Las Vegas/Gilbert excursion, his brother had mentioned that a package was on its way.   It hadn’t occurred to me what he was sending.   Richard had asked for the return of a doll that he had sent his mom.   We didn’t know that Robert was going to send half of her doll collection.    We did find homes for the first two, possibly the one in the middle.   Richard wanted just one specific doll – but all of these came in addition to a boxed set of Lucy and Desi dolls as Lucy and Ricky Ricardo (which Richard had also sent his mom – in addition to a Raggedy Ann doll that did not find its way back to us.   Shame.   It is the only doll that I liked.            Actually I do like the Ricky and Lucy dolls as they remind me of Richard and me.   She is pregnant with Little Ricky.   I was once pregnant with Jaime.   Ric...