A couple days ago our porch thermometer was bumping 98 degrees and I took this picture while wading and swimming in a nearby river. It felt like summer was here.
Today we awoke to high winds and 39 degrees. And a broken table.
No, even though Smokey the dog looks guilty, he didn't do it. It was presumably the wind. Now, late in the day our thermometer reads 58 degrees. Whew, a heat wave. If there is one constant in life it is that things don't stay the same.Now I know that the weather and my cold don't compare, but while I sit sniffling, I listen to the radio. The truly tragic stories coming out of China and Myanmar really really bring home the reality that the material things in life are like shifting sand; here today and maybe gone tomorrow. But the immaterial things, like faith, hope and love live on. It makes me want to grab hold of the REAL in life and let go of the other stuff.
Shelley wrote:
Life may change, but it may fly not; Hope my vanish, but can die not; Truth be veiled, but still it burneth; Love repulsed, - but it returneth.
I love your lake picture! So beautiful! Mother Nature has a way of just turning on us! One day it's beautiful and the next day freezing!
ReplyDeleteI am so sad for all the people in China. I could only imagine their pain! It makes me hug my family a bit tighter.
The river and ranch are beautiful and I especially love your header photo!
ReplyDeletewe were over 100 then dropped to mid 60s i think. today is overcast and chilly. which river is this (my guess would be the smith but i think that one is further north isnt it)? it looks so calm...i am scared to get into the rogue, the current seems so fast.
ReplyDeleteman, you know how to write! i don't know what to say to such beautiful, serious posts! :)
ReplyDeletelove the picture with the water.
i found the spelling error--yes i'm still playing! "If" felt like summer was here.
I know that was just for my enjoyment! love ya
Ha, Ha, Ha Michelle. I need you for my proofreader. Mark and I both missed it. Thanks.
ReplyDeleter, the river is the Eel, named after the slimy little critters that live there. It is quite calm and warm right now. By July, it is full of algae, and in the winter it rock and rolls.
ReplyDeleteMark reminds me the correct name is the South Fork of the Eel river.
ReplyDeleteFeel better soon- we have had that bug hit here as well. The Wrecking Crew passed it to me. He has shaken it, but I have no voice now... Gotta love generous little souls!
ReplyDeleteGreat post. After a "funk" day, it was a good reminder of what life is truly about. ;)
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ReplyDeletegosh, it sounds nothing like it looks. hmmm? where i grew up rivers had no water, let alone forks so i wouldnt have know the difference.
ReplyDeletewe are coming when we get a proper invite, not when i invite us ;)
out of curiosity, do you guys do any branding?
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Actually Regina, Mark officially invited Tug and you last year at the the youth ranch in Bend. Seriously, we would love to have you come anytime. There are a couple of times we will be gone this summer, so email me and we can work out the details.
ReplyDeleteWe do brand, but not with much cowboy flair. Check out posts 'Cattle Work part 1" and "Cattle Work part 2". We vaccinated and branded in March this year, but next year it will be a bit earlier, because the bulls we share with the neighbor came across the fence line a couple of months early :-0. Mark and Eric just finished fixing the fence, so we hope they will stay put this year. We will see. Boys will be boys. tj
Great posts, it all seems so peaceful. Thank you
ReplyDeleteI cannot stand for Tug and Regina visiting that beautiful place while we're stuck here! Jealousy would overtake me!!! ;)
ReplyDeleteDon't have them out. They would drive you crazy! ;)
Love ya
wow the wades, how very Christian of you ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Regina! It was nice of me to warn TJ and Mark, I know. I'm very Christian like that. :)
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