Hello!
Easter
is coming early this year. Personally, I
wish they would just put Easter on one Sun in April (like Thanksgiving and
Christmas) when it's warmer and more flowers are blooming, but since I wasn't
consulted about the matter, we will have to celebrate it when the
powers-that-be decide. No matter when it is designated on the calendar, Easter
is my favorite holiday.
He
is Risen; He is Risen Indeed!!!
Meanwhile,
the month of March is acting like spring with temperatures warm and sunny one
day and then cold and rainy the next. The earth is coming alive once more.
First tiny crocus and snowdrops appear out of the barren earth then the hardy
daffodils bloom flaunting bright colors of pale to bright yellow- even in
freezing temperatures and snow- lining my picket fence, driveway, and the paths
in my woods. I love my two-toned daffodils and even have some miniature
daffodils that are totally adorable. My cherry, button, primrose bushes, and
pear trees are in full bloom all pink and white while the peach tree buds are
ready to open any day. Tiny new green leaves are appearing on my rosebushes
along with the tulips and iris growing taller each day. Migrating birds are
showing up at my feeders to my delight. I finally saw my first robin and
Eastern Bluebirds at the bluebird boxes to hopefully stay and build nests. When
I checked my goldfish pond, I was excited to see froggy eggs floating in the
water. Even the bees in the hive are buzzing around. I've been hanging wash out
on the clothesline and opening my windows on warmer days to feel the spring
air. What bliss!
I
finally got my sewing room closet painted and organized.
My
granddaughter, Annette, her husband, and baby Ellie came up for a couple of
days. What fun getting to cuddle the little Miss that is growing like a
weed. While here, the guys cut down the
huge remaining birch trees along the driveway that I had planted years ago as
2-ft twigs. Now they were over 60 ft tall and dropping large dead branches. The electric company cut the one side of the
driveway that was at the electric wire. It was quite the job landing the trees
just right. Due to the rain, Curtis wasn't able to cut up as many of the trees
as planned until they had to leave, but he was able to clear the one side so
Dwight can get his truck through. Meanwhile, the front of my property looks
like a tornado came through with large trees lying everywhere. Annette and
Curtis want to come back to do more, but it will probably be later as big news:
they are planning on flying over to the Philippines towards the last of April
for two weeks to be with Dawn and Randy.
Randy has yet to see his granddaughter and William his niece, so it will
be a special time for them getting to meet and spend time with tiny Ellie.
The
Philippines are in a very dry spell right now that began in January. Their well went dry so they are toting water
and having to do the wash by hand. Everything is brown and quite dusty. The
other morning when I was having my devotions, I thought about what Dawn said
how they can see rain clouds coming towards them every week over the ocean, but
the clouds always go around them. It
reminded me years ago when Dana came home all excited because of answered
prayer. The construction crew was working on a roof that was all torn off on a
hot sunny day when a sudden rainstorm appeared heading right towards them. Dana
stood up and prayed, “Lord you know how in the Bible Joshua prayed and the sun
stood still. I don’t need the sun to stand still, but please let the rain go
around us so we can finish the roof.”
The guys laughed, shaking their heads at the “crazy preacher”. Lo and
behold if the rain didn’t part and go on either side while they finished the
roof in the dry. So, I told the Lord that if He could do it then, He still could
do it now, and asked that He’d send some rain around the world to my
daughter. When I talked to Dawn again,
it had rained all day that Sunday!
Since
the last newsletter, I have been to the rheumatologist at Vanderbilt, another
doctor to schedule my colonoscopy in April, and this past week I was at the
imaging center to get a complete abdominal ultrasound and mammogram to rule out
any cancer and pinpoint what is causing my iron level to be so high. Thankfully,
my RA level is still down, and the mammogram was normal. I told Dwight by the
time I get done poked and prodded and tested from head to foot, I should be
good for at least another forty years or more. Such a crazy time!
Every
chance I get, I have been outside transplanting small bushes and planting
bulbs- you know me, putting the last of the leaves on the garden plots before
planting, and clearing out some other garden areas. I am so thankful to be feeling
like myself and am trying to behave.
Our
pastor retired so, now instead of playing the organ, I have to play the piano. It’s been years since I’ve had to play the
piano for church. It certainly has been keeping my brain cells busy. I did have
a senior moment the other Sunday when I was playing the offertory, and my mind
went totally blank as I was playing by ear. I hit a chord, it was the wrong
one, still blank, so thought I’d just hit the main chord and run up for a
“quick” ending. Thankfully, when I hit the main chord, it was the right one and
I was able to finish the song. Such is life on the piano bench!
Have
a Blessed Easter Season~
Dorcas
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