Great to have you knocking on the opening screen.
It’s the last week in April. Our rather anemic show of Azaleas has already dropped most of its blossoms. The Iris (or is it Irises?) have gone back into just being tall green spikes and folded away their lovely ‘whites’ – since everything is ‘volunteer’ as far as I am concerned I haven’t the slightest idea what to call them. At the moment the front yard is more like a large desk drawer with things that just “happened” there. I’m afraid my Dad would be ashamed of me – certainly he would have done a *whole lot* better by now if he was able. But he went on to be with the Lord ‘unexpectedly’ back in November of 1971 – and I miss both of my parents every day even until this day – but am comforted by the love they gave my brother and me… as well as knowing they are ‘safe in the arms of Jesus.’ (Hmmm – I got off track there in a big hurry didn’t I ?)
But… we do what we can, and I did have success with preserving a hibiscus plant Barb bought last year in the Spring and which I tried my best to keep the squirrels from eating the flower buds before they even had a chance at blooming. It’s had its own success this Spring with two beautiful blossoms at the very tippy top – and more to come. I just did emergency triage work in keeping it in the garage and out of freezing temps… hoping I could nurse it along through the winter. It looks like if I can keep the tree-rodents at bay we’ll have a successful plant out on the back patio I hope this summer.
Our biggest (as measured in $$$) outside project was one we didn’t plan on at all. We have five or six tulip poplar trees of the 65’ variety that stand like sentinels around our ‘downsize’ dwelling. Again I’m ‘making do with what I have.’ My homeowners’ insurance agent informed me we were required to trim back those tree limbs so nothing of ‘damaging’ proportions hung over the house in any material way.
Well… of course the large trees on the large lot at a bargain price were all part of the attractions for moving here in November of 2007. We barely escaped the housing market collapse in our former location – tucked ourselves away in a smallish log home through the grace of some Christian friends who helped us over a hurried transition in order to make that ‘haste-post-haste’ sale at our previous location in neighboring NC – and doing major tree surgery on five *very* tall trees was considerably beyond my physical and financial means at the time – mainly because there were major things like a furnace replacement, attic insulation installation , patio sliding door replacement to keep the cold north from invading the family room… installation of gas logs -- all projects well beyond my personal skill capabilities.
Fortunately the Lord sent along helping people at the right time – and we found a house being rehabbed -- and the poor fellow doing it (it was his first and I suspect his last, attempt at ‘flipping’ a house that really had a poor record in the neighborhood) was well “under-water” – so we were really ‘helping him’ out of a semi-disaster – and getting ourselves into a significant project that we really didn’t intend to do…. But that’s the ‘way the cookie crumbles’ as ‘tis said. So now we’re thanking the Lord He provided for us through all this adventure so far… and we have more chapters yet to see HIM care for us as HE assuredly has.
You can see this narrative is far too much for a pre-breakfast tale… we’ll continue it at an appropriate time. Meantime we are delaying a front yard re-vamp until we get a leak in the water main out front in the road out front repaired (it’s under way) … and perhaps we can accomplish more decorative steps in the front of our home within the next six months or so – and post a picture of it all so you can see what *the Lord has provided for us.* It really is intended to honor Him. He does "… exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us." (Ephesians 3:20.)” For which we are extremely thankful and desire to give HIM the glory.
Well… the day progresses for us all… we’d like to hear from you if you’d care to drop a line to “ n4zhk@arrl.net “ which will come in our e-mail and I promise to get an answer back to you in a reasonable time. (J) if you wish. May the Lord bless and be with you every step of the way today! (I’m keeping my dear wife awaiting breakfast! – Sorry)
Cordially, IN HIM
Jack (and Barbara) Buttram
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