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New House

Summertime

We just finished dinner and ohhhhh how delicious it was. We had roasted chicken with a side of green beans, potatoes, carrots and onion, sauteed with garlic and butter, and a fresh tomato, cucumber, onion and basil salad with Italian dressing. Everything including fresh basil snipped from the garden and prepared to arrive at the table within an hour of picking. I can't even begin to express in words how filled with flavor everything was. I LOVE summer gardens! Each vegetable carried its own distinctive identity that filled every delectable bite with yummy goodness.
I hope everyone has had the opportunity to plant a summer garden. I was at a 4th of July party yesterday and the host lived in a beautiful subdivision with every family having a beautifully landscaped yard-nothing seemed out of placed. Each lot was at least an acre and I offered the thought that there was plenty of room in the back for a couple of chickens to lay fresh eggs and they all looked at me like I had spoken a foreign language. Conversation stopped, everyone looked at each other with a quizzical, slightly confused look on their face. There was not even a tomato plant to be seen. Don't these people know what they are missing? It always takes me back to the thought of what happens if we have to provide for ourselves? What if there are no grocery stores open to buy food? What if trade becomes so restricted that food no longer moves freely from state to state? Will we be ready? Will we be able to feed ourselves and our family? The folks I spent the 4th with were wonderful people but they had no sense of urgency about the state of our economy, yet Joe Biden himself today said their administration had misspoken about how severe the outlook for the economy is. Prepare, says the Lord.

Zavat gives birth

I don't think I can add too much to this video other than life is precious! Even down to the smallest farm animal; to watch a live birth is amazing, emotional, tearful, and a gift from the Father above. What a priviledge we have been given to experience such a miracle! Tears fall even as I write this to know the sanctity of life in a newborn child is threatened every day through abortion and I am moved to my soul with the birth of a baby goat. Why can't we as people see ourselves as the Lord sees us-His precious, loved children. Each and every one.

Initial presentation of the hoof

This video shows the initial presentation of the kid's hoof. Notice how white the hoof is. All baby kids are born with a white covering over their hooves to protect the mama during birth. The coating falls off in a day or two after birth. We are just getting started here and the kids (mine, I mean) and I are very excited but also very nervous about what is coming next. The hardest part is yet to come.