May Day 2008

Welcome to a new month - hopefully one that will see great weather wherever we are!

We made it into Indian Lakes Thousand Trails Park in Batesville, IN yesterday afternoon. Since we are going to be here three weeks, we did the whole enchilada setup - screens, mat, chairs, tables, etc. Finally finished that up this afternoon.

The wind is really whipping around here. John took this picture of our flag beside the motor home. You can see that it is straight out (but not always in the same direction). I found this flag at the Western Gypsy Gathering 2008 in Casa Grande, AZ. It has the MIA/POW emblem on one side of the eagle and the US Flag on the other. The eagle has a banner in his talons "All Gave Some - Some Gave All.

John found this birds' nest when he got the ladder off the back of the rig. The hoses you see were coiled behind the ladder on the rooftop ladder. I'll bet that was one confused bird when she came home to no home! They had tried to build a nest in our dryer vent (from the outside). One of our neighbors came over and told us what was going on. John got most of the twigs and grass out. Next time I did laundry, I checked the vent filter. It had a bunch of twigs and grass in it.

We were sitting in the living room the other day. I looked out to see a pair of birds doing their mating dance. Two steps to the left and then two to the right. A couple bounces forward and then back. All in precision movements. Amazing.

One more bird story - on our stop at Costco in Memphis we saw a little bird and baby bird. I think they were chickadees - the ones that have a black and white pattern. Mom would fly off and try to get Casper's attention with the broken wing trick. It was so amazing to see this little baby that looked just like mom, only smaller.

During our stop in Jackson, John missed seeing Mike at the Post Office because Mike was in Norman at a school. They did talk, though, on the phone. We learned that Mike's daughter had been killed in an accident just a few weeks ago. From what we heard, she hadn't been driving long and over-reacted to a slip or skid. Our hearts go out to Mike and his family. It has often been said that no parent should have to bury their child. We can only imagine their grief. We'll pray for them and hope you will, too.

David, Jessica and Lindsey are due out to visit tonight. Since I am such a wonderful housekeeper, I have nothing better to do than write on my blog (if you believe this.....). At least I can get the dishes put away and the floors vacuumed. There's really no point in dusting as long as this wind is whipping around. So that leaves me time to frost a cake for dessert.

Happy Spring - Rejoice and be glad in it!