Notice; the notice is not for you....& a few trending topics

Hello.

For those who follow this blog I highly recommend that

you bookmark this page.

This is the link to the blog. SAVE IT IN YOUR BOOKMARKS

Doing so will allow you to receive the freshest posts.

I love writing this blog and I hope that those of you

who read it do as well.

Over the years, I have posted about our private lives and for the most part

I have received so many positive messages, letters and texts

that have made me feel so loved and special.

I love the feedback and connecting with you about your lives,

praying for you who send me messages every day.

This week is all about healing.

Though I had a sweet visitor all weekend and

travel yesterday, today is another story.

My knee which I twisted last Tuesday blew up &

I am fighting off a sinus infection.

I just need a day or so to rest to get back on my feet.

A big thank you to my poor knees who have survived

a car accident, ski swelling, slamming into the dash, bathroom fall

a  jogging fall and a tibia break.

They have been through a lot but they keep on...

I was born with my patella uneven meaning that the outside

bone holding the patella in the middle is absent or smaller.

( patelloformal displasia) 

So as you age the bands that hold it  ( patella )in the center

stretch- especially after each event, making it harder to heal.

I have lived this way my whole life and to be honest just am

super used to them being this way by now.

So here I am icing it a week later because I did way too much too soon.

But my week has also been filled with a broken down dryer and a 

wobbly Blueberry the chicken.

All things easily delt with... just a pain when you can't walk well..

Blueberry is gratefully on the mend....

and my dryer is awaiting the part so I will be hanging out

the laundry on the 2nd floor bannister for a while.

Which is fine with me.

In trending news...which I rarely follow anymore until it happens....

rosshalfin

I wish to say that I watched Ozzy's last concert and felt that it was his

last goodbye as it was occurring . 

He was an icon and whatever you personally thought of him,

he shaped music for many following artists .

I was a fan of his televised program back in the day

 and the song *Momma I'm Coming Home*.

Bless his family.

In baby chicken news:

I am pretty sure that I have one rooster and 5 hens.

They are starting to lose their baby feathers....

So sweet!

Still debating on the names...

but I call the lot of them my pumpkin patch.

Which is something because I am getting Beast & Carrie and Dolly's 

gift this year.... a small patch of pumpkins right over their burial stones.

😇😇

God is always around to give me an uplifting moment.....

He sees what I need and despite myself, I am shown love and a merciful Grace that

I truly do not deserve.

We are heading into the depths of summer.

These weeks ahead are what I hang my hat on in terms

of growth and healing both inwardly and outwardly.

This year, I will be taking a break from most social media.

I have come to realise that in order to properly reset and grow,

I need to immerse myself in my world .

You all are finding out first because I want you to know that I 

will still be posting here.

This blog is my outlet  &  a creative way to stay sane.

I would be hurting myself if I stopped writing .

That is why I asked you to bookmark this

 page in case I do not get to post on my FB page.

 In this season:

I no longer am able to allow the same bull$hit to affect me or 

attack my way of being. This is not a take a  side thing. This is a statement regarding

character and the way people responded to events over the past few years.

I watched behaviours and I gave chances and I accepted far more than I should have.

My greatest *followers* were people who hoped I'd fail.

The ugly, unhinged, gloating, selfish, know it all belittling 

that had become  acceptable is no longer acceptable for me.

The intolerance that is whipped up by the daily rhetoric .

 is  a pattern  I have no stomach for.

Like this whole thing...

Truth. Grace. Kindness

My truth may not be yours but you do not have to bully

me into agreeing with you.

Grace can be offered before intolerance.

Kindness...always.

My world is crafted by what I allow.

Leaving the old junk behind is part of my time away.

I intend on baking, spending time with grands & my viking, taking hikes ( when I can)

on our property, trying new recipes, exploring my community, loving my chickens and pups

while creating again...sewing a new costume ( <3 ).

and of course, writing and developing this blog that I have not been 100%

into for a while.

Wild.....feral....simply enjoying as much of this warmth and sun

in bare feet , with dirt on my hands... gazing at the stars at night in the cool grass,

picking wildflowers, eating when I am hungry....

listening to old and new music, attending county fairs, laughing, swimming

eating ice cream, doing absolutely nothing....

On the other side, I hope to be healthier, wiser and with a clear direction.

I am always looking for a side dish in the summer that is not 

hot nor complicated.

And since I have had cravings for carrots lately, I found this recipe.

Replaced olive oil for sesame ( mildly allergic) but it is so yummy-

especially served ice cold.

Oh & if you were wondering if I saw this.... well, yes.

Now I am getting more ice for the knee.

I will see you all here, as usual.

If you follow me on FB or my private page you will see

my break notice.

Not here. you guys .... I love you!

Thanks again for being so supportive of whatever season I am in.

Raven

xoxo