Friday, March 11, 2022

"R" is for rosary/Tommy with sister and teddy/Cold cow TV day/waiting for the dawn

Tom and Joy with army teddy yesterday.  "You make my heart skip a beat."  I noticed that Thomas was in a peaceful content and happy mood, so grandma started taking pictures - many of them!
Grandma had a goal to get these two together and it made me smile and giggle to have it happen.  Yes, I am obsessed but it takes effort to get sweet keepsakes of my new little grandchildren.  
So much fun for grandma, and the kids seemed to like it too!

I am over at Ruth's today watching cow TV as Ruth and Paul are away busy today.  I would have liked to have Tommy too, but Ruth and he are attached when she has to be gone for the day... TomTom goes with her.  

Sweet happy Tommy with grandma's rosary getting into the picture.  I leave a trail of them as I travel through my life.  How I love to go places and have my chapel on wheels to pray as I travel down the roads of LIFE!

Each time I read the Psalm about the sentinels waiting for the dawn - I recall those times that I worked the night shift or had a bad night where sleep escapes me due to anxiety or those night terrors that haunt your mind and heart... The daylight/dawn brings you to a place where you realize that it is not so bad after all.  Or when working the night shift - you have run the race and the finish line is close at hand.

Tom actually liked the attention of grandma, and it was hard to look away...so I just kept on snapping.
Hi grandma you make my heart skip a beat.  
Talk about light up his face with a huge joyful smile!

Joy needs to find "R" words to take to school - Baby Tommy has a rosary for her to add to her ring, rubber band, Ritz crackers, raisins, and other assorted Red things.  
Into her bag goes the best "R" thing of all!  A rosary!!!
Such a happy girl!!!  
Joy is the perfect name for this girl!
My checker opponent - she won the first game and I beat her the 2nd game!
Usually they play on the floor, but grandma needed to play on the table.
Rose and David home from school on the bus join in the game.
3 way sibling after school checkers is a good way to connect and share about your day.
"It's miserable out there today."  Farmer Pat in to warm up and watch Cow TV as we have a cow about ready to calf, and listen to his guy about the cattle markets at the same time. 

Multi tasking is part of his busy life especially during calving of his 170+ cows.
So wonderful to have Cow TV where we can sit in a soft chair and watch them in their natural mode in the calving barn.  If you go out to physically check them - they all get up and get nervous and are anything but natural.  Thank goodness for surveillance cameras now that can be used on cows in the barn!
The cow would go in and out, so we had to keep an eye on her from one camera to the other.  We have a total of 4 cameras so we can keep our eyes on them inside and outside.
"She is an old cow and has had many calves.  This will probably go really fast once she lays down to have it."  It did happen quickly!
Just minutes old - a copy of her mother.., white face with black eyes.
A possessive and caring mother cow - giving her calf a first bath.
The calf was up standing very quickly.  The pictures taken off the screen is not very great, but still it is so much better than going out in the cold, having the cow protect her calf, or take her away from her care of her newborn calf.  

Today has been distracted with hubby in and out, cow TV to watch, a cow having a calf, and other phone calls from some of the kids... a good distraction called living LIFE.
It was special to find this from my dad today in morning prayer.  Dad and I would say this during morning prayer each morning - Psalm 100.  I would say mom's stanzas and would smile each time I would change the word - "flock" to "pasture" as mom would say.  Psalm 100 brings dad and mom praying together strongly to mind and heart and soul!  
Pope Benedict today talking about the wonderful story of the Samaritan woman at the well...
Brother Victor and the Lamb poem - so true today of the newborn calf as well .  A new calf standing within a short time on his "wavering steps."  LIFE is s gift and is very much all around us these days on the farm!  Warmer weather is to come tomorrow - today the warming box is needed to "get the new calf nice and warm and hungry."
I need to end this for today.... it has been a disjointed labor of love on a cold day.  Jesus, we trust in you.  Bless-bless, Barbara
Sabat Mater - Vivaldi




 

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