Canadian Geese & Jumping Deer 1.26.18

As I was headed home from town yesterday, I noticed numerous deer around homes along the highway.  Ok............not going home.  I turned around and headed for the mine hill bridge to see what, or if there was anything I could capture with my camera.
Along the bank of the river was a group of Canadian Geese.  They were being very odd.  I watched them for quite some time and they never moved a muscle.  For as long as I sat and watched, and with the exception of one in the back, the others along the bank did not even move their heads.  N.A.D.A.

It was time to move on so I took some back roads hoping to see some deer.  BINGO......they never seem to disappoint.....they are everywhere.

 

Flowing Water Beneath the Ice

I went for a ride today and came upon this......a thick layer of breaking/melting ice with a dark flow of water running beneath. I know pictures just don't do some things a bit of justice, but there are pictures you take whether the camera picks up the aweness of the moment, or not!

Mr. Owl

Frequently, Mr. Owl who-whos (or is it hoo-hoos) at night and also during the day.  I don't know if he is warning me or just trying to say "Hello", or asking who, who are you?.....but when I go outdoors, he hoo-hoo-hoos at me all the time.  Shouldn't he be sleeping during the day?
I always hear him, but have never been able to see him until Sunday as I was driving down the driveway.  When I was passing the pines I looked up and there he was, sitting very still, way up high.  He never moved a muscle and just sat there so I got out my camera and clicked away.  At least now I know WHO is talking to me.

January 2018 Visiting Teaching Handout

Thought I'd better get this blog post done before the end of the month.  This year has some big changes in the church as far as lessons and visiting teaching are concerned.  I think the changes are going to be great and will help us to stay in better contact with one another and seeing to the needs of others in charity and service. 
HERE and HERE is just a sample of the new curriculum that will be taking place.
HERE is how visiting teaching will work.  Rather than provide a specific message, each month we are given a different principle to help us minister more effectively to the sisters we visit.  HERE is the visiting teaching principle for January.  I like at the very end of the page where it states: How do we stop worrying about "what counts" for visiting teaching and instead focus on what each sister needs from her visiting teachers?  It is that statement that I based my handout on.