HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!

In remembrance of all our

soldiers living and who have

died! We Salute You!

Commit to the Lord

We can make our own plans, but the Lord gives

the right answer. People may be pure in their

own eyes, but the Lord examines their

motives. Commit your actions to the Lord,

and your plans will succed.

Proverbs 16: 1-3

Letter to the Editor

Mom wrote a Letter to the Editor to the newspaper here in town and it was published yesterday. Editor, An occurrence last Wednesday left me highly frustrated. A Muscovy duck living in the park was attacked by a dog and I wanted to find some help for him. I called my Vet but they said that they couldn’t take him but told me to try Shasta wildlife. I went online and searched Shasta wildlife and the page that came up had Tehama wildlife on it also so I decided to call them, but it turned out to be in Anderson which is really in Shasta county not Tehama county. The lady who answered was nice enough to tell me how to get out there but said she had to go to Red Bluff. She gave me the directions to the refuge but I couldn’t understand why I couldn’t meet her here in Red Bluff instead of taking the painfully injured duck all the way to Anderson. I did ask what Vet the refuge used and she told me. I decided to call them here in Red Bluff and they told me that I had to be a licensed certified person connected to wildlife to be able to bring the duck in. The Muscovy duck is declared a domestic and is not covered by California Fish and Game but all the other ducks are. My neighbor called Animal control in Red Bluff but got no answer. She suggested we take the duck there. When we got there they started to declined but one of the personnel made a phone call and said they could take him to get euthanized. One other thing troubles me, the geese are considered domestic also but yet run wild in the City River park. I did read the sign there and it states the area is operated and maintained by the City Of Red Bluff. It also states California Fish and Game has control over wild life. The geese are constantly assailed by running dogs and rocks thrown at them. What happens to them when they get hurt or sick? The City or Wildlife?

Thankful Thursday

Thankful for napping time Praying for the people and animals in Joplin and Oklahoma.

Salvation

Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads

to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly

sorrow leads to death.

NIV 2nd Corinthians 7: 10

Red Facey is Gone

Red Facey was put down today. It hit Mom

almost as hard as the death of Patches.

No more mating with Dad's van. No more watching him waddle and wiggle his butt and no more wagging of his tail like a woofie. This is his face after a goose got him.

This picture was taken yesterday after he was

attacked by a dog twice the day before. His chest

looks like it is swollen. Mom thinks he had internal

injuries. He wasn't eating. Mom put out his ration of

corn scratch and gave him some lettuce but it

wasn't touched. This morning she went out

and his breathing was labored and he wouldn't

move when Mom touched him.

Trying to get through the bureucracy

of trying to find out where he could go to find

some help was almost impossible. Our

neighbor who also helped with Red Facey

said to take him to the Animal shelter here

in town. When they got there they almost

wouldn't take him. But the lady at the shelter

ended up calling their vet and said it was O.K. to

get him euthanized. The problem was Ducky

was considered Domestic but yet he was

out in the wild and the two fields of state

and county wouldn't agree to where he should

go. The Vets in town wouldn't do it as it was

against the law for them to do it unless the

person was certified from the state or

county. Mom is stopping here because

she is absolutely frustrated with what she

had to go through.

Toesie and Tail Tuesday

Napping Weather

It was a great day for eating and napping.

It turned cold again, like winter. Rain and

wind and it didn't get over 54 degrees. The

weather here just doesn't know what it wants

to do. It was in the 80's at the first of last

week. You know that old saying, If you

don't like the weather just hang around and

it will change. That is what it is doing here.

It'll be warm again in the middle of the

week.

In the Name of Jesus

Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth

agree about anything you ask for, it will be

done for you by My Father in heaven. For

where two or three come together in My

Name, there am I with them.

NIV Matthew 18: 19-20

The Saga of the Red Faced Muscovy Duck

We had another saga of our Red Faced Duck. This

year he started as usual doing his mating dance

with Dad's van again. But then he did something

quite unexpected. He started hanging around the

geese. Last year the geese would run Ducky off,

this year he tried running them off.

The geese in this picture started yelling

at the other geese in the second picture.

When they joined together, you should have heard

the racket they were making. They have been

honking for several months since mating season began.

We have several nests close in proximity of our

mobile home. Our neighbor has been finding

egg shells from their eggs in their car port so

some nocternal animals have been raiding

their nests. There is one nest left and Ducky

has been putting in time protecting the nest. One of

the male geese got into a fight with Ducky and

Mom was afraid Ducky would get hurt so she tried

to get it off of Ducky by throwing small rocks at

him, when that didn't work she tried to push him

away. But it didn't work either.

This is Red Facey flapping his wings This is one of the geese that made it from last years brood. Geese are not very good at parenting. The don't look after the gooslings after they are born. Red Facey got into another fight and this time he got hurt.

Mom just finished reading this book and

it was hilarious. She doesn't feel as bad

now befriending a Muscovy red faced duck.

This author went all out with his duck. He

decided to get another Muscovy duck for the

one he had. Dora duck got a pal named

Charlotte. Only thing is Charlotte turned

out to be a Charley and then all the fun

started.

Happy Mother's Day

Hope Everyone Had a Great Mother's Day

To Him Belongs Eternal Praise

The works of His hands are faithful and just;

all His precepts are trustworthy. They are

steadfast for ever and ever, done in

faithfulness and uprightness. He provided

redemption for His people; He ordained

His covenant forever-holy and awesome is

His name. The fear of the Lord is the be-

ginning of wisdom; all who follow His pre-

cepts have good understanding. To Him

belongs eternal praise.

NIV Psalms 111 7-10

Amen

Spot the Neighbor Cat

This is the neighbors cat Spot. When Mom first

saw the picture she thought it was Cleo after

she downloaded it to the computer. Mom

was watering her flowers the other day and

didn't see him up there. When she got to the

flowers on the rack below him, she looked up

and looked Spot right in the eye. He looked like

he said I am not moving from here whether you

like it or not. Mom said it was O.K. she didn't

mind him there and went on watering. Then

she had to go get her camera. Usually Spot

don't let Mom pet him much. Sometimes

she gets lucky.