Easter Greetings

It’s Good Friday! I can’t believe that Easter is this Sunday. It just seems like yesterday the whole family went to Tommy Lancaster’s in New Albany and celebrated the holiday together. Little did we know that would be the last Holiday that we would have together as a whole family. Shortly after Easter last year my father in law had a stroke and passed away. It does not seem real that it has been a year later. My wife and mother in law have been doing good considering the circumstances, however this has to be so hard for the both of them. It is never easy to loose a loved one. And I have not yet experienced the loss of a parent or a spouse. For me to know what they are going through is only a scratch to the surface. All of the things that my father in law used to take care of for us has now become a team effort. I never knew that I would be able to do electrical work, plumbing and the list goes on and on. Looking back now I really appreciate all of the handy man things he did for us. He made them look so simple, yet for me the simple stuff is complicated. I really have had to come out of my shell this past year and it has not been an easy venture for me. I’m sure as more time passes I will look back and wonder why I never took more initiative to learn these now simple things.

Changing the subject… We put up a bird feeder by the pond last week. I hung it on one of the shepherd hook poles. I thought for sure with it being up in the air and on that pole that the squirrels would not get into it. WRONGO. I came home on Monday to find a squirrel hanging upside down on the feeder and he was eating the birdseeds. I’m not sure how long he was hanging upside down doing this. But he finally tired of that and managed to shake all of the seeds to the ground. He made a mess and I told Sheila that he must have email and sent out the word because later I looked again to see 5 squirrels sitting around eating the seeds. We used to have 2 squirrels, but I think now that they got word that we have a buffet on Orchard Drive, well I guess they have decided to take up residence here.

Among the other things I have done in the past week I hung a floating shelf on the wall in our living room. I guess I followed the directions ok, because it’s been a week and it is still hanging on the wall.

Blessings till I post again.