Yesterday, 7/9/2022, My Brother Ricky Would Have Turned 69 Years Old.

I meant to share this yesterday, but time slipped away from me. I was busy yesterday running errands and believe it or not I was up since 2:00AM that morning. I fell asleep on the couch and then went to bed but just could not sleep. I then heard a great rainstorm sweep through my region early morning. I was actually sitting on my patio about 6:00AM eating breakfast and enjoying my decaf flavored coffee, Michigan cherry flavor. I got home late afternoon from doing chores. There are days in which bursts of energy blesses you so get done what can be done in those moments. Even in the midst of the high temperature/humidity I still got things done. I also watered my plants & the crape myrtle tree with Miracle-Gro too. I was talking with one of my neighbors and they have plants on their patio. I asked them if they wanted to water their plants too with what I still had in the watering can, they did. I also gave them some fresh picked dill. I am noticing a few more eggplants starting to grow, and I already harvested 1 cucumber with others growing. The yellow/orange cherry tomatoes are plentiful, and I keep getting fresh tomatoes from the vine. I transplanted some of my carnations I grew last year into their own container. I had them in the same container as the tomato plant. I am about to see hibiscus blooms waiting to burst forth. Looks like the Japanese beetles have slowed down now, and I put up my wasp trap. Too many of them at least in my patio space so I pulled out my wasp trap from storage. I used it last week with sugar water and about 3-4 were in it. When I used to use this in Ohio, I remembered that sugary type of soda really draws them better. So, I bought a can of Coke yesterday and let's see if that works better. If I can find the picture, I will post it of the number of bees/wasps one summer this very contraption caught. I stopped counting because there were so many at the time.

I was pondering on this thought yesterday ... do you think my brother Ricky if he got married like he planned on doing when he got home from his travel would have brought nieces or nephews into my life. I also thought I wonder if they celebrate birthdays in heaven. Is it a celebration of the day you were born into the world or the day you were born into the family of God when you invited Jesus into your heart? Maybe they celebrate both birthdays. I know for sure there are great bakers in our family that are in heaven now. Do you think they had a family meal concluding with a wonderful birthday cake? Sometimes these are things I ponder on.