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We had a good Bible study this morning for 2 hours. It is supposed to be 1 1/2 hours but we can be rather talkative too. 😁 We were reading in Proverbs about how much better it is if we let God make our plans. We can get caught up in our emotions and make rash decisions but God knows the future and has a much better view of our lives future. We also talked about our motivation in what we choose to do. Other people may not be able to see what our motives are but God can see our hearts. God will bless those who are pure in heart and listen to his voice.
Susan - I too can not imagine a bat being affectionate. We have bats that fly at night near our cabin. I am glad that they are eating bugs but it is a bit scary when you can not see them and they whiz past your ears. We all have purposes in life as well as the animals so I will let them do their work but avoid contact with them. I have heard that they carry the rabbies disease which can be given to humans by a scratch or bite.
Marilyn - I am glad your cold is almost over. Is your surgery related to your fistula or something else? If you would rather not discuss it, that is fine. My curiosity can get the best of me in the medical field.
Judith - I hope your weather warms up a little for you. Having it so cold for a length of time can be hard. I am glad that you have a warm house to live in and you do not need to get outside much except for appointments.
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Good morning. We're about to go put to some nearby places so I need to check in now, while the gang is doing the washing. Once the washing machines (both being run on our generator) stop, we'll go.
Linda, sounds like you had a very practical Bible study. The Flying Fixes are quite large here. I'll find something more about them for you and Judith. Both of you talking about snowflakes brought back a nice memory of me as a 12 yo in Canada, catching them on my pale blue parka's sleeve and wondering at their intricacy and delicacy.
Marilyn, bravo on the weight loss! 👏 I do hope you get your surgery as planned. Yes, I think you should be able to feel your fistula 🤔 Hope it is alright.
Judith, nice to know you have Wildlife Carers too. I have used them several times when I have found injured birds. One I took a Blue Mountain Lorikeet to them which was reeling around our yard like a pirate. Turns out he had eaten Umbrella Tree blossoms that had fermented and he was indeed drunk! He was at the mercy of cats and dogs until he sobered up!
Pteropus (suborder Yinpterochiroptera) is a genus of megabats which are among the largest bats in the world. They are commonly known as fruit bats or flying foxes, among other colloquial names. They live in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, East Africa, and some oceanic islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[3] There are at least 60 extant species in the genus.[4] Wikipedia.
They're like little dogs … but with wings
Orphaned babies called pups, enjoy ear massages and tummy rubs, and thrive on contact and affection from their human carers. A juvenile orphaned flying fox, who was raised by a human carer before being successfully released back into the wild.24 May 2016 Google.
Here's one with a human who has obviously made friends (Facebook post)
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Susan, All I can say for starters, Oh my, I see the young girl smiling but if it were me I’d be running and hiding most likely screaming if I saw one of those “flying foxes” near me, sorry, I can’t handle something like that, too me it’s a scary creature😱 Big Time! As Linda said, yes every animal has its purpose! But can’t get past a “Bat” carrying Rabies and Disease! Thank you for sharing all about these Flying Foxes, it’s the first I have ever heard of them at least until you told us about them here. And your description about little dogs, they are like that, but the wing span, WOW have a great day exploring, look forward to seeing your pictures.
Linda, loved hearing about your Bible Study, our group has done the same thing especially when studying some Books of the Bible you can get Carrie’s away discussing all the details, and Proverbs has so many chapters of interest to
study! Indeed Hod will Bless those who are pure in heart. Thanks for sharing your study! My weather is still quite cold but yes I am glad I don’t need to be out in the cold much. No appointments this week for me.
Marilyn, congratulations on your weight loss, you are doing marvellous! Keep up the Great Work. As always cheering 📣 you on! So glad to hear your cold is almost gone, will keep you in prayer! Hope you hear soon on when the surgery will take place. Your quote you shared is so true, worry does waste time, it doesn’t accomplish anything. Yes it does steal your joy!
Blessings all, have a good rest tonight! God Bless
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Linda you asked about my surgery if it is due to my fisquala. Yes it is. The fisquala on my right arm did not work so had a 2nd operation on it and it still failed. I have since had the surgery on my left arm which is now now working properly - in fact I cant feel the bus - so am waiting for surgery but if they don't get me in really quickly I don't think there would be a point because when the surgeon checked it he said it was very narrow - hopefully I will hear something today
I have made a commitment for the next 7 days. No bread at all for 7 days. Bread is a tricker for me this week could get a bit difficult but I have done a 7 day commitment before and it really helped. And as my husband remiinded me dont make the commitment/vow unless you are to carry it out as the Lord talks about that.
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Today I got 3 inches cut off my hair. It was getting long and pulling the curl out of it. I prayed that I would have someone who knows how to work with wavy hair and God provided me with the perfect person. I had taken some pictures to show her but when I got there, I could not find them. She said she understood what I wanted and though putting some layers would help. Even as she was cutting she said, the curl is coming back so I am glad for that. I doubt that cutting my hair will help with my weight loss but I can at least hope. 🤣
Susan - thanks for the additional information on the flying foxes. They are huge! I am glad they only eat native blossoms and fruit. If they were meat eaters, they could take a large bite out of what ever they were chasing down. It is so nice that you have a generator to run the washing machine. We take our generator to our mountain property to charge up my battery on my CPAP machine and also our phones. Ours is pretty noisy but during the day it also scares off other animals that may be prowling around. We have Mountain Lions that are fairly near our parking place as well as black bears. We also have deer, moose and elk but they do not come close to us. We do not necessarily see them but we see evidence that they are around.
Judith - I think I would be in a race with you as to how fast we could run and how loud we could scream if I saw a flying fox coming after me! We would get our exercise and the bat would probably be so confused as to why we were making such a racket. He was just going to greet us on his way to eat some yummy fruit.
Marilyn - I hope the surgery gets scheduled soon but that it will not be needed for a long while. With all the changes you are making, I pray your blood work will improve. Going without bread is a hard one for me but as you said, when you make a committment, God expects us to follow through. My doctor told me if I wanted bread to make sure it is totally whole grain. I have not eaten any bread for several days but it is hard if I see my husband eat some. Most of the time he eats it to get his hypoglycemia back up to normal sugar range so he does need to eat it. He also tries to eat it when I am not in the room which does help.1 -
Good morning
Linda, how nice to get your hair cut by someone with skill! Yes, eating bread is something I struggle with. I can go long periods without it but also have Colin with hypoglycaemia... We douse the generator tobrun high voltage things but have an inverter for my CPAP machine. It's more reliable than any other power supply do far. I get what you mean about wildlife leaving signs. I hear small animals at night but don't see them in the day. We don't have large dangerous animals like you but do watch out for snakes snd spiders.
Judith and Linda, we have no rabies in Australia due to our strict quarantine laws. We do have other diseases but nothing like rabies. None of our bats can give us rabies. Glad you saw something different with the pic of our big bats. A friend used to be a wildlife carer for them and would always have a houseful of baby and adolescent bats! People dislike them more for eating their fruit and making a mess of their trees. They never attack humans.
Marilyn, I hope your vow gets you the result you want and the surgery can go ahead if needed. You are doing so well.
Today the men have gone to town so Col can get a massage on his neck/shoulders and then they can go see the Don River train and museum. That's the train we took the dogs on awhile back. Lyn isn't interested in trains and I elected to stay home too, so we're each doing our own thing for awhile. Lyn and I are going to talk and see if there's something we girls want to do once the men get back.
Yesterday I found this topiary outside the Railton post office. I thought it was cute!
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Linda, your hair cut and style sounds lovely. So happy you found someone who knows how to cut wavy and curly hair. Before my diagnosis my hair was so curly, the last time I got my picture taken it was just at the time I was doing treatment, my hair changed color and texture but thankfully I haven’t lost all my hair!
Susan, nice you and Lynn are home to spend a girl day while the boys are away. Love the topiary in front of the post office, yes it is cute!
Marilyn, good for you, I know you can do it, yes, 7 days is a long time but I believe you will do it. Praying for you that your blood work will have good results. You are doing great with your weight loss. Keep up the great work!
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Lol Marilyn! I think some people look for that elevator! The steps are the only way.
Judith, glad you enjoyed the topiary. Yes, Lyn and I looked after the three dogs yesterday and got to talk. Today we hope to take a car and go see a Craft shop and a few other places we want to see. It's the boys' turn to take care of the dogs. He he. Lyn had a bit of a bad day yesterday, not feeling well (remember she has cancer too plus only has one lung, severe asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, and is still recovering from abdominal surgery). We'll go out if she feels up to it today.
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I am getting a late start today. We had our minister and wife over this morning talking about the state of the church and tonight we are listening to the state of the Union speech from our president. He was pretty proud of what he has done and did a lot of talking about the prior president and how he did not do as good a job as he is doing now. I get tired of hearing political rhetoric and have decided to write to you all instead of listening to it. The discussion we had this morning with our minister was much more encouraging and we were able to talk about issues without anger and how to fix them through love and patience. God's way is always the best.
I won an award at the TOPS meeting tonight. I just joined last week and this week I had the biggest weight loss. It was more that the others did not loose much or gained so I do not see myself as a "big" winner. It is a beginning and hopefully I can keep it up.
We decided not to leave for Denver tomorrow morning since there is a big snow forcasted for the whole day. We will listen tomorrow night to see if I am called for jury duty and if not, we will not go at all. If I am called, we will try to leave at 8am on Saturday so we can make it to Denver and be able to see the play that our granddaughter is in. I do not like to be in "limbo" and feel I have no choice in anything. It all depends on the weather and one lone phone call after 5pm on Friday if we stay or go.
Susan - your friend Lyn is amazing as to how much she is able to do and have so many physical problems. How long are they staying in Tasmania after you leave? They missed a lot that you got to see before they joined you and Colin.
Marilyn - yes the steps are important since you can do them one at a time and it also gives exercise. hehe
Judith - I hope you had a good day. Pleasant dreams!
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Linda, praying for you as you wait on the call about Jury Duty! Please let us know when you can. We like you have had forecasts on snow and we both seem to have temps across the board. I will be glad when our temps warm up. Hope you got to see your granddaughter in the play; always exciting seeing our grandkids in their plays and other activities. I agree with your statement as you met with your pastor discussing Church business and doing those things God’s Way, always peaceful with God!
Susan, your friend Lynn is amazing with her health issues and Cancer she sure gets around and does so much! Tell her my prayers are with her and she encourages me in how she keeps going forward not letting anything stop her. I am so proud of all she does and continues to do. You made me Smile saying it was the boys turn looking after Jasper and Archie… They are such sweet puppies, I’d be glad to pet sit them and have cuddle times with them!
Marilyn, loved your quote and yes one step and one day at a time. Keeping you in prayer as always. As I have shared our weather in my area, how is yours? Did you get snow and do you have minus temps like we do here? Praying for your safety! God Bless!
I came here late Thursday night in hopes to finish up my posts from when I posted our Bible Reading and Devotions for you but my signing in was late. Posted in some threads. Will be back to post in Fridays later. I felt sad 😞 as my weight Thursday went down to 94.8 pounds after a few days of being 95 pounds! No worries, I will get back up there 1 step and 1 day at a time!
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Afternoon Hello All,
As I said earlier in the wee hours of Friday morning when replying to your recent posts I would come back and finish posting in all our Threads, happy to say I finished posting on all the threads.
Marilyn, thank you for your recent Quote, and I say Amen Amen Miracles do happen everyday! Praise God!
I will let you read my post from 12:30am Friday morning as nothing has changed since my last post. Have a Blessed Evening all! See you tomorrow. God Bless! 🙏🤗0 -
Judith, glad you have been able to post so much. Sorry about the weight change but it could just be that you didn't drink as much or something hormonal. I hope you can regain that .2 of a lb easily and quickly. I will pass on your message to Lyn. She will love it. There are three dogs now as Lyn has Kayla, a Maltese female. Jasper loves her but Archie is jealous. We don't mind the 3 being together if a person is here with them, but would leave them in separate Caravans if no person could stay with them, just in case!
Marilyn, praise the Lord that miracles happen thanks to Him!
Linda, I feel for you being in limbo. I would dislike that too. I hope they call you earlier rather than later. Your Bible study sounded so good. Lyn and Greg are coming back to the Mainland on the same boat as us next week. We extended our stay to match theirs. They have seen much less than us but they are happy with that. We'll all go to South Australia together next.0 -
I spent the morning getting ready to leave for Denver tomorrow. Fortunately, I found out at 4:30pm that my juror number was excluded from the group that needed to come in on Monday so we will not be traveling at all. This is a relief since we were going to have to make such a quick trip to do it and then go to Texas next week for an Elders conference then back to Denver at Easter time. That was going to be a lot of traveling for us in a short time.
Today I took my ring in to be soddered together so the band does not rub on my wedding ring. When it was cold, my fingers get smaller and it was frustrating to have one ring go one way and the other one go another way. The jewelery person that helped up said that in a matter of months, my ring could show wear by rubbing together and eventually the little diamonds could fall out. That is scary so I am glad we got it done. I also went to the Optical Store and picked out some new glasses. It is not what I would have picked out for myself but the optician and Glenn said it really looked good on me. The word "gorgeous" was mentioned but that is a little far fetched I think of a description. Glenn said it made my face have more color and my hair brighter. Who could ask for anything more than that so I got them. It will take a while to get used to them. They are bright blue with a purple wavy mark in them. I am used to very somber wire glasses so we will see how people react to seeing me so "bright".
Judith - I am sorry you lost some weight but I am sure you can get it back up by increasing your intake a little more.
Susan - I am glad you were able to extend your trip a little so your friends can spend some more time with you. I imagine that you will not be as nervous about the dogs being in crates in the bottom of the boat this time since they did not seem worse for the wear going to Tasmania on their first boat ride. How is Jasper's dew claw? They seem to heal very fast.
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Today was a day to work outside. It was chilly in the shade but in the sun it was pleasantly warm. I took all the old stalks of the flowers from last summer and got the pots ready for this year. Quite a few of my plants (parsley, mint, chives, and some flowers are coming up already. It is so fun to see the new green shoots coming up gettting ready for spring blooms. We sat on the swing on the patio for a while and just listened to the birds singing. There was a huge crow that was making a strange gurgling sound. I read that it was a communication between birds - especially affection for family members. I did not see any other crows around but they might be in listening distance.
We also worked on the folding chairs we got for free from the Denver church. A lot of them did not have any rubber feet on them so today we put new feet on them and tried to clean them. They have cushions on the seat and back that will need to be cleaned with upholstery cleaner. It looks like they were used for potlucks and children spilled things on the seats. It is fun seeing the condition they were in and now to be able to use them for our events all nice and clean.
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Afternoon Hello Everyone,
Yes it looked like it was just you and Marilyn on today!
Linda, Hope you enjoyed your Sunday Services! I enjoyed my Live Stream Service and we partook of Communion today. A Beautiful and Powerful service today. Praise and Worship was powerful! The Presence of God was Mighty!
Glad you were able to save some money by buying the used patio furniture! I am sure it will be lovely after you clean the cushions and the rest of the chairs and table!
Marilyn, your quote gave us some Good Food for Thought; and yes “making mistakes is proof you are at least trying” Good One!
Susan thinking of you, hope you are enjoying your Sunday!
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Hello everyone. This will be short. We think the Starlink drained both lithium batteries last night so have no functionality on the van today. We're using the generator to recharge the two lithium batteries (both were completely drained) but only one is responding so far. I can't even recharge my phone so need to use it minimally. Will hopefully be on top of this tomorrow.
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Susan - I hope you can get your batteries charged up. When traveling, it is so important to be able to have your batteries charged. Is Starlink your internet provider? It is odd that one battery is responding and the other one is not. Maybe it is hard to charge both and when one gets done, the other one will be ready to charge. That shows how much I do not know about batteries.
Judith - I am glad you can still be involved with your church services via live stream. It is so good you can still keep in touch with your friends and church family. Is your church a large church? I know size does not matter when the Spirit is in your praise and worship but I was just wondering. Our Denver church is 3-4 times larger than our Grand Junction church and their music program is enhanced with other musical instruments. The message of the music is still the same but in a large group it sounds more majestic.
Marilyn - your quote is so true. We have big plans but God's purpose will always prevail. I wish we could all learn that quickly. We would have so much less problems if we let God do what He wants in our lives.0 -
Quick update: the batteries installed by the seller of pur vanvwere badly wired in. Our friend Greg is an electrician. He found where there was a bad join AND a heating up fuse. Col and Greg rejoined the wires properly and replaced the heated fuse. So far so good! It wasn't our Starlink modem at all! We just got Starlink so I am really happy it can still be used. I am hoping Starlink will solve my data and connection problems 😀2
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Susan - I am so glad that your friend was able to help you with your batteries. We had a similar thing happen in our trailer when only some of the lights worked and the furnace would not come on. We took it to a repair shop and he said when we first set it up in the Spring, we put the cables on backwards. All Summer we were without electricity in some areas of the trailer and it was our fault we did not connect things right. The next year, we had all the electricity we needed because we took pictures of the correct way to connect things.
We put up our birdfeeder this weekend and the birds seem very happy. Sometimes they are too happy and some of the seeds drop to the ground with their scratching with their beaks. The seeds sprout under it and start to grow like grass in our rocks. We need to figure out how to catch the seeds that fall and put them out to be fed again. I have heard about getting seeds that do not sprout but I don't know if they are as nutritional for the birds if they are treated.
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Lyn and I went to Steamfest in Sheffield yesterday. The men went the other day so they were dog sitting when we went. It was quite a lovely day, a celebration of all kinds of steam and gasoline driven equipment, plus crafts, produce, animals and art. Here are a couple of pictures.
Tractor
Saw mill
Pipe Organ
Linda, when we bought the van we asked for a second battery and solar panel to be installed. They installed it and we trusted it was OK. There was sloppy work evident with the wiring. Oh, I am glad your van was OK and easily fixed! You're right, it is a complicated system and pictures are very helpful when setting up again. We're still learning which light switch works which light...lol!
Marilyn, I will get out my magnifying glass to read your post in a minute. I can see a Minion. Thank you for posting!
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Evening Hello Everyone,
Susan, so glad you have your batteries charged, too bad the work was not done properly but great your friend Greg and Colin were able to rewrite and get everything working again. Sounds like a great day for you and Lyn to attend the Steamfest in Sheffield. The pictures are awesome, I really liked the Tractor, Sawmill and Pipe Organ, a great experience seeing how the various equipment operated back in the day!
Linda, love Bird Feeders, it’s fun watching the birds come to feed. Hi ou asked if my Church was a large one, we at one time were a large thriving church but when Covid shut the Churches down the people who came never came back. We had a large Children's and Youth ministries, every special holiday like Christmas Easter we had Kids Choirs and Youth Drama teams and a Dance group that Danced in Praise before the Lord, we had an orchestra at one time complete with Bass, Trumpets, Violin & Organ, we always have Drums Guitar Key Board and Piano. We have 2 Great Worship Leaders that alternate each Sunday, some Sundays one of our Worship Leaders leads while playing his Guitar and we always have 2 Guitars as back up on our Worship Team! So we all make a Joyful Noise unto the Lord. So happy every week we have Live Stream so I can be a part of the service. God is Good!
Marilyn, thank you for the Quote you shared, indeed, we have big plans but it’s God who completes the work He has planned for His Children.
Hope you all have a great evening. Be back tomorrow and hopefully in the morning as my mind is sharper especially for our game threads we have on the go. So it’s Good Night all! 🙏🤗0 -
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It is a cloudy day but tomorrow there should be a big change in temperature. In Denver they are supppsed to have a foot of snow. My mood is a little dreary also. I went to give blood but they rejected me. This is the first time I have had this happen. They said my hemaglobin was too low. I am not anemic but they want it to be high enough that when I do give blood I do not bec ome anemic. I am frustrated but she told me to eat a lot of red meat, spinach, broccoli and oatmeal and come back in a few days. I will look at my schedule to see when I can work it in again.
Not much exciting happening here. I want to take a walk soon before the temperature starts going down. It helps to lubricate my joints to walk although when I start out I am not excited but it gets easier as I keep going.1 -
Linda, you are good to give blood and how good to know they take care not to allow you to be anaemic because of your generosity. Enjoy your walk and the beautiful day. Getting cold again won't happen too much longer, right?
Marilyn thank you for today's thought.
Judith, you are welcome for the pictures. Glad you have such a beautiful church community even if it is smaller. I know they look out for you. I agree, it's good to have a sharp mind for our games! Have a beautiful day.
Today we say farewell to Tasmania. We take the Spirit of Tasmania back to the Mainland tonight. We're cleaning, packing, and generally preparing the van and car to be shipped. I washed the dogs yesterday and we washed our bedding, towels, clothes too. It will be sad to leave but we still have more to look forward to. We'll spend 10 days in Geelong getting the cars and vans serviced. Then it's off to South Australia.0 -
Evening Hello
Susan, I feel for you, you have had such wonderful travels and seen such beautiful scenery, have toured many places and shared with us here who have felt we have been in the same places as you and Colin. Tasmania is a beautiful place, you will carry with you a lot of precious memories and pictures to put in your photo albums or photo scrapbooks. It will be a lot of work cleaning and packing getting the van and cars serviced for being shipped back to South
Australia. Glad you will have 10 days in Geelong before you are back to South Australia. Safe travels Susan and Colin!
Linda, I feel for joy having more snow, I am sure you will be happy when warmer weather arrives. So sorry to hear about you not able to give blood, it’s so wonderful you are able to give blood like you do, I know it’s hard to be told you can’t give but happy they are looking after you so you don’t get anemic, I’m sure in a few days you will be
able to give blood the next time. Hope the walk helped and the rest of your day was good!
Marilyn, good advice on the quote you shared, yes of the plan doesn’t work we change it but never the goal!
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