Howdy Friends! – Coffee Clutch is back! – Today is the first
day Coffee Clutch is officially back since my heart attack, surgery and
recovery! And the Hummingbirds knew it and welcomed me with much fanfare, buzzing
and squeaking all around the feeder just outside Kessy's bedroom. It felt so
good to once again settle in my old chair next to the finest mare I've ever
known, sip a little steaming Folgers (decafe) in my brand spankin' new Coffee
Clutch mug sent me by our friend Darlene Hohensee (Thanks Darlene) and listen
to her munch away. My new mug has a picture of our Coffee Clutch and my name!
First Official Coffee Clutch Day Back - With my new Coffee Clutch Mug - |
Oh sure I've been out in the barn spending time with Kessy, brushing
her and following Ravishin' Robbie as she does all the chores, for weeks
already, even sat with Kessy in the barn and woods. But morning Coffee Clutch is
a special time I've missed so dearly. Our barn is tucked in the woods bringing
birds so close as they dine with the chickens at the cracked corn scatterings.
Cardinals, Towhees, Chickadees, Titmice, and other seed eating birds swoop in
to hop about and eat, and the chickens never mind their company. Most mornings
the wild birds stay longer than the chickens!
This morning was a very active bird morning from hummers
buzzing their feeder, to everyone at the cracked corn and treetops filled with
Robins trilling, a Scarlet Tanager, and in the distance even a Wood Thrush
joined in while a Bluebird sat high in a tulip tree letting go his sweet notes
to float down to me.
Since walking every day is part of my morning routine now,
and forever they tell me, I had to make an adjustment to my routine. Gotta get
up earlier! Sometime just before six I roll from under the covers, head out and
walk first lick. It's good right now to beat the heat and bugs at that time
anyway. Our grassy trail through the woods is just over a half mile, which I now walk in 25 minutes. The bird watching is top notch there too, and I'd probably
walk it faster if I didn't stop so often to search the treetops and underbrush.
Ravishin' Robbie, Saturday and I walk our "Recovery
Trail" together then go to the barn. I'm helping a bit with the chores
now, the easy light stuff like Kessy's soaked Timothy cubes (Kessy's on an all
forage diet) and the chicken scratch. Walking and chores finished, I
settle in my chair next to Kessy, and pour a cup (I'm only doing one cup now
instead of a pot), and enjoy the start of another beautiful morning. It's so
wonderful to be back where I belong!
God Bless, Thank you all for your prayers, love, cards, letters, and support!
… Have a beautiful day, and life ~
Gitty Up,
Dutch Henry
glad to here you are feeling better Dutch I bet Kessy missed you
ReplyDeleteIt does my heart good to see you back and to feel the creative energy flowing. Welcome back, it only gets better. Richard
ReplyDeleteYour looking great! Good to have you back!
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