Our baby geese don't look like babies anymore! See that white goose? He or she (we're not sure which) has decided it wants to be their mother. A few times we've seen her (or him?) trying to chase the real parents away.
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What's Moe looking at today?
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Our friend the Great Blue Heron,
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and these little buggers.
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The crepe myrtle trees that grace our parish lawn are in bloom! It seems like the white ones usually bloom first; later we'll start to see pinkish-purplish ones around our little town.
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In the middle of the night a number of years ago, someone thought it would be funny to push our church's Mary statue off of her pedestal. As a result, her head was broken clean off of her body. You can still see the scars.
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While I was visiting Mary, this little birdie wanted to say hello.
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We have quite a few of these sassafras plants growing in our backyard.
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On Sunday, Curly and Moe pulled a couple of them out of the ground and chopped up the roots.
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Then they boiled the pieces in water for several minutes,
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and Voila', Sassafras Tea!
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I prefer mine over ice.
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