May 20 – “Wildflower happy”

Following the Fat Donkey excursion we decided that since we were just down the road from what was billed as THE wildflower farm of the entire region, why not check that out as well?  Chris still hadn’t seen the wildflowers she was hoping for, so this would be her best chance.  I didn’t expect a moose there, but, hey, you never know. 

The very first thing you experience at the wildflower farm is … a gift shop.  Well, I guess we could have walked all the way around it, but why not dive right in?  Actually there were two separate shops.  We walked right through the first one.  I think Chris was so focused on seeking out wildflower life that she had blinders on.  Couldn’t do the same at the next one, though.  That’s where the purchases had to occur.  Some kind of jelly, I think.  Maybe some syrup.  Enough that they gave us a box to put them in.  Oh, well.  Gotta spend some souvenir money.  May as well be something to eat.  So I hauled that box as we took a walk, no, a hike, through the grounds. 

And finally Chris got to see her wildflowers.  Acres and acres of wildflowers, many still in bloom.  Gotta admit, it was pretty.  Well, except for the field that reminded me of those yellow flowered weeds we pull out of the flower beds at home.  People pay money for that stuff?  Just stop by the house.  I can hook you up.  They also had a huge plant buying place outside.  And speaking of buying places, we had to go through that first gift shop to get back to the car.  The route was not as direct this time.  That place even had clothes and those hangy on the wall thingies.  But we did finally find the seed room.  One entire room of nothing but row after row of those little wildflower seed packets.  Amazingly, however, we purchased none.  Might be because Chris had to hang onto that heavy box for a few minutes while I made a bathroom stop.  I think her arms were getting tired.  But she was happy.  Wildflower happy.  Still no moose for me, though.

Oh, I just recalled another memory from back in Waco.  The nerf gun battle.  In summary, Zak lost.  Josh lost.  Caleb, Luke and the mystery sniper won.  Gotta say, my new gun purchased just for the occasion performed admirably.

Hebrews 9:27-28 says, “And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment, so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.”

Father, thank you for the beauty in your tiny little flower creations.  Amen.