My goodness but it is cold outside today. How you can live in a region that can go from 90's to nearly freezing can only be explained in regions such as Colorado!

Thursday the nation found out there was a town by the name of Windsor in North Eastern Colorado by means of a nasty tornado that left an ugly finger print upon the up-scale community in the old town region and beyond. Not so far from where we ourselves live (about five miles) this fingerprinting across the lovely spring farming landscape began and followed through to the far reaches of Laramie Wyoming. Incredible if by no other means than this particular storm opted to travel in an absolutely reverse path of what our normal weather patterns travel around here.

Feeling a bit too snug and secure in our rolling landscape, assuming the very profile of our pastures and valleys that surround us, I believed we were relatively safe from experiencing a tornado in our own back yard. That was until Friday afternoon when one of those fun filled, fast moving, dirt clouds was approaching and I was scurrying to get the kids in the house and to the basement with the dogs, cat and pet bunny. All was left in tact with the exception a few more branches, our propane tank gage and a few pieces of plywood that came from the out buildings. But all in all, we escaped unscathed, but mindful that they can and did in fact form in our own back yard!

All this to only find ourselves immersed in the spring beauty that followed in the weather patterns on Saturday afternoon and for the most part all day Sunday as well. Yes, beautiful, pristine weather made for being outside.

Saturday of course found the injured horses I mentioned in my previous blog and Sunday found that one whom we believed was okay, not so okay with a bowed tendon... Then it came, the big event of the weekend in our back yard. A Memorial Day Reminder of the absolute best kind... A brand new foal (baby horse)! But not the one I was expecting but rather one in a small pasture hardly suited for foaling in... But all's well that ends well and he appears to be in fine shape in spite of the unsightly entry into the world anew. We got him moved around the family far and near came to view the newbie and his adorable presence.

Then today arrived... Ushered in without so much as a ray of sunshine from the skies. It was cool early on with a dreary and humid hint to the air. However, the newbie had a way of brightening up the worst of weather. By late afternoon it was down right cold and still is! They promise warmer weather on the horizon, but as we have all come to know and accept.... Weather reporting is a science of the third realm and cannot, in spite of all our newest and greatest technology, out smart God! Therefore, we will accept what comes our way regardless of what they predict and when they are wrong as is often the case, we'll grumble a bit. However, we will be sitting before the weather Doppler system trusting the potential of an accurate forecast once more when time for the weather broadcast. Isn't funny how we humans can be? Fickle at best!

So, with this much said, tomorrow will be an interesting morning of discussion with the contractor responsible for hurting our horses this weekend and to once more see what the weather angels have in store for us upon mornings first light.

In the meantime, I will reflect on the price paid for the luxury of freedom and living in still the greatest nation in the world. I will embrace the opportunity to watch those news casts, to pick my worship services, to choose my candidates and to serve the greater good of the population that still stands as one nation UNDER GOD! I send my prayers and thanks to the many service people who have for generation after generation provided and guarded such opportunities and freedoms. I also pay tribute and honor to those who I so dearly love who have gone on to their final homes ahead of us.

My prayer, that I may live a life worthy of the price they have paid for me to live it. To serve God and man kind with the heart and fervor that all too often I personally lack. And to strive to live a life according to God's will from my conception.

Be Blessed, Be a Blessing, Be Appreciative and Honor those who have given of themselves for you to do these things! Happy Memorial Day and May the Sun Shine Upon You in the Week to Come!

Love to All