Saturday, March 29, 2014

Thoughts for the Day

Springtime is here, hopefully to stay!  The day was glorious: a deep blue sky with lazy, wispy clouds floating overhead, a wonderful temperature of 75 degrees, and bursting wildflowers scattered on the lush grass carpet.


As I sat outside, rubbing the puppies tummies and petting Edna, I thought of how much I enjoy being with the animals.  I thought of my amazing Creator who made them.  I also remembered how God strictly warns us about worshiping the creation:

"They changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshiped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen."  Romans 1:25

When I enjoy the animals, they remind me of the amazing Artist and Designer who made them.  Instead of worshiping the animals, I worship the One who made them!


Today I gave Edna her first dose of wormer.  I mixed up the herbs with a little bit of water in a plastic Dixie cup.  Then I sucked up the herbs into the syringe and squeezed the mixture into Edna's mouth.  I am not sure she got the full dose, Edna had a green mustache afterwards and I had herbal mixture running down my sleeve!  Oh well, I am planning to repeat the process again soon.  (The herbal wormer I am using has two parts.  One is a strong formula to be given every several weeks.  The other is a "maintenence" formula to be given every week.  I gave the weaker, "maintenence" formula today and plan to give the strong formula later this week.)

 
The Wormer

 The Drench Syringe

Ahhh...the empty milk bottle.  It seems that I keep leaving these things around and finding them hours later!  On a fence post, on top of the dog food barrel, next to the sink... Goat care is an endless adventure!



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