A Few More Good Things

I never post in the afternoon, but I've felt lifted up by Kym's Happy Hour, Vicki's Good Things, and Sarah's Good News so I needed to share a few more good things. I think this should/will be a regular Friday thing. Be sure and check out their blogs if you haven't already. 

Just in case you didn't read my frozen finch story over at Kyms, I'll repeat myself here. I got to see a frozen finch come back to life. Sunday as the storm was winding down I saw a finch lying down in my window feeder. Its feet were curled up and it was covered in sleet and freezing rain. I felt sad that this poor bird had died, but Monday morning when I came downstairs, I saw the finch sitting on the edge of the feeder and warming up in the sun. I was thrilled and put off getting my tea so I didn’t disturb it, but I just sat at the kitchen table, watching and hoping it would get warm enough. After about half an hour it did, ate a few seeds and flew into the closest oak to sit in the sun some more. It felt like a miracle! 

It's not a great photo, but I took this on Monday morning as she was reviving herself. You can still see some of the sleet/freezing rain on her wing feathers, but she did eventually manage to fly away. It was a wonderful way to start my day (and probably hers, too).

This one is going to sound a bit weird, but alpha-galactosidase is also a good thing. Before the storm, I made big pots of bean soup and chili. Even though we didn't lose power, John and I enjoyed eating the, but by Day 3, both of us were in gastric distress. I ventured out and got some Beano. The active ingredient is alpha-galactosidase which prevents gas and bloating caused by complex carbohydrates by breaking them down in your stomach. It works wonderfully and we're finishing up the last of the chili tonight. 

I took some venison stew over to my neighbors the other day and we sat and had a cup of tea. I asked what kind of tea it was and my neighbor said it was some kind of ginger-turmeric tea that she had gotten but she didn't really like it much. I said I loved it and she gave me the rest of the box. That certainly sounded like a fair trade to me. I think the tea is great!  

 

Feel free to add any good things you can think of in the comments and join me in the future for a few more good things. This doesn't mean that things are all okay in Minneapolis or many other places in the US but we all need a few good things now and then.