Monday, January 18, 2016

Team Jackson versus the 2016 Arkansas Blizzard

Packers fan Sassy did not see snow until we moved to Arkansas.


Today we woke up to a landscape covered in snow - barely covered in snow. In fact, the leaf litter was sticking up through the snow.

Our helped sent an IM about shoveling, which we do together for each snowfall. Sassy volunteered to supervise, but she wanted to play in the snow and hunt rabbits.

Our logic is impeccable. If we shovel early, the sun does the rest and there is no chipping away of icy patches later, plus a saving in salt.

When the Wrights lived next door, we shoveled their driveway and cleaned their cars, because they could not manage either one. Now we just do the Gardener's sidewalk and driveway.

Mrs. Wright died in the Faith and her husband went to live in a VA assisted living apartment.

Sometimes we shovel the sidewalk all the way up to the corner, because trampled down snow soon becomes ice. Because long-time residents count on solar power to melt the snow, shoveling a moderate snowfall is often neglected. Older people can fall on the ice, so some early shoveling and salting is a good investment.

Attracting Cardinals Before Our Snow Storm Arrives

Cardinals by Norma Boeckler

Grandson Alex, age 10, was looking our our window when he saw cardinals on the platform feeder just outside. He never saw them so close before. He was very excited to see them.

I said, "I put extra seeds on the feeder, so they would show up for you, Alex."

"You did that just for me?"

"Yes, and I put a lot of extra suet out to attract the noisy starlings, who attract more birds to the food."

He laughed and asked, "You attract the noisy birds to get even more birds at the feeder?"

"Yes, and it works."

I put seven pounds of suet out on various feeders, most of them near the window. I also cleaned out the finch feeder, which had closed down from moisture turning the seed to concrete. That big event kept birds away for days. The finch feeder lid was up for drying - scary. New food was out - ominous. Birds do not like big changes in their habitat.

I had a pretty good store of sunflower seeds and put them bird-ankle deep on the platform feeder. The squirrels show up early and late, but the abundance of feeding points - about 10 in all - makes sure each species will have a place to eat. Many times the platform features a group of the same kind, but at other times -  one of each.

I like the platform feeder because the mesh does not allow water to accumulate. I dump it upside down each day so the ground feeders can check out the leftovers.

Suet is super because a few pounds will last a long, long time. Suet is kidney fat from cows, and all the bug eaters love the fat. Starlings are quite comical, fussing and trying to get the best position on my very large suet cages and wooden holders.

The bug eating suet fans are starlings, chickadees, woodpeckers, nuthatches, etc. They will also enjoy sunflower seeds.

Corn is not heavily favored but the doves enjoy it. Corn at 50 pounds is no more expensive than a bag of ears.




Crime Watch in WELS, LCMS, ELS, CLC, ELCA.
Too Many Criminals To Portray on the Left Column




How To Recognize an Abusive Cult

To save space on the blog, I am linking the crime stories from this page. Additions will also be linked on this page. To make it easier to Mequon and Concordia graduate to see their old friends, I have posted a photo when available and the link below it.

Several survivors of abuse have already thanked me for doing this.

WELS District President Edward Werner has now faced his Maker
for crimes against young girls.
http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2016/01/in-public-record-x-rated-sorry-wels.html
WELS Evergreen Teacher Anthony Natalie Jr.
was arrested for voyeurism.
http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2016/01/wels-teacher-anthony-natalie-jr-was.html
WELS District President Steinbrenner
flew to Alaska to keep Pastor Wall from being fired for writing
a love letter and special Christmas card to a minor girl.
http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2015/11/wels-district-president-bullies-council.html


Circuit Pastor phoned me to straighten me out about Wall's love letter
and Christmas card - denying he and the DP had a duty to report.
http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2015/12/alaskan-wels-circuit-pastor-same-old.html
WELS Pastor Bendix, far right, was arrested for soliciting prostitution.
http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2015/07/wels-new-ulm-pastor-arrested-on.html
Synod President Matt Harrison ordered Steadfast Lutherans
to erase their posts about Darwin Schauer,
a sex offender encouraged to enter the ministry by a Missouri DP.
http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2012/04/lcms-case-darwin-schauer-convicted-sex.html


A criminal report in 1999 had B-Rod involved with a minor girl,
but he taught in WELS and offended again. How did the lawsuit end?
http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2016/01/from-2008-wels-facing-lawsuit-over.html
This WELS teacher slept in a student's bedroom, but not on the floor.
http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2008/12/another-wels-church-worker-charged.html

The CLC (sic) was organizing conferences in Germany with Horst Gutsche,
who was arrested in Needles, California for messing with young boys.
Gutsche has been a WELS, CLC (sic), ELCA, and ELCiC pastor - and still is one!
http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2015/09/gutschekoenig-conference-held-in.html

The FBI raided WELS headquarters, the old Love Shack,
and found hundreds of child porn files in Joel Hochmuth's office.
Hochmuth was absolved publicly by Mark Schroeder, convicted,
given a featherweight work-release sentence - and offended again.
http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2011/11/wels-love-shack-director-of.html


More later - two murders, sex with a minor girl, DUI arrests, embezzlement, and a massive ELCA lawsuit for ordaining a boy predator.