Friday's Fave Five

Hosted by Susanne!

Welcome to Friday's Fave Five.  This  is a meme   where we sharing the blessings   of the week  and this has been a lovely week for us.  First of all, we have enjoyed the wonderful weather, the colorful days of June have been amazing and such a blessing  as  hubs has been working so hard outside  repointing  or  adding new grout  to our   old  brick sidewalk,  but due to the weather  he has  been able to  get the job done in good stead  and we are very thankful!!  Our home was built in 1937 and  is a very well built  house,  which we  have  enjoyed working on   over the 38 years we  have lived here..  But the  brick walk out back had never been replaced as the front walk had, and  when we   power washed it the grout just came flying out!  It looks so much better now!!!

I am so thankful that  my dear friend, Gerri  with whom we attend   church,  but  whom I have, also, known  for over a decade,  encouraged me to  attend  her  summer  Bible Study.  This  group is  from the larger , well known Community Bible Study,  that she  has  been part of for years.. but this little study is a short term summer study  that she invited me to attend and it has been so wonderful.  I love the small group of ladies... we have the most dynamic discussion and  have grown together into a  great group just in the last three meetings..  and with only 3 more meetings   to come before  this study will end,, I am hopeful  we will continue on with another study thereafter!!!

I made contact with one of Lynn's cousins this  week.  We used to get -together every month  for dinner.,  along with three other families for dinner at various local restaurants. We really enjoyed it so much,  but once covid hit  we just  fell away.  This  cousin    I spoke with   is very anxious to  restart  our  times together and I am very hopeful that we  will  very soon get the whole group  back in the groove.  I think it is so important to maintain ties with  family   who  are also good friends!!!  Especially at our age!!!

Today, I had 3  beloved friends  in  for our  regular prayer meeting..  This time was my turn to host!  We  meet every 2nd and 4th Thursday  at each other's home  for  refreshment,  praise and  prayer.  I am so blessed that  these  happenings are as important to each of us and  we always set  the time apart for meeting!

I am   very excited about my new app on my phone... Merlin, sponsored by Cornell University.   When I go outside  to  just enjoy  nature and the  fresh air I take my phone and turn on Merlin.  The app  will listen for  bird song and do a bird id   and a whole list of birds  in  the general vicinity    will  gradually pop up.   The last time I  did this on the 10th of the month,  this list  eventually popped up....Song Sparrow, American Robin, House Sparrow,  American Crow, Chimney Swift, Carolina Wren, Downy Woodpecker,  Northern Cardinal, Northern Mockingbird, Red bellied Woodpecker, American Goldfinch, Blue Jay,  and Gray Catbird.The more I  do this  the more I am able  to recognize the bird song for each my favorite birds.  To be honest there are a couple on the list I do not  enjoy,  but  I do know  that they are  in our area!.  I love using this app to further the  work I can do in my nature journal!!!