The The geese said "good bye".

Flourish2finish blog#50

 Jan 28, 2017

It's sunny here in California and this is my 50th blog, in 3 months of journey, we should celebrate! 

Wow, 61 degrees today. Definitely a "pool day" today.  Yesterday, I drove back here to Palm Desert, and it was beautiful!   I was thinking, all the way, "I haven't seen these mountains before."  Then I remembered, it was raining, foggy and the visibility was "none" for mountains before. BUT NOW!  It was only a little over an hour drive but was it spectacular! 

Because of the rain, the hills and fields are a beautiful spring green,  I saw some flooding of the valley fields, (which looked like blue lakes) with a flock of white cranes at the edge. In contrast were the high  mountains dark blue, in the background, with snow on the top!   While I was watching, a tumble weed tumbled through the crowd of cranes! Awesome!

As I entered Palm Springs, I was amazed to see what seemed like thousands of tall Wind Turbines (windmills). (In Palm Springs? Who knew?) I looked it up, and discovered this from Google: It is called a wind farm, and the hot air from the desert mixed with the cold air from the tall mountains creates wind.  They are tall because there is more wind as you get higher. 

OK, here is how it works, First, a wind turbine blade works sort of like an airplane wing, blowing air passes around both sides of the blade.  The shape of the blade causes the air pressure to be uneven (higher on one side, lower on the other) and that's what makes it spin.  On the top there's a weather vane that's connected to computers that keeps the Turbine turned toward the wind.  The blades are attached to a shaft, attached to gears that increase the rotation up to about 1,800 rpm.  At that speed, a generator can produce a lot of electricity.

OK, end of lesson on alternative power sources.   They were interesting.  Somebody needs to discover how to convert the wind generated by trucks, cars, motor homes etc. into more efficient use of gas, batteries, and electric cars. (I'm just say'n).

I had a visitation by the geese before I left.  Two geese landed on my roof and two were on the shed next door.  I got a picture of the two on the shed with a shadow of the two on the roof.  They made a lot of noise, pecking, stomping, and flapping for about an hour.  They didn't pay any attention to me banging on the ceiling to scare them away. I gave up and prayed that they would not do any damage, about five minutes later, they flew away.  The geese had always been around, but never intrusive before, I guess that was their way of saying good bye, they didn't know I would be back.

 I was able to go outside without a jacket for the first time since I have been in California (I think).  It took quite a while to find a site.  After driving around and everything was full, I was praising the Lord that He would find me the perfect spot, is it ever!  Right at the entrance where everybody comes in and goes out, near the pool, near the laundry, near where the church services are. near all the activities and the dumpsters.  Wow, you can't beat God!  The bonus is that I have the Shaklee magnetic sign on the front side door and everybody coming in or going out of the park, walking, walking their dog(s), biking, going to the many activities, ALL SEE THE SIGN.  I can sit here typing and see them go by looking at it.  Great exposure!  This is a very busy spot, seeing all the comings and goings is better than TV.  There are 445 sites here and it is a very popular site in the winter, lots of palm trees, but the fruit is gone from the citrus trees. (sad face).  I already have a "go to" helper right next door that was assigned to me by the park ranger.  He said, "If you need any help, Andy will help you," and he pointed him out in his hearing, and we introduced ourselves.  He apologized for having to leave to go somewhere, but said he would be back.  It looks like he might be a full-timer here with his Father and "Dangerous dog" sign.  He explained that the sign was for the people in his coach, not his dog. OK?!

 Jesus is my best defense.  He never needed a dog or a gun for defense, His defense is mightier than a two edged sword. Heb 4:12... even able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart."  So, I am thoroughly protected and I don't have to walk Jesus, (He walks and drives with me) or feed Him, He feeds me and He doesn't have fleas! Wooopee! what a deal!