There are more heavy clouds in the sky, the grass is green and my heart leaps for joy this beautiful day. Bobby is due to come home this evening and I pray for his safe flight home.

I was able to get the yard all nice and manicured yesterday even though much of the time I worked in the rain and the ground was saturated in water. We have rain in the forecast each day for yet another week. It’s so hard to believe that areas in other regions are so dry when we’ve had nothing but rain and more rain the last two months.

The Ground Saturated In Water

Last Friday I took it upon myself to dig up this little baby oak tree that’s just over 5’ tall. The baby started growing right next to another oak on our property sometime last year so I made other arrangements for him. I dug him up and carefully transplanted it to this other area in the yard. I for one know nothing about transplanting trees so I figured all would be just dandy. By that evening every single leaf on the tree had completely wilted and I just knew I killed the tree. All the leaves then shriveled to an awful brown color, leaving no green in sight.

We already have 41 oak trees on the property but I still like the thought of more. I was not ready to give up on this little fella so I continued to visit him each day. I didn’t have to water him as we’ve been getting heavy rains non stop for days and the ground is marsh. Quite frankly he looked pathetic but yesterday I noticed this little bit of green (pictured below) with these happy little leaves and to me it’s a sign. I sure hope his little heart beats and grows to be a full size oak one of these days.

A Good Sign