... Ukok's Place ...

Labels: Confused.com

Mysterious forest creature at Glynliffon?

Labels: Glynliffon Park

Darling Daughter

Nothing but rain, rain and more rain here in the Midlands, UK. We have had a near heatwave in recent weeks and now the weathers turned for the worse :-(

Still, it's good for the plants, it's good for the ducks, and where would we be without life sustaining water?

Speaking of water, if you live in the UK, you might be interested in participating in Water4all in June. This is a project run by a group of teenagers trying to raise awareness of those who live without clean water supplies.

Did you know that ...

* 2 million children die each year from drinking dirty water
* 1.2 billion people have no access to safe drinking water and
* the UN millennium target is to halve this number by the year 2015.

If you would like to participate (even if you don't live in the UK) you can do so by drinking only water for the entire day on the 6th June 2007 and by praying. (You are free to eat as usual)

In previous years the water-fast has been longer, for a period of three days, but it's even easier to complete now.

Quite apart from the water-drinking, the Water 4 All project aim to bring the needs of those without clean drinking water to the attention of the G8 summit. Particularly the fact that 1.2 billion people in the world have no clean water and that someone dies every three seconds from diseases due to unclean water. In the UK those who are participating can sign a form to confirm this and their names will be compiled and sent off to the G8 to protest against the lack of intervention for those who we fail to give the basic of bodily requirements.

Sign up forms are available for printing here.

Y'know, if I'm honest, water has never appealed to me as a drink, but it's in the majority of the food I eat and fluid I drink, it's used to ensure that the sewage from my house is removed, treated and used again. It's used to cleanse my body. On a hot summer's day it just never seems cold enough.. When I brush my teeth I invariably leave the water running. When I wash the dishes, I only complain that I have to do them by hand. When I load the washing machine I gripe that I have so much laundry to do.

Instead, I should be thanking God for the water supply that allows me to turn a tap and pour myself a drink of clean, sanitised water at any time of the day or night. I should be thanking God that I can bathe frequently and add all manner of beautifully scented bath creams and shower gels to make me smell good. And yes, I should even thank God that we have so many clothes to wear that we need to use the washer so frequently.

Water is still a luxury to many people. It shouldn't be. We think we're so advanced as a race, and yet we can't/won't/don't even look after those who need our help to give them a fundamental quality of existance.

Like most things, when we don't want for something ourselves, we forget that others go on wanting for that something.

Even if you don't happen to believe that signing a petition will make a jot of difference, please fast from all drinks other than water on June 6th, and pray for all whose basic human right is being deprived them. God gave water to all of humanity, not just a portion of it.

Labels: rainy days and mondays always get me down., Water 4 All

Stained glass window in Our Lady's Chapel, Sacred Heart Catholic Church - click to enlarge

As always I'm a day (or 9) late and a dollar (pound) short. The month of May is well under way and I haven't even posted on Mary yet. I have been intending to write a post on Mother though, especially since I took the above shot of the huge stained glass window depicting the Blessed Virgin Mary last week. Alas, circumstances have prevented me from doing so. ( namely the car being in the garage for the last 4 days and the children being sick!)

I often go to the Lady Chapel in our church, to pray and when I do so I gaze upon this very image of Our Lady. Most often, I ask her to intercede that my mothering skills will dramatically improve and for our family to emulate the love of the Holy Family.

There's a lot of misunderstanding about the honour that Catholics give to Jesus' Mum, I've written about it many times over the years, so I won't go there now except to say that many good articles can be read online from the links given below if you are interested in learning more about the Blessed Virgin Mary.

What Catholics believe about Mary

Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Blessed Virgin Mary Index Page of Articles on Dave Armstrong's site

Marian Devotions and Prayers

Page depicting my pilgrimage to Walsingham

Why Jesus wants us to get on well with his mother

The image of Our Lady of Walsingham and what the image depicts

Martin Luther's take on Mary

Prayers to Our Lady of Walsingham

Marian Hymns

Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Blessed Virgin Mary Resources


The Mysteries of the Most Holy Rosary

The Joyful Mysteries
(Monday & Saturday)

1. The Annunciation
2. The Visitation
3. The Nativity
4. The Presentation
5. The Finding of Our Lord in the Temple

The Sorrowful Mysteries
(Tuesday & Friday)

1. The Agony in the Garden
2. The Scourging at the Pillar
3. The Crowning with Thorns
4. The Carrying of the Cross
5. The Crucifixion

The Glorious Mysteries
(Sunday & Wednesday)

1. The Resurrection
2. The Ascension
3. The Descent of the Holy Spirit
4. The Assumption
5. The Coronation

The Luminous Mysteries
(Thursday)

1. The Baptism in the Jordan
2. The Wedding at Cana
3. The Proclamation of the Kingdom
4. The Transfiguration
5. The Institution of the Eucharist

Labels: Marian Links and Devotions, The Holy Rosary, The Monthe of Mary

taken at Llanberis, Wales

As I shot the above image, it reminded me of the following passage of scripture ~

"Simon Peter said (in reply), "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God."

Jesus said to him in reply,

"Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." ~ Matt 16-19

Matt. to Rev. - Peter is mentioned 155 times and the rest of apostles combined are only mentioned 130 times. Peter is also always listed first except in 1 Cor. 3:22 and Gal. 2:9 (which are obvious exceptions to the rule).

Matt. 10:2; Mark 1:36; 3:16; Luke 6:14-16; Acts 1:3; 2:37; 5:29 - these are some of many examples where Peter is mentioned first among the apostles.

Matt. 14:28-29 - only Peter has the faith to walk on water. No other man in Scripture is said to have the faith to walk on water. This faith ultimately did not fail.

Matt. 16:16, Mark 8:29; John 6:69 - Peter is first among the apostles to confess the divinity of Christ.

Matt. 16:17 - Peter alone is told he has received divine knowledge by a special revelation from God the Father.

Matt. 16:18 - Jesus builds the Church only on Peter, the rock, with the other apostles as the foundation and Jesus as the Head.

Matt. 16:19 - only Peter receives the keys, which represent authority over the Church and facilitate dynastic succession to his authority.

Matt. 17:24-25 - the tax collector approaches Peter for Jesus' tax. Peter is the spokesman for Jesus. He is the Vicar of Christ.

Matt. 17:26-27 - Jesus pays the half-shekel tax with one shekel, for both Jesus and Peter. Peter is Christ's representative on earth.

Matt. 18:21 - in the presence of the disciples, Peter asks Jesus about the rule of forgiveness. One of many examples where Peter takes a leadership role among the apostles in understanding Jesus' teachings.

Matt. 19:27 - Peter speaks on behalf of the apostles by telling Jesus that they have left everything to follow Him.

Mark 10:28 - here also, Peter speaks on behalf of the disciples by declaring that they have left everything to follow Him.

Mark 11:21 - Peter speaks on behalf of the disciples in remembering Jesus' curse on the fig tree.

Mark 14:37 - at Gethsemane, Jesus asks Peter, and no one else, why he was asleep. Peter is accountable to Jesus for his actions on behalf of the apostles because he has been appointed by Jesus as their leader.

Mark 16:7 - Peter is specified by an angel as the leader of the apostles as the angel confirms the resurrection of Christ.

Luke 5:3 – Jesus teaches from Peter’s boat which is metaphor for the Church. Jesus guides Peter and the Church into all truth.

Luke 5:4,10 - Jesus instructs Peter to let down the nets for a catch, and the miraculous catch follows. Peter, the Pope, is the "fisher of men."

Luke 7:40-50- Jesus addresses Peter regarding the rule of forgiveness and Peter answers on behalf of the disciples. Jesus also singles Peter out and judges his conduct vis-à-vis the conduct of the woman who anointed Him.

Luke 8:45 - when Jesus asked who touched His garment, it is Peter who answers on behalf of the disciples.

Luke 8:51; 9:28; 22:8; Acts 1:13; 3:1,3,11; 4:13,19; 8:14 - Peter is always mentioned before John, the disciple whom Jesus loved.

Luke 9:28;33 - Peter is mentioned first as going to mountain of transfiguration and the only one to speak at the transfiguration.

Luke 12:41 - Peter seeks clarification of a parable on behalf on the disciples. This is part of Peter's formation as the chief shepherd of the flock after Jesus ascended into heaven.

Luke 22:31-32 - Jesus prays for Peter alone, that his faith may not fail, and charges him to strengthen the rest of the apostles.

Luke 24:12, John 20:4-6 - John arrived at the tomb first but stopped and waited for Peter. Peter then arrived and entered the tomb first.

Luke 24:34 - the two disciples distinguish Peter even though they both had seen the risen Jesus the previous hour. See Luke 24:33.

John 6:68 - after the disciples leave, Peter is the first to speak and confess his belief in Christ after the Eucharistic discourse.

John 13:6-9 - Peter speaks out to the Lord in front of the apostles concerning the washing of feet.

John 13:36; 21:18 - Jesus predicts Peter's death. Peter was martyred at Rome in 67 A.D. Several hundred years of papal successors were also martyred.

John 21:2-3,11 - Peter leads the fishing and his net does not break. The boat (the "barque of Peter") is a metaphor for the Church.

John 21:7 - only Peter got out of the boat and ran to the shore to meet Jesus. Peter is the earthly shepherd leading us to God.

John 21:15 - in front of the apostles, Jesus asks Peter if he loves Jesus "more than these," which refers to the other apostles. Peter is the head of the apostolic see.

John 21:15-17 - Jesus charges Peter to "feed my lambs," "tend my sheep," "feed my sheep." Sheep means all people, even the apostles.

Acts 1:13 - Peter is first when entering upper room after our Lord's ascension. The first Eucharist and Pentecost were given in this room.

Acts 1:15 - Peter initiates the selection of a successor to Judas right after Jesus ascended into heaven, and no one questions him. Further, if the Church needed a successor to Judas, wouldn't it need one to Peter? Of course.

Acts 2:14 - Peter is first to speak for the apostles after the Holy Spirit descended upon them at Pentecost. Peter is the first to preach the Gospel.

Acts 2:38 - Peter gives first preaching in the early Church on repentance and baptism in the name of Jesus Christ.

Acts 3:1,3,4 - Peter is mentioned first as going to the Temple to pray.

Acts 3:6-7 - Peter works the first healing of the apostles.

Acts 3:12-26, 4:8-12 - Peter teaches the early Church the healing through Jesus and that there is no salvation other than Christ.

Acts 5:3 - Peter declares the first anathema of Ananias and Sapphira which is ratified by God, and brings about their death. Peter exercises his binding authority.

Acts 5:15 - Peter's shadow has healing power. No other apostle is said to have this power.

Acts 8:14 - Peter is mentioned first in conferring the sacrament of confirmation.

Acts 8:20-23 - Peter casts judgment on Simon's quest for gaining authority through the laying on of hands. Peter exercises his binding and loosing authority.

Acts 9:32-34 - Peter is mentioned first among the apostles and works the healing of Aeneas.

Acts 9:38-40 - Peter is mentioned first among the apostles and raises Tabitha from the dead.

Acts 10:5 - Cornelius is told by an angel to call upon Peter. Angels are messengers of God. Peter was granted this divine vision.

Acts 10:34-48, 11:1-18 - Peter is first to teach about salvation for all (Jews and Gentiles).

Acts 12:5 - this verse implies that the "whole Church" offered "earnest prayers" for Peter, their leader, during his imprisonment.

Acts 12:6-11 - Peter is freed from jail by an angel. He is the first object of divine intervention in the early Church.

Acts 15:7-12 - Peter resolves the first doctrinal issue on circumcision at the Church's first council at Jerusalem, and no one questions him. After Peter the Papa spoke, all were kept silent.

Acts 15:12 - only after Peter (the Pope) speaks do Paul and Barnabas (bishops) speak in support of Peter's definitive teaching.

Acts 15:13-14 - then James speaks to further acknowledge Peter's definitive teaching. "Simeon (Peter) has related how God first visited..."

Rom. 15:20 - Paul says he doesn't want to build on "another man's foundation" referring to Peter, who built the Church in Rome.

1 Cor. 9:5 – Peter is distinguished from the rest of the apostles and brethren of the Lord.

1 Cor. 15:4-8 - Paul distinguishes Jesus' post-resurrection appearances to Peter from those of the other apostles. Christ appeared “to Cephas, then to the twelve.”

Gal.1:18 - Paul spends fifteen days with Peter privately before beginning his ministry, even after Christ's Revelation to Paul.

1 Peter 5:1 - Peter acts as the chief bishop by "exhorting" all the other bishops and elders of the Church.

1 Peter 5:13 - Some Protestants argue against the Papacy by trying to prove Peter was never in Rome. First, this argument is irrelevant to whether Jesus instituted the Papacy. Secondly, this verse demonstrates that Peter was in fact in Rome. Peter writes from "Babylon" which was a code name for Rome during these days of persecution. See, for example, Rev. 14:8, 16:19, 17:5, 18:2,10,21, which show that "Babylon" meant Rome. Rome was the "great city" of the New Testament period. Because Rome during this age was considered the center of the world, the Lord wanted His Church to be established in Rome.

2 Peter 1:14 - Peter writes about Jesus' prediction of Peter's death, embracing the eventual martyrdom that he would suffer.

2 Peter 3:16 - Peter is making a judgment on the proper interpretation of Paul's letters. Peter is the chief shepherd of the flock.

Matt. 23:11; Mark 9:35; 10:44 - yet Peter, as the first, humbled himself to be the last and servant of all servants.

Labels: The Primacy of Peter, Upon this Rock

A British catholic family is desperately in need of your prayers.

You may well have heard on the news about the McCann family. While holidaying in Portugal their daughter was taken from her bed 4 nights ago. The parents had left their three small children who were sleeping in a room just a stone's throw away from the restaurant in which they were dining that evening. The parents took turns to walk up to the room every half an hour to check on the children. Nothing could have prepared them for the nightmare that was about to unfold. Their beautiful little girl wouldn't be there when they next went to check on the children.

Yesterday, three days into the tragedy, Mrs McCann and her husband who are both doctors, went to Mass together. Despite the weight of desperation and anxiety bearing down on them, they went to church to pray, and they asked others to pray for their dear little girl too. Madeleine's mother said....

"I would like to offer my sincere gratitude to everybody, particularly the local community here who have offered so much support. I couldn't have asked for more. I just want to say thank you. Please continue to pray for Madeleine. She's lovely."

Labels: Missing Madeleine

Labels: Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Sanctuary

The Blessing of a Righteous Husband and Father
Posted by: tony on 05/03/2007 11:22 AM

I have been reading Ukok's blog for some time, and I enjoy her insight and humor (even though she is from "across the pond" and being a "yankee" sometimes I just don't get it).

She relates the trials and tribulations of being a single "mum":

'Sometimes it all just get's too much y'know? I know plenty of married women who feel like that, so it doesn't take much to understand just how difficult it is to be the 'mum' and 'the dad' all rolled into one...to have no support in the home, to have no one to turn to, no shoulder to cry on, no one to step in and say 'enough is enough, don't treat your mother like that'.


There is a fallacy in this statement that I'd like to point out. I am not trying to be mean or insulting.

Ukok, as nice and loving as I imagine she is, cannot be "the dad", any more than the gay partner of a homosexual dad can be "the mum".

I hear this so much from single women raising children: "I have to be the mom and the dad!" And I bite my tongue, because I don't want to get into a heated argument and hurt someone's feelings. But I have to say it here. If you are a single mom, and the man who fathered your child(ren) is still alive, they have a dad. He may be an absent dad, he may be an abusive dad, or in the case of Ukok, he might be an immature dad, but he's still a dad. And you can't be the dad.

This attitude subtly devalues the importance of a righteous father in his children's lives. If a woman can be a "mom and a dad" what would one need a dad for? We see it in hollywood where actresses decide to have children without the benefit of a husband in the home either by artificial insemination, or extra-marital sex. Everyone "ooohs" and "aaahs" about Jodie Foster's new baby. No mention is made about the evil of intentionally bringing a child into the world knowing full well there will be no dad in his or her life (though as in Ukok's case, sometimes single parenthood is not a choice and is thrust upon you by circumstances beyond your control).

But a child growing up without the male presence of a righteous husband and father is a tragedy. It should be avoided at all costs.

Ukok has found this out:

(This is what you get when you don't wait for God to choose your spouse)


It took a little while to get into the swing of things, but my wife and I are a tag team when it comes to our children. If they sass my wife, I come to her defense. If they sass me, she comes to mine. They have a specific set of chores to complete during the week (in addition to whatever homework they have). If they complete them by Friday, they get a certain amount of money. Every day they delay until Sunday, the amount goes down until they are still responsible for doing the chores, only they do it for free.

We still have a battle getting them to turn out the lights when they leave a room, or putting the cordless phone away when they are done with it, but my wife and I are blessed with a couple of the most wonderful young ladies on the planet who on a regular and consistent basis make me so proud of them I could almost burst.

My wife and I make an infinitely more complete "parental machine" than either of us could independently. My wife brings love, care, constancy and gentleness. I bring strength, courage, support and discipline (of which the root word is "disciple"). If one of us were gone, a whole section of the skill set would be missing. I'm sure I could learn to be gentle, but I could never emulate the feminine gentleness of their mom. I could never teach my girls, by myself, how to grow up to be well adjusted young women.

Likewise, Ukok cannot teach her son, by herself, what he needs to know to be a well adjusted young man. He needs to have a positive male role model. A role model who embodies what Ukok considers good and beneficial in a man. She doesn't have to marry him, just allow her son to interact with him (be it a sports coach, a boy scout leader, etc.) Mothers have a habit of discouraging manly pursuits like boxing, martial arts, fencing, target shooting, hunting and trapping. Mothers tend to discourage fighting, while fathers teach sons how and more importantly when to fight.

But almost more importantly, by his example with his wife, a father teaches a young son how a husband relates to his wife. He also teaches his young daughter how a wife is supposed to be treated by a good husband.

I'd like to see: "I am the mom and dad" disappear from a single parent's lexicon.

(Crossposted at Catholic Dads)

Hi.

It was bought to my attention by a friend that you had posted this about a recent post I made on my blog. I have to say, I am dissapointed that you felt you could not raise your objection on my own blog, but for the friend, I would knot know you were discussing my post or child-rearing skills. I'm also dissapointed that you feel the need to make my blog post your crusad of the moment, examining it in such detail and using your blog as an 'expose'arena for post's that hit a nerve, even without much substance to uphold that position.

Firstly, I have to point out that tmy post was a post written from the heart, it was never intended to be a post which needed to be qualified in any way or in which I beleived it would be necessary to justify it's content.

Since you haven't left me with much choice and since I feel the need to reaffirm where I was 'coming from' originally, I shall do just what I had thought I would not have to do.

I start then by saying that unless I were a complete idiot, I would have been very well aware at the time of my posting the post, that I could not physically, or via any other means 'be' both parents rolled into one.

However, that 'is' what it feels like sometimes. I have to exhibit the motherly, compassionate tendencies and I also have to be the disciplinarian who makes ends meet and pays the bills. Although we can not (of course) generalise that there is a strict dividing line in aportioning things in such a way as to say that the mother cares and the father does not, traditionally the mother is the primary carer and the father goes out to work and hence, while loving his children as does their mother, he has other concerns like providing for the needs of his family. (let's not take the feminist/modernistic tangent here).

Hence, when I say that I feel I have to 'be' both, I mean that I DO have to act in the capacity of those traditional roles.

You mention that you feel you have to bite your tongue when you hear single mothers say the same thing. I would say to you that I , perhaps like those mothers, have never claimed that the father of our children 'does not exist'. We are, after all, only too aware of the presence of the fathers of the children (or lack of precence - for whatever reason), whether they are indeed, abusive, absent, incapacitated etc.

I think if you re-read my post, you'll find it a bit of a chore to find the line that says, 'I AM the dad and no other exists'. Here's the shocker, my daughters father DOESN'T exist, at least on earth. He is dead. So what say you? May it be possible for me to 'be' father and mother to my daughter (in those traditional roles I mentioned), because her father is dead, but not to my son, because his father isn't dead?

If my post is objectionable, that is cause for argument, but to call-out a blog post and claim that it "devalues the importance of a righteous father in his children's lives", is ludicrous. I am speaking about my own personal situation, on my own blog. I'm not badmouthing the role of fathers. I admire fathers who act out of love for their children. Who love their families with the love of Christ.

You wrote:

"If a woman can be a "mom and a dad" what would one need a dad for? We see it in hollywood where actresses decide to have children without the benefit of a husband in the home either by artificial insemination, or extra-marital sex. Everyone "ooohs" and "aaahs" about Jodie Foster's new baby. No mention is made about the evil of intentionally bringing a child into the world knowing full well there will be no dad in his or her life (though as in Ukok's case, sometimes single parenthood is not a choice and is thrust upon you by circumstances beyond your control)"

I say:

Thank you for noticing that my own situation was not one that I chose to be in. I did not ask for my daughters father to die. I did not ask for my son's father to abuse myself and my children. Ironically, perhaps, all I've ever wanted was for my children to have that which is the right of every child. A loving and contented home. I try to provide that home for my children. And yes, it is hard, but I don't need to tell you that, you are an intelligent man. It's tough enough to raise/be a family when you have a loving spouse by your side.

The relationship you describe having with your wife is that which I feel all who are called to the vocation of Matrimony, have a right to enjoy. And since while I am free to marry (yeah, who'd going to want me right? I'm even screwed up about what sex I am! Mum, Dad, Dad, Mum .... DOH!)God has not chosen to provide me with a suitor, as yet, so until that happens, I will go on as before, acting in the capacity of a father becuase my son's father gives us no maintanence, no nothing.

I do agree that my son does indeed need a role model (s). I believe he does have them. He has my father as a role model for loving ones family, Dad has been married to my mother for 42 years and loves her beyond measure....my son also has my brother as a role model for upstanding citizenship -he's a police inspector and my son wants to fight crime and injustice just like him... he has my boss/ friend , the parish priest, Fr. P...who my son has a good rapport with ... my son confesses to him and can share things with him....AND he has a Dad!

Though it's been incredibly difficult and has taken years to reach this point of civility, my son is having more contact with his father than ever and he now has a really good relationship with him. So yes, there are plenty of male role models in my son's life, I don't think that's a problem at all.

Of course, I did have to teach my son not to pee sitting on the toilet, but aside from that, he's not a sissy, which I hear a lot of men bemoan of women raising boys.(I'm not going to be drawn on your 'guns' comment).

Unsurprisingly I also agree with what you said about a boy learning about how to treat women, from the example set by his father. This is PRECISELY why I took my son out of the marital home (edited to add: with hindsight, my son has access to this webpage, hence the removal of specific details about our lives in the former marital home) it was because I chose to be a responsible mother, a loving mother who put the needs of my children first, that we became a single parent family.

And God WAS in the midst of it all. I prayed constantly to the Lord. I wanted so much for things to be okay. I tried everything to try to make it work. In the end God answered me when it became so startlingly serious that the 'decision' was taken out of my hands.

All in all I think your post is more than a little pedantic. As I said, I never claimed that I AM father and mother, I claimed that it was a struggle to 'be' both mother and father, precisely because I knew what you seem to think eludes me, that I can never be both.

We (single mothers) have the 'stigma' of single parenthood in the social realm to contend with (watch out wives they'll steal your husband/ they're a drain on resources etc)...we have the media generalisations that claim we're all after state benefits and a rent free existance... and we even have decent, upstanding, faith-filled christians like yourself claiming that 'we devalue the importance of a righteous father in his children's lives' when we open our mouths and say how tough it is to 'be' both mum and dad, often in the absence of a father.

...and the next time you overhear a conversation where the mother claims that it's a hard job to be both Mum and Dad, you'd be very wise to not comment, unless the only thing that you could offer her was encouragement, because believe me, you have no idea how much we need to hear that instead of all the negative comments we are subjected to, the generalisations about us. We need your suppport, not criticism. We don't need you to tell us what we already know.

God Bless you.

Labels: Fight Night

Labels: Bullying.

Though I'm no ornithologist and have never considered myself to be too interested in birds,they've been on my mind ever since having watched Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds last night (I love Hitchcock films!).

Anyway, I was just about to go and play ball with my son in the back garden and I look down and see these two little visitors before me. Yes, these two little baby birdies were sitting outside my back door chirping away.


In a tree overhead we heard their mother chirping frantically or her babies, in turn the little baby chirpers could hear their mummy and were attempting to respond to her anxious call. Problem was, these birds couldn't fly higher than 3ft and my 6 ft garden fence was standing in the way of their reunification.

So I took the two little baby birdies in my hands...they were so trusting, they hardly stirred at all...



...and placed them on a nearby wall only a little way from their mummy.


And oh boy, doI hope their mummy finds them soon because they are so sweet and so scared.

"I know every bird of the heavens; the creatures of the field belong to me"
~ Psalms 50:10-11

Labels: Bird Rescuers

Mandy, Abbie and Chris

Labels: Baby abbie, Family

Labels: Chores and Familial Harmony (or lack of it), Family