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06/10/2024

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03/16/2024

This one is for you Richard D. Rowland

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01/11/2024

My dad has bees.Today I went to his house and he showed me all of the honey he had gotten from the hives. He took the lid off of a 5 gallon bucket full of honey and on top of the honey there were 3 little bees, struggling. They were covered in sticky honey and drowning. I asked him if we could help them and he said he was sure they wouldn't survive. Casualties of honey collection I suppose.
I asked him again if we could at least get them out and kill them quickly, after all he was the one who taught me to put a suffering animal (or bug) out of its misery. He finally conceded and scooped the bees out of the bucket. He put them in an empty Chobani yogurt container and put the plastic container outside.
Because he had disrupted the hive with the earlier honey collection, there were bees flying all over outside.
We put the 3 little bees in the container on a bench and left them to their fate. My dad called me out a little while later to show me what was happening. These three little bees were surrounded by all of their sisters (all of the bees are females) and they were cleaning the sticky nearly dead bees, helping them to get all of the honey off of their bodies. We came back a short time later and there was only one little bee left in the container. She was still being tended to by her sisters.
When it was time for me to leave we checked one last time and all three of the bees had been cleaned off enough to fly away and the container was empty.
Those three little bees lived because they were surrounded by family and friends who would not give up on them, family and friends who refused to let them drown in their own stickiness and resolved to help until the last little bee could be set free.
Bee Sisters. Bee Peers. Bee Teammates.
We could all learn a thing or two from these bees.
Bee kind always.~
~author unknown
art: Autumn Skye Morrison
Also read this story :https://deephearting.com/experience-the-charm-of-a-golden-retriever-farm-where-visitors-can-bond-with-these-friendly-dogs-creating-a-popular-tourist-attraction/

01/11/2024

Hope ~ the Anchor of your Soul

“Hope breathes New life into us, like Oxygen for the Soul.
If not for Hope, surly our Hearts would be broken 💔

Cling to the Golden cord of Hope connecting you to Heaven. Love always Hopes.” - The Peace Ponies™️


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11/09/2023

I've been thinking a lot about PAL. He left us 3 years ago. PAL, Richard, Miss Annie, Bo and many more of Richard's beloved family are now somewhere on the other side of the 🌈 ⭐️ ⭐️ 🌝 with our Creator. We miss you PAL.

07/19/2023

I shall cherish you
Forever in my heart
Be you near
Or be you far
We shall never really, be apart
As I
I shall cherish you
Forever, in my heart

A little poem written by Athey Thompson
Art by S Hee

07/19/2023

And when
We grow up
We must never forget
That hidden, down deep
Within us
Is our forever inner child
Resting, silently within us
Forever waiting
Forever hoping
That one day
We shall
Remember it

Written by Athey Thompson
Art by Arthur Rackham

07/17/2023

This is what is known as bed head in the horse world...no worries, I know someone is going to groom me today. PAL

07/17/2023

If it looks like I am moping, you are right, I am. I can only take so much grooming and I want to be back out with my herd...I mean, I am appreciative but I am ready to go out and get dirty :-) PAL

07/16/2023

And, there
In the mists of my memory
I see you.
And, there
In the mists of my memory
You shall always be.

A little poem written by Athey Thompson
Photograph taken by Alex Saberi

07/16/2023

I wrote a letter
To my inner child
And, I told her
How loved she was by me
And, if no one else
Ever told her so
She knew
How loved she was, by me

A Little Poem by Athey Thompson
Taken from A little pocket book of poems by
Athey Thompson.
A little girl and her cat in the streets of East London, Early 1900s.
Photograph taken by Horace Warner.

07/16/2023

PAL checking in thru Ms. Kim. Just 4 years ago today, I was getting a nice, cool bath from my friend Emily. I lived a good, long, happy life. I'm waitong for you on the other side with my Keeper and best friend, Richard D. Rowland.

07/16/2023

And, if a star shall fall
Down upon the ground
Why, I shall pick her up
For she longed to be found
I shall hold her forever
Forever in my heart
Knowing that we shall never
Ever again, be apart

A little poem by Athey Thompson
Taken from A little book of poetry by Athey Thompson
Art by Oxana Fomina

06/17/2023

Richard served two tours during the Vietnam War and had a 28-year long career in law enforcement with the Kentucky State Police. Later he and his wife ran a horse boarding facility where they boarded horses as well as raised and trained Quarter Horses. After being diagnosed in 2008 with an incurable...

06/11/2023

How about another contest? I'd love to give away another gift card for a free eBook download of 'Just for Today'! TAG a friend and pick a number between 1 - 300. Like last time, I'll use a random number generator to find the winning number. Whoever chooses the closest to the winning number (4 digits on either side) will win! Remember to tag someone please. I end the contest this afternoon at 3pm. To play click on the link below to take you to the original post on Richard's author page!