Watching wildlife programmes I was fascinated by the vast number of species of birds there are – approximately 11,000, but it is estimated the real number could be almost 20,000. I knew there were lots but not that many.
As I open the kitchen cupboard, I look on the top shelf at China tea services which are about 60 years old. When did the ‘mug’ become the choice for tea and coffee? You see mugs for Mum, Dad, special days, animals, birds – the list goes on but being a bit of a dinosaur I still prefer drinking from a china mug or cup. Many years ago when we had get togethers for our Auntie Jean I had to buy loose tea as she wouldn’t have tea bags. I still have the tea strainer we used.
We all admire those who through their lives persevere through hard times, health issues, family troubles. One such man lived at the time when the Brooklyn Bridge was conceived in 1867. The bridge designer was told by experts it couldn’t be done but John Roebling convinced his son Washington to help him and together they resolved the problems and they hired a crew to build the bridge. After only a few months a tragic accident on site took John’s life and another severely injured Washington, leaving him unable to talk or walk. He had an idea. He would tap out messages on his wife’s arm to convey to the engineers what he wanted them to do. He did for 13 years until the bridge was built.
The Apostle Paul says, “We have troubles all around us, but we are not defeated. We do not give up the hope of living,”
Marie Cove