With all the bad weather, we thought we lost all 4 tomato plants, 3 flower plants and 2 bean plants. This morning 2 of the tomato plants seemed to have perked up, 2 of the flowers plants suddenly had flowers. They can be knocked around by golf ball sized hail, 70 mph wind and enough rain to make the water just sit around them and there they are. My garden is resilient. I am happy for that.

I have been reading The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. It is a long book, a 3-decade long story and I'm not even close to half way through. This is the type of book I love. I can get to know the characters and be with them for a long time before they go away at the end of the book. The mother in this book tells one of her daughters that God doesn't make the bad things go away, but He does help us through them. I really liked that.

My simple living today consisted of hanging out laundry (I haven't used the dryer in 2 weeks), making bread and making potato salad and fried chicken for dinner.