by Joan Durbin | Sep 25, 2025 | Thoughts from My Day!
My darling man, Alan, and I, went to Natural Tunnel State Park this past weekend. It was time to celebrate his birthday, and a great opportunity to do things we love to do, like hiking, identifying trees and wildflowers, listening for birds, and learning new things....
by Joan Durbin | Sep 16, 2025 | Thoughts from My Day!
I backpedaled fast! Really fast! I couldn’t believe it! I was seeing Skunk in the daytime, only three feet in front of me while I was out on my prayer walk one morning last week. OK. Maybe it was more like thirty feet in front of me, but my brain lit up like a...
by Joan Durbin | Sep 11, 2025 | Thoughts from My Day!
Our safari guide Wallace told us Zebra is in a group of animals known as the Ugly Five. I didn’t think Zebra was ugly at all. But I soon realized he was teasing me. The Ugly Five are considered to be the following: warthog, vulture, wildebeest, marabou stork,...