I am enjoying my weekend. I didn't do any errands or honey doos yesterday except go to the store.

I did spend some time on correspondences. I wrote Ollie, and sent her a dab of $$$$ for her inmate trust account, so that was two letters. Then I wrote my friend Leonard who is in TDCJ.

Currently I am working on writing another friend, Mike who is the Fed system.

I will say that while I am not proclaiming any one of the three's innocence, none of them should be where they are.

Choices.

Ironically last night, just before ten the phone rang. There was a recording. It was Ollie. Press 0 to accept this prepaid call. It had been about a week since she and I had talked. Her phone minutes are very precious. Remarkably, she was in very good spirits. I could hardly believe it when she told me, "They are having a problem with the phone system down here and you can keep using the prepaid cards even after the time is expired, so I borrowed one of my friends card to call you".

I told Ollie it may be that they all get in trouble when they figure out the problem and anyone who abused the system could be looking at theft of services charges. She told me the system is supposed to know when the card is out of time.

Sheesh! I was in hopes she was learning something. She told me she has a court date Wednesday. They could make another offer for a plea, they could set a trial date, or they could reinstate her probation.

One of the things I have really enjoyed about being back on the farm is watching all the acts of nature. Some of them small and inconsequential and others massive and on the verge of cruel.

From the beneficial insects to the harmful, to those that do harm. Snakes and lizards, horn toads, field mice, rabbits (both cotton tail and jack rabbits), to the occasional fox, and the coyote family I have watched for years.

It is very common to have a hawk "patrol" with me while I am plowing. They are actually using the tractor to flush or make their potential prey nervous enough to move and reveal themselves. Last Monday I had five hawks circling with me. They had an area they seemed to be concentrating on, because they were not going the entire length of the field. Lucky for some rabbits, they were out of the "hot" zone. One of the hawks on patrol was huge. I would say its wing span was between four and five feet in width. It would be in excess of two feet tall.

On one pass on the tractor, the large hawk made a dive, coming just two or three feet in front of the tractor and making a swooping strike, grasping a rabbit in its talons, before landing a few feet out of the path of the cultivator. I didn't stop. On my next through the hawk was still sitting with his prize and the other four hawks were circling closely. As I approached, the hawk with the rabbit began attempting to fly. It was very evident that the added load had messed up the aerodynamics and load center and the Hawk could only get a couple feet off the ground for twenty or thirty yards at a time.

Crazy thing is I never saw the rabbit prior to the hawk strike.

Just had a call from South Texas looking for seed trucks. Tempting. Problem is they need them now! Freight rate is still too cheap. The weigh station, DOT inspection at Rivera is also a big minus.

I am not a Kyle Busch fan but I have to say "good job". He swept all three NASCAR Touring series at Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend. The guy is talented.

Now with no NASCAR today, what do I do with my day?

Have a day.

FATHER, I pray that we will make good choices. I continue to lift Rebecca for YOUR miracle and gifts of healing. I pray for her surgeon and his team and Rebecca's family. FATHER I lift Joe Bagby for YOUR miracle of healing. I pray if this is not YOUR will, YOU will be merciful. Bless us Oh LORD and expand our boundaries!