Rain again!

It is raining -- no complaint here -- we need the rain -- I'm enjoying seeing the area green again. Brown is not my favorite color! Gracie is curled up in my bed, not the least bit interested in getting up. She's been out for her walk (before the rain) and decided to go back to sleep. Sounds like a good idea to me but I have too much to do to join her.

I've been doing some genealogy research -- my cousin sent some new information and I'm sharing it with other members in the family. It has to do with the time when members of my family emigrated to Mexico (prior to the revolution) to teach farming techniques to the Mexican people. My Grandmother was just a young girl when they went. Such an interesting bit of history -- I lived along the border for years and some details of the Mexican Revolution were very widely known in that area. Not so well known by us was the way it impacted my family. This bit of research has been fun. Still more to do -- more to do than I have hours to do it in!

Does your family history include an interesting story? Would you share?

P.S. After several hours of steady rain the sun came out. My back yard was suddenly full of birds -- white wing doves drinking out of the bird bath -- a bluejay bathing in a puddle, several starlings pecking around looking for something to eat. It was a delightful sight!