“Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
(Philippians 4:11 KJV)
White Ibis Photo outside my room at Sea Pines Rehab Hospital
(Photos were 3′ x 4′ on the walls)
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“If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:” (Proverbs 25:21 KJV)
Gouldian Finch (Erythrura gouldiae) by Ian
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“And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.” (Genesis 24:26 KJV)
Crimson-backed Flameback-©SamindaDeSilva-Flickr
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UPDATE – Praise the Lord, I am back home again. After two weeks in the Rehabilitation Hospital, I was healthy and strong enough to be released. Got home late Monday. I am still regaining my strength and will have some physical training at home for several weeks. Yet, Praise, I am back home. Yeah! Thanks for all the prayer and thoughts.
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“The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.” (Psalms 19:8 KJV)
Spectacled Spiderhunter (Arachnothera flavigaster) by Peter Ericsson
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UPDATE – I am scheduled to be released, and heading home today. Praise the Lord and thank you all so much for your thoughts and prayers. I’ll be on a walker for awhile, but I’ll be home. :)
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“From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD’S name is to be praised.” (Psalms 113:3 KJV)
Lesser Double-collared Sunbird enjoying a Kniphofia flower ©©Rambling Ocean-Boeta.
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“He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
(Lamentations 3:28 KJV)
Snow Petrel (Pagodroma nivea) ©WikiC
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Roadrunner bites Rattlesnake
“But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
(2 Corinthians 12:16 KJV)
Roadrunner bites Rattlesnake ©Pinterest
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P.S. Praise the Lord and thanks for the prayers. I am supposed to be released from the Sea Pines Rebabilitation Hospital on Monday. My back is healing and my strenght is returning to my legs daily.
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“And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.” (Revelation 9:4 KJV)
Red-crested Turaco at Brevard Zoo by Lee
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Red-crested Turaco at Brevard Zoo by Lee
“Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.” (Isaiah 62:3 KJV)
While at the Brevard Zoo last week, we were able to take photos and this video of the Red-crested Turaco up close and personal. They opened up a remodeled section of the zoo. The aviary in there has several Red-crested Turacos. I have tried for years to get a good photo of a Turaco, but they have always been behind cage wires. This beautiful bird was in with the Cockatiels, Galahs, Laughing Kookaburra, and some ducks in the free-flying aviary. Many people were feeding the birds with juice, so the birds come right close. Actually, some land on the hand of the one with the juice.
Red-crested Turaco at Brevard Zoo by Lee
According to Wikipedia [with editing]: “The red-crested turaco (Tauraco erythrolophus) is a turaco from a group of African near-passerines. It is a frugivorous bird endemic to western Angola. Its call sounds somewhat like a jungle monkey.
The national bird of Angola is the striking, endemic red-crested turaco. It occurs quite commonly along the length of the Angolan escarpment and adjacent forested habitats.
Here is the video that I took of this avian wonder from Our Creator:
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I preloaded this blog, because I wanted to use it to give an update on my surgery. My back had rods and screws placed between the S1 to L2 and L4-L2 on the other set of pedicules. I am now in a Rehabilitation Hospital trying to regain strength. I only pre-scheduled the blog though July 1st.
Not sure when next article will be released.
I am in pain, but it is getting better. My legs are very weak, but improving. The Lord has been with all the way. Your prayers and thoughts are a great comfort.
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Red-crested Turaco at Oiseaux-birds
Red-crested Turaco – Wikipedia
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Parakeet Resting on Pen ©Wild Horse Photography
“Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they who handle the pen of the writer.” (Judges 5:14)
Parakeet Resting on Pen ©Wild Horse Photography
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“And the first came out red, all over like a hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.” (Genesis 25:25)
Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber) ©whm.ac.uk
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“Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.” (Song of Solomon 7:5)
Purple-crowned Fairywren From Pinterest
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