"Happy May the first!  Happy the month to plant gardens!" Seth's voice came muffled from behind his closed bedroom door at 6:15am then became clear and louder as the door opened and he popped into our room with a big grin on his face.  "Did you like what I just said" he queried? "When can I put shorts on?  Can I wear a T-shirt today?"  We all know that it is spring and "supposed" to be warm out.  Unfortunately, spring has been taking its time here in Missouri.  The wind is blowing away full speed.  It has not been consistently warm.

"No, not yet.  I know what the calender says, but it is not that warm out.  Come here and let's blow your nose!"  The pollens are heavy.  Pollens seem to make me drag! I feel as if a weight is upon me.  I wake up feeling old and decrepit as I work out my sore joints.  This is not normal for me except when something like pollens are attacking.

Seth used to have a runny nose and a cold of some kind continually as a baby/toddler.  When the seizures hit, that all seemed to go away.  I see them coming back now and perhaps the seizures being not as many.  I hope it is a sign that things are reversing!  Always hoping, always looking for a brighter future for my son.

We are on a new protocol with him.  We did the blood and saliva testing.  Most everything is in excellent condition.  His cholesterol, heart, blood, lungs and such are in fantastic shape. Doc said he will never die of a heart attack!  His problems have showed up mainly in pancreas and some liver and then the adrenals.  Makes sense.  Hopefully as we turn those around, things will improve even more for Seth.  He has improved tremendously since he was young.  Even as far as allergies go, he has only a few problems, such as eggs, soy and most of the gluten grains, but not all.  Then there are the bean stragglers including pinto, navy and kidney.  I am thankful that there are so many different kinds of beans such as black, cranberry and white beans that we can still enjoy!

I believe he is doing way much better this pollen season than he has ever done before.  I am grateful! 

Back to May day.  We already have lettuce, beets and spinach growing along with potatoes.  We extended the size of our garden.  I think that is a good thing to do with the precarious food and gas prices, don't you?  At least have a potted tomatoe plant on your patio.  It will produce till frost for you.  Greenbeans are another good thing to have that proliferates quite well and is easy to grow along with cucumbers.  You can grow them in a pot and have a trellis for them to climb.  I hope I have inspired you!

Right now I am smelling Cranberry beans cooking in my crockpot.  Mmmmm!  Smells so good.  Seth can't have eggs or wheat, or white flour, so I have had to make up a way to make cornbread.  I grind or blend barley into flour and it works just as good as white flour with the cornmeal.  I put some ground flax in to replace the eggs.  It kind of acts as a binder.  Tastes fine!

I hope May brings many surprises for you.  We have put out grape jam and are seeing lots of Baltimore Orioles and Orchard Orioles.  Rosebreasted Grosebeaks, Indigo Buntings, Gold finches, Titmice and the such are gracing our bird feeders and rock area.  Oh, and I can't forget the tiny hummingbirds!  I try and get Seth interested at least in the colors.  I think if I set him to counting how many of each, he would take a greater interest!  Numbers are his "thing!"  Yesterday morning we had 3 deer, 1 turkey, 1 possum and loads of birds. It was quite enjoyable!

Until Next Time, get some seeds, plant some food, and feed the birds.  Remember to get grape jam for the Orioles!

Nancy Lynne!