Poor Pepper Plant

Things should be safe up one the porch, right?  Well, that is not necessarily true.  I had planted two strawberry plants in a container..then decided that they were not doing to well, so I planted some jalapeno seeds.  I have a "want" for jalapenos since I started making jalapeno poppers.  Hmmmmm  Anyway, lots of peppers came up, but I was hard hearted  and saved only three.  Every day or so, I would see a leaf of one of the strawberries on the porch, or just dangling from the plant.  Then the bottom leaves started missing from one my beautiful pepper plant.  Bugs?  I dusted.   That did not seem to help.  Deer dear?  I think not.  I think they would have bitten off the tops.   So guess who gets the blame...the rabbits.  The reason they are getting the blame?  I saw two of them frolicking on the porch, so why not blame them. How can I not blame them?  Do I need to cage my plants on the porch?!  I almost refuse to cage my plants on the porch.!..Maybe I can come up with another safety plan for the peppers.

But I can understand the rabbits and deer. Everything is dry now and not very appetizing  -- at least I would not want to eat it...I mean when you have a nice juicy plant versus a dry stalk of grass.. which would you choose?

It is a beautiful morning.  The hills are still black and the eastern sky is a lazy blue with just a hint of yellow...almost a greenish hue. The sun is working at coming up.  The deer will be coming in for their morning feed and the birds will be singing -- "How Great is Our God"--  Yesterday,  I listened to that song over and over.  I will probably do that again today.  It helps one look up.

I think I have decided on a painting for over the sofa.  The cactus just didn't do the job.  Bla Bla Bla  We will see how it turns out.  I hope to work on it some today.

Have a blessed day and look up from your troubles.