We have a subscription to Britbox, a British streaming service with a lot of mysteries that we like. We’re watching now a series called ‘Hope Street.’ It’s about a team of police officers in a small Northern Ireland town.

The episode we just watched had a ‘Worm Charming Competition.’ I looked it up and it’s a real thing with annual competitions. Each team has a square of grass land. The one thing you can’t do is disturb the grass, or dig into the soil.

The earthworms are ‘charmed’ by sounds and vibrations which causes them to rise up out of the soil. In the picture above one woman is hammering on a pitchfork. The kids are tapping on a wash board like playing a drum. In the middle background there is a big black drum. Some people blow horns. Anything that makes noise or vibrations is allowed.

The weird part is it works. After the time is up, the team with the most earthworms is the winner. Sounds like fun to me.

Got to love our UK, Scottish and Irish ancestors.

Yay, come on March! …

I would NEVER say this is Betty in the morning …

We have a couple of 60 degree days coming up starting tomorrow …

I was never so fortunate …

The joy of that wonderful sound …

Smart dog …

Definitely a winner …

I strained my back once with a sneeze …

Me all the time …

Now we know how COVID started …

The Valentine’s Day card I want from Betty ….

“At sunrise, the blue sky paints herself with gold colors and joyfully dances to the music of a morning breeze.”
― Debasish Mridha

Another beautiful morning outside with Jessie. God is the master artist.

(PS: Chris and Deborah are home safe and sound.)

Years ago a horse jumped the fence of his pasture and raced with the cyclists of the Tour de France.

This year a dog joined the cross country competitors as they finished their race. You may have seen it already, but it’s great. Love dogs and horses.

My favorite Winter Olympic sport is the women’s ice hockey. They play with true love of the game and for each other. The USA team won all their preliminary games by big scores of 5 or more goals with only one goal scored against them in the first game.

Yesterday, the USA women were challenged by the Canadian women. Canada had a 1 – 0 lead with only 2 minutes left in the final period when USA tied it up to go into overtime.

In overtime, whoever scores first wins and Megan Keller put in the winning shot (picture above) to give the USA women the gold medals.

During the medal ceremony when the flags were raised and the American anthem was played, all the team women, their coaches, and all the USA supporters in the crowd sang along loudly. It was an emotional moment.

While you read this, Chris and Deborah are flying from Qatar to Dallas and then to St. Louis. God willing, they should be home by tonight. It’s been great adventure for them and we’re sure they will be completely worn out. Fortunately, neither will have to work until Monday so they have two days to rest.