The weather today in Brooklyn is picture perfect. Valentyn is still holding out giving birth. She is due the end of this coming week. There is definately an excitment growing here in Brooklyn.


Little Eric continues to grow and is into everything. He is so much fun to be around. Little Eric will be going for his driving permit this week. He has shown an amazing abilitly to handle a moving car.... How blessed are our children.








Ann decided to come back to work at the grill house, which was short lived. Her first day back was very hot, she was tired and in a really bad mood. Half way through the day she through in the towel and left. Tommy who this week emerged from the bed bug crisis was seen on the boardwalk and today will take over Ann's place. Tommy is a bit more crazy than Ann. The customers like Ann because she cleans the seats as well as the tables.


Well this week on the boardwalk was a very busy week. They found the little girl who drowned last week floating on bay 5 at 4am thursday morning. A late night fisherman spotted the body. No mention of this was made in the papers and for the most part her young life has been forgotten here. Another man drowned that same day and another lady was pulled out of the water this morning. She was thankfully still alive.


This week while riding on the boardwalk I spotted a dead pigeon. The pigeon was near the Brighton area of the Boardwalk. Oddly enough it also looked like someone had run it over. People were just passing by it, not even as much as looking down to see this bird. That reminded me of the day when this lady laid flat on her back drunk on the board walk. The people there did not even blink an eye towards her. One group of adults were just playing a game of chess, another having a jolly time talking. The lady was around 70 and looked quite dead. Life just passes people by on the boardwalk.



While riding my bike this week I passed a homeless person who had placed a bird feather hat on his head. This feather hat as it were, was made from pigeon and swan feathers from prospect park. (Click on picture to enlarge it). Although he was very proud of his feather hat, he was more proud of the tiny bird that he had saved from certain death. He was feeding the bird and keeping it alive. This man had no home but made a safe home for this tiny bird. He wanted me to take a picture of the bird that he had saved.


It seems that Brooklyn is full of these contrasts, of people who care and people who are just to busy to pay attention to others around them. More than this, I am reminded of Christ's words about the care that God gives to the birds and to a much greater extent, cares for our lives. This man who cared for this bird, had a total trust that God would care for him.

What a wonderful image this is for our lives. Thats the news from Brooklyn, where the Ocean is Blue, the people Abrasive and the cost of living a bit below national average. Be Blessed, Barre.