Double R Farm (Amish Country Soaps & Sundries)

I have been trying to come up with a cheery post for our blog. Unfortunately the way things have been happening around here it is difficult. Ohio like many other states is being devistated by the current downfall of the economy. Businesses are laying off by the hundreds, or worse closing their doors forever. Unemployment is sky rocketting and foreclosures are on the rise.

This past Friday the school where I have been teaching  for the last several years notified us that it will be closing at the end of this school year. An institution that has for the past 100 hundred years provided a  solid acedemic as well as spiritual  course of study for its community will now end. I realize that we are yet another statistic in this downward economic spiral, but still it stings a bit.

Like many others we are no stranger to adversity or having to tighten our belts. We are braced to do all that we can to provide for ourselves, the animals that depend upon us, as well as for those that we serve in the community. The thought that continues to run through my mind is the staggering number of people who are being devistated by this economy. It both amazes and saddens me.

This morning I was looking through my emails trying to find some inspiration. I came across one that my sister had sent. Maybe you've seen it. It is called "Hummingbird Fly Zone". While putting out new food in a feeder this lady in Louisiana was visted by these tiny creatures. I bet it made her day. I know it made mine.

Enjoy!