March 19, 2009

• Subdue the earth

  For some reason, Sam & I love taking care of things.  Maybe it has to do with God’s injunction to Adam & Eve to subdue the earth — or maybe it’s just us, but we love taking care of things.

  Since we’ve been married, we’ve been the proud caretakers of two guinea pigs…
  
  Squiggers & Smoothie.  They were fun to have around, but it was time-consuming keeping up with cleaning their little home (which was not so little).  We re-homed them when we started seminary so that they could be with a family who could shower them with a lot of attention.

  We’ve also taken in our friends’ pets when they’ve been away on trips…
  
  This is Theo the tortoise.  He was the least challenging to watch — and so fun.

  
  We watched June when she was still a baby bunny.  She was so tiny back then!  …so tiny that she could fit through the cracks in her fence.  I love this picture of her caught in the act of sneaking out!

  
  This is Saffron.  She is basically the “community dog” as most of us have had the chance to watch her as her family is often away on ministry-related trips.  Cute, huh?

  But after watching all these animals, I think Sam & I decided that pets are great for us to visit at other people’s houses but more work than we’d care for.  So instead, we’ve turned to a different sort of “living thing”.

  Meet Olivia…
  

  Fritz
  

  and Leif Ericson
  

  They have been so refreshing and rewarding to have in our home.  And so easy to take care of!    Next, we are planning to plants herbs…

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