Gratitude

Grateful for picking beans in the cool quiet of the early morning as the sun rises. Though it's definitely a contest of wills this morning with the sun and the clouds battling it out! At the moment the…

And just like that, the pumpkins are ripe! I guess this means summer is officially over. Ah well, it's ok. It's been a good summer. Most of the homes hubby and I have lived in have not had…

My daughter popped by last night to have dinner with us.   It was so life-giving!  And it really “filled my bucket” (so to speak).   Having grown kids who pop by to spend time with you is such a…

I have a day-by-day calendar which I pull a page off each day … slowly revealing (one day at a time) a hidden paper sculpture in the middle.   It’s been a hard year, and I have not done…

My kids tease me about taking photos of non-epic food in epic locations.  In the past I’ve photocized a Rainier cherry up at Mt. Rainier, a Gardetto’s pretzel up at Lake 22, and a Nutella snack pack up…

Hubby’s work buddy recently went on a fishing trip up to Alaska.  In preparation for his trip, he cleaned out his freezer of the remaining leftover fish from last year’s Alaskan fishing trip … so that there would…

Well check that out!  It’s a teeny tiny little grasshopper on the garden hose as I was watering the raspberries this morning.  That’s cool.   You never know what daily blessings will surprise you when you least expect it.  …

I was headed across the valley at 7:30am when … lo and behold! …  here came a hot air balloon in for a landing!    That’s random.   But totally cool at the same time!   I bet it was…

I was outside watering plants on the back deck when  …  lo and behold!  …  here came all 6 of the Blue Angels flying over my backyard!   Whoa!! That’s the coolest thing ever!!     Thank you God for…