Salmonberry blessings
I was driving back home from the grocery store when I decided to stop by the mailboxes to get the mail. Lo and behold … right next to the mailboxes there was a ripe salmonberry! The deer have…
A world of intense vivid green in every hue imaginable!
It has been raining and raining and raining! Which is exactly why my garden won’t grow. And … it’s also the reason I am blessed to live in a world of intense vivid green in every hue imaginable! …
The Lord reigns … let the earth be glad!
I went out this morning to do my daily first-thing-in-the-morning "slug patrol" and I didn't find any slugs in the garden ... or anywhere around the perimeter! Not one. Hooray! I must be getting them all. This makes…
Follow the blue line!
Hubby and I were adventuring to Big Meadow Lake. Big Meadow Lake is located far away from civilization. And far away from all cell service. Knowing that we would not have cell service, and not completely trusting GPS…
Overflowing with much thanks to God!
I headed out to the store just now to pick up some salad and salsa, and when I got to the entrance of our neighborhood to pull out onto the main road … someone had mowed the tall…
Sugary paw-prints
A couple of weeks ago, when the bear raided our hummingbird feeders, he left a big mess of sugary paw-prints all over the front porch. I went out with containers of hot water and cleaned the sugary mess…
We can’t climb up to God
It has been a couple of weeks now since the bear last raided our hummingbird feeders. Every night I bring all 3 feeders inside. And every morning the first thing I do is carry all 3 feeders back…
It’s all about strategy!
Hubby stepped out on the front porch to go to work this morning and he asked: “How did that get on the porch?” There lay a big, long blackberry vine on the front porch. I glanced down and …
Joys of a half-empty flight
Mine and hubby's fight back home, from the far distant city we had traveled to, departed super early. In fact, as we were boarding our flight, it was only 3am back home. No one wants to get up…
Splash of happiness!
My daughter is coming over this afternoon to walk loops around the front drive with me for exercise. How exciting! In anticipation of my daughter coming, I gathered a splash of happiness for her! Isn't it awesome! I…