The joy of “firsts”!

The joy of “firsts”!

Lo and behold  …  my Bunchberry dogwoods haven’t been eaten by the deer this Spring!   This is a first!  Just look at all those beautiful blooms!   This is a first!   I am absolutely thrilled!   Thank you God for…
Springtime joys! – 3.0

Springtime joys! – 3.0

Hubby got some flowers to plant in our daughter’s planter on her back patio.  They all wouldn’t fit, and there wound up being one leftover.   Yay me getting little puff-balls of joyful color for my own back deck!  …
Springtime joys! – 2.0

Springtime joys! – 2.0

When you go to the store to get a birthday present for your son (a flowering tulip magnolia tree), and you wind up coming out with a little something for yourself as well!   Hehe!    Yay for springtime joys!  …
“SOS” signals!

“SOS” signals!

I was standing at the kitchen sink doing the dishes when my attention was caught by a sudden flash of light coming from our neighbor’s front window.   We cannot see our neighbor’s house from ours  …  except through…
Squirrelina

Squirrelina

I was sitting at the dining room table having lunch yesterday when there went Squirrelina up the siding and onto the roof!  I was pretty sure she was only eating seeds from off the roof, but a tiny worry…
Sunday joys – coffee with my son!

Sunday joys – coffee with my son!

Hubby and I were headed to church bright and early Sunday morning when a text came in from our son:  “You want to get coffee after church?”   Absolutely!   Hubby and I had never been to Woods Coffee before,…
Springtime joys!

Springtime joys!

It was a rare sunny afternoon, and I was out in the garden tidying up the raspberry vines, when I noticed a little garden snake sunning itself quietly and calmly in the glorious sunshine as well. The very…
Blessings in the chaos …

Blessings in the chaos …

My friend entered the hospital for her complex spine surgery on March 17 - St. Patrick's Day. With it being St. Patrick's Day, she wore bright green "pinch-proof" socks for her surgery. What a great sense of humor!Just…
Time-change-weekend Joys!

Time-change-weekend Joys!

It's time-change weekend! Going forward we now get a whole extra hour of daylight in the evenings! WhooHoo! I'm ready for more daylight and longer days! Thank you God for time-change-weekend!On Friday someone at hubby's work brought in…