Gladness … in orange.
As the sun is coming up this morning it is an abnormal reddish deep-pumpkin-orange color. (due to the wildfire smoke from eastern WA) It’s fascinating how the sun being a different color from what is normal is very…
Christmas in July! (part 2)
Here at the end of July, I thought it would be fun to share an update on how the plants from my Christmas Advent Seed Calendar are doing. Christmas in July! (You can see part 1 here: Christmas…
Faithfulness … and “fork support”
With it being the last couple of days of July, I thought it would be fun to share with you how my Advent Seed Calendar is doing. Christmas in July!Today's highlight is the sunflowers!In the last blog post,…
Changing as we age … yet still the same person
Here at the end of July, I thought it would be fun to share with you how my Advent Seed Calendar is doing. Christmas in July!Among the wonderful seeds in my Advent Seed Calendar, there were Zinna seeds.…
Christmas in July! (part 1)
Last Thanksgiving my son and daughter-in-law gave me the most wonderful Christmas present ... a Christmas Advent Seed Calendar! I was thrilled! There were 24 different little flaps to open on my Advent Seed Calendar throughout the month…
On the verge of becoming bitter
The cucumbers from my Advent Seed Calendar have been growing amazingly well in the garden and are loaded with lots of cucumbers! I have been so excited about the cucumbers from my Advent Seed Calendar – because they…
Red, white, and blue … we have work to do!
So, I was out early yesterday morning putting a little extra water on the garden before things heated up. (we are currently having a heat spell!) I was delighting over the sunflowers greeting the day! And I…
Good morning sunshine … and smoke.
I was out in the garden first thing in the morning giving the plants a drink, since we’re having a heat spell. The sunflowers are starting to bloom! And this cheerful little sunflower seemed to be saying: “Good…
The arrival of smoke season …
Smoke season has arrived. As I was getting ready this morning, I could see a smoky haze wafting across the backyard and hanging in the air. I mentioned in yesterday’s blog post that we do not have AC…
Lift up your eyes.
Hubby and I went blueberry picking recently. It was great fun! As I stood in the berry field, concentrating on all the ripe blueberries hanging heavy from the bushes, I paused to lift my eyes … Immediately…