From the outside looking in …

From the outside looking in …

Hubby built me a new planter for summer.   I’m thrilled!   He had been puttering about in the workshop this past winter, figuring out a creative way to make a planter box out of leftover decking material and leftover…
Parable of the Big-Leaf Maple seeds!

Parable of the Big-Leaf Maple seeds!

I have been outside on my hands and knees in the flowerbeds pulling up Big-Leaf Maple sprouts.  Therefore, it seemed fitting to share the parable of the Sower.  (from Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23;  and Luke 8:4-15)   On a grey,…
Springing up to life!

Springing up to life!

A few years ago, hubby and I picked up a package of lily bulbs at the garden nursery.   There were three bulbs in the package.   Hubby and I assumed the lilies would grow to be about knee-height, so…
Love is peaceable.

Love is peaceable.

Love doesn’t leave prickles in your palms afterwards.   I wrote yesterday about tidying up the raspberry vines.   It was one of those rare sunny afternoons, so I was wandering around the backyard delighting in springtime joys.   I hadn’t…
Love is teachable.

Love is teachable.

I was wandering the back yard on a rare sunny afternoon, delighting in springtime joys  –  when I wound up over at the berry garden.   Oh, check it out ... the raspberries are coming back to life.   Just…
Love covers.

Love covers.

A small patch of these mushrooms sprang up in the grass just out from the kitchen window.   I have never seen mushrooms quite like this before.   Immediately the passage in Psalm 91:1 came to mind:   “He/she who dwells…
Blooming today!

Blooming today!

My daughter surprised me by swinging by the house and dropping off this pretty little plant during her lunch break.   What a wonderful surprise!   I was absolutely delighted!   This little flower has brought me so much joy the…
Overwintering

Overwintering

Last October I tagged along with hubby to Home Depot to pick up a couple of packs of fasteners.   At the front entrance, the display of mums caught my attention!   I was smitten!   We wound up bringing two…