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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,…

April 21, 2025Lessons in the Dirt

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…

April 20, 2025Easter, Hope, Lessons in the Dirt

Love sees beyond the surface to what matters most.

I wrote a few months ago about my attempt to overwinter my mums. This is the first time I have ever attempted to overwinter anything. Being Fall mums from the garden nursery, they of course were rootbound and…

April 10, 2025Lessons in the Dirt

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…

April 5, 2025Lessons in the Dirt, What is love?

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…

April 4, 2025Lessons in the Dirt, What is love?

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…

April 3, 2025Lessons in the Dirt, What is love?

Their snow is better than my snow.

I woke up this morning to a beautiful world of wintry whiteness outside my windows. As I stood at my kitchen sink fixing breakfast, the thought popped into my head: “Their snow is better than my snow.” It…

February 3, 2025Gratitude, Lessons in the Dirt

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…

January 31, 2025Lessons in the Dirt

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…

January 30, 2025Lessons in the Dirt

Beauty … in the “in-between.”

I stepped out on the front porch early this morning as hubby left for work. All across the front flowerbed little icy crystals sparkled with beauty in the reflection of the house floodlights. It looked like hundreds of…

December 5, 2024Lessons in the Dirt