Relationships

Yesterday’s blog post was about how parenting is similar to being a “soaker hose”  …  as we faithfully and continually “pour out” for our kids  …  so that they, in turn, can be a “soaker hose” to “pour…

Hubby and I recently set up a soaker hose in the garden.    We have it on a timer, and every morning the soaker hose comes on and does its thing.    As a result, the garden is healthy and…

This photo popped up on “This day in history.”   It left me feeling very weird.   To you, it is just a normal ordinary river  …  just like any other normal ordinary river.   But this river no longer exists.…

As green beans grow, they stretch  …  and they reach!    The stretching, growing, reaching end of green bean runners are very tender and pliable.    This gives them the ability to twist, bend, curl, and wrap around things  ……

Last night as I was in the kitchen fixing dinner, little Jr. deer came wandering by.    He is definitely in the adolescent teenager phase!    The last few times I have seen him, he has been venturing off on…

Life is messy.    When we pour ourselves out to love and care for other people, it will be messy.  And in the process, we will inevitably experience some pain … and some hurt.   That's part of being in…

Last Spring I wrote a blog post entitled:  “Bird Babies on a Beam.”   I would like to present to you version 2.0 – “Bird Babies on a Bright Bulb!”   After the bird babies from last summer had hatched…

The past two mornings we have woken up to snow covering the ground.  Here you can see a photo of our front flowerbed.  It looks pitiful … three small rhododendrons and a few small lavender plants … all…

I wrote to our Compassion kids last week.  I was so excited to tell them all about the daffodils blooming!  It has been such a long cold winter that our daffodils are just now beginning to open ……