Generational legacy

Generational legacy

The lupines are still blooming!   It’s Labor Day weekend  …  and the lupines are still blooming!   This brings me so much joy!   Lupines are my favorite flowers!   Right up there next to sunflowers!   The lupines always start blooming…
Posted inLessons in the Dirt
New day blessings!

New day blessings!

Grateful for picking beans in the cool quiet of the early morning as the sun rises. Though it's definitely a contest of wills this morning with the sun and the clouds battling it out! At the moment the…
Posted inGratitude
An anxious mind!

An anxious mind!

Hubby and I carried our lawn chairs out to the yard next to the apple trees.  I took my flip flops off so I could put my bare feet in the soft mossy grass.  Thankfully I accidentally missed…
Posted inLessons from the forest, Prayer
“Water under the bridge”

“Water under the bridge”

When it comes to having a relationship with someone, we will all eventually wind up doing something which will offend or be hurtful to the other person.   Most of the time we won’t even realize we have done…
Posted inRelationships
Guard and protect the “relational bridge.”

Guard and protect the “relational bridge.”

A relationship is like a bridge.   It takes effort to build a relationship.   It doesn’t just happen.   It takes work.   It takes time.  The bridge in these photos is a suspension bridge.   The bridge is being supported and held…
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Grateful for a small patch of earth!

Grateful for a small patch of earth!

And just like that, the pumpkins are ripe! I guess this means summer is officially over. Ah well, it's ok. It's been a good summer. Most of the homes hubby and I have lived in have not had…
Posted inGratitude
There is beauty in each day!

There is beauty in each day!

I have a day-by-day calendar which I pull a page off each day … slowly revealing (one day at a time) a hidden paper sculpture in the middle.   It’s been a hard year, and I have not done…
Posted inGratitude