Daily Bread
My kids tease me about taking photos of non-epic food in epic locations. In the past I’ve photocized a Rainier cherry up at Mt. Rainier, a Gardetto’s pretzel up at Lake 22, and a Nutella snack pack up…
Support Circle!
A pop of bold vivid color on a grey, overcast, chilly day. This makes me so happy! My daughter gave me a package of yellow and a package of pink gladiolus bulbs for Mother’s Day last year. The…
More than we imagine!
“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory ...” - Ephesians 3:20-21 (NIV) “Now to him…
Praying Scripture – Praying for “wind in the sail.”
God instructs us in Ephesians 5:1-2: “Be imitators of God, and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us.” Obviously this is God's will for us. So, this is what we pray! "God, I really want…
Praying Scripture – Praying for love.
God instructs us in 1 John 4:19: “We love because he first loved us.” Obviously this is God's will for us. So, this is what we pray! "God, please help me to love! "God, I want to love. …
The glory that is to be revealed
I was headed down the back deck steps with the watering can, to take some water over to the raspberries … when the gladiolus caught my eye! The sun was coming up right behind it, and the gladiolus…
What is your life? It is but a raspberry vine …
The temperatures climbed up into the 90’s this week. Hubby and I do not have a soaker hose in the berry garden, so in the coolness of the early morning I carried several watering cans over to water…
When you feel chewed up by life
Some bug has taken up residence on my Hoopes rose this summer and has been eating the leaves to smithereens. Here you can see the chewed up leaves … I really liked this photo of the raindrops on…
Everyone is taking pieces of me
My month of July was so insane and crazy I didn’t have a chance to be outside much or keep up with the plants. So it took me off guard when I walked by the Western Hemlock growing…
Blackberry swap
Hubby’s work buddy recently went on a fishing trip up to Alaska. In preparation for his trip, he cleaned out his freezer of the remaining leftover fish from last year’s Alaskan fishing trip … so that there would…