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…
Teeny Tiny Grasshopper!
Well check that out! It’s a teeny tiny little grasshopper on the garden hose as I was watering the raspberries this morning. That’s cool. You never know what daily blessings will surprise you when you least expect it. …
Coming in for a landing
I was headed across the valley at 7:30am when … lo and behold! … here came a hot air balloon in for a landing! That’s random. But totally cool at the same time! I bet it was…
Between a rock and a hard place
Life is really hard! It seems that just about everyone we know is going through something really difficult right now! This path of life we are on, just like a twisting curving hike through the forest, takes us…
Surviving the swirl of life!
My daughter texted me this morning about the drama swirling at her work. I have been praying for my daughter throughout the day today … praying specifically that God would bless my daughter with grace and peace. Grace. …
A pest nest
A pest nest took up residence in one of the apple trees in early July. I noticed it, but my life was way too crazy at the time to do anything about it. Besides, it was just a…