Daily Blessing

Surprise blessing on a normal ordinary overcast cloudy day!

I was outside watering plants on the back deck when … lo and behold! … here came all 6 of the Blue Angels flying over my backyard! Whoa!! That’s the coolest thing ever!! Thank you God for…

August 3, 2025Gratitude

Blooming tenaciously!

In spite of the setback of having their leaves eaten off by the deer, the hostas are blooming tenaciously! I find this to be so inspiring! In life we go through seasons and times when it feels as…

August 2, 2025Hope, Lessons in the Dirt

Forest-friends blessing! – 2.0

A bobcat on the prowl! Whoa!! A pause for a bit ... watching ... and waiting. Obviously on the hunt for a bunny ... though a bird would also do. Sneaky! ... ever so stealthily! I held my…

August 1, 2025Gratitude

Staring forlornly at all the tasty goodness in the garden. Bummer that there’s a fence in the way! Haha! He made a thorough inspection of the entire perimeter. Ha! I would just like to say what a blessing…

July 31, 2025Gratitude

Early morning sunshine blessings! – 5.0

The hummingbirds have been sharing the feeder together recently. I’m not quite sure why. Here you can see a hummingbird with its back to me; and then another one on the far side gazing off into the distance…

July 30, 2025Gratitude

Early morning sunshine blessings! – 4.0

I thought I had forever lost the lilies when we moved them two years ago from the front to the back … to the “flowerbed of doom.” They didn’t come up at all last year. But lo and…

July 29, 2025Gratitude, Hope

Early morning sunshine blessings! – 3.0

Sitting at the end of the pier with my daughter, enjoying the view ... as sea plane after sea plane takes off at 8am sharp. Thank you God for early morning sunshine blessings!

July 28, 2025Gratitude

Go … and replicate yourself.

Growing alongside the raspberries in my garden are a couple of strawberry plants. This strawberry plant here is one which hubby and I purchased three years ago from a fancy schmancy garden nursery. Much to my surprise this…

July 27, 2025Lessons in the Dirt

Raspberry Lessons: Parenting!

As I was picking raspberries I came across this grouping of berries up underneath the vines and leaves. My immediate “blink” reaction was: That’s just like parenting! These berries are not ready to be picked yet. They are…

July 26, 2025Lessons in the Dirt

Raspberry Lessons: High and lofty!

I was out in the garden picking raspberries in the cool quiet of the early morning. As I gazed up at the highest raspberries reaching for the sky … the thought suddenly struck me: those raspberries way up…

July 25, 2025Lessons in the Dirt