Daily Blessing

I didn’t know caterpillars could freeze during the winter too!

Yesterday’s blog post was about how little wood frogs are able to survive the winter by freezing. I was amazed by this discovery! Every fall, just before temperatures drop and the frost comes, I always see little wooly…

December 5, 2023Gratitude, Lessons in the Dirt

Did you know that frogs freeze during the winter?

When hubby and I were up in Alaska this past September, visiting our very dear friends, we stopped by Reflections Lake to walk the nature trail. It was a beautiful nature trail and we enjoyed it very much! …

December 4, 2023Lessons in the Dirt

Lessons Learned: Slash … it isn’t all bad.

With our Forestry class coming to an end, I wanted to share some takeaway lessons from our class. One of the big lessons I have learned has to do with Slash. What is Slash? Slash is the leftover…

December 3, 2023Lessons from the forest, Life Lessons

It depends … on what your objectives are.

As the Fall semester is coming to an end … so also our Forestry class is coming to a conclusion. Hubby and I have very much enjoyed our Forestry class! When we and our classmates first started our…

December 2, 2023Lessons from the forest

God wants me to remember what He has done.

Yesterday’s blog post was a “missing” graphic which I just discovered this week … from the “What is God like” series from this past year. Today’s graphic is also one which was “lost” in the shuffle of this…

December 1, 2023What is God like?

God cares about the little details in my life.

Over the course of this past year, I did a series of blog posts over the topic: What is God like. Yesterday I discovered among my files this particular graphic which I made for that series, and which…

November 30, 2023What is God like?

A hole in your heart

I have been thinking a lot about our dear friends up in Alaska recently! The due date for their little baby was last week. I have been in much prayer for her delivery! And I have been thinking…

November 29, 2023Gratitude

Called by name!

Our dear friends in Alaska had their baby this week! My friend sent me a photo last night. I am so excited for them! A brand-new little life is an amazing miracle! As I gazed at the photo…

November 28, 2023Gratitude

I have no clue what I’m doing!

Hubby and I have been watching a fascinating PBS Masterpiece series entitled: Victoria. I have been greatly enjoying this series. It is about the life of Queen Victoria, one of England’s greatest monarchs. Something I have found fascinating…

November 27, 2023Life Lessons

“I love you” post-it notes from God!

I was walking loops for exercise around my front drive when my attention was caught by this heart-shaped Cascara leaf. “It’s an ‘I love you’ post-it note from God” was my immediate blink reaction! I knew that my…

November 26, 2023What is God like?