Falling From Above
The apple blossoms are falling from the apple trees. The ground underneath the apple trees is carpeted with white petals, and whenever a breeze blows white petals float down like snowflakes. It brought to mind a poem I…
Lots of blooms … but hardly any fruit
The apple trees are in full bloom! As I stand at my kitchen sink doing the dishes and look out my kitchen window, the trees are beautiful puff-clouds of white! They’re so pretty! With that many blooms, it…
Baited …
Would you believe we have another mouse in the house?? In all these years we’ve lived in our home in the forest we’ve never had any problems with mice in the house … until just recently. This is…
“Hay Day”
Bunny had a wellness checkup visit to the vet this week. Obviously, bunny has the same opinion of doctors as I have! (Ha!) Bunny has never been to the vet before, so my daughter wanted to establish care…
AI Coloring Book
I have been using AI this week to help me create a coloring book for our little friends up in Alaska. First, I started with some adorable pages from old calendars, which I repurposed by gluing heavy card…
God is my comfort … God is my healer.
God is my comfort. “I am the LORD, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you: ‘Do not fear. I will help you.’” - Isaiah 41:13 God is my healer. “I am poor and…
God goes before me … God is in control.
God goes before me.“It is the LORD who goes before you; He will not leave or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.” - Deuteronomy 31:8 God is my strength.“Be strong and courageous. Do not be discouraged,…
It’s all still there …
My son sent me a devotional thought for a blog post (which I shared in the last blog post). I was needing a photo to go with the post, so I went searching through our family Teams Messages…
If you capture the queen, you eradicate the colony.
I was in the kitchen doing the dishes yesterday afternoon when suddenly a huge yellowjacket flew up into the kitchen window trying to get out! Scared the daylights out of me! I grabbed my electric mosquito zapper, and…
Party-crasher!
My daughter-in-law invited me to a crafting party she had been invited to. The other invited guests were her mom and sisters (all of whom I knew and am close to) as well as another mutual friend. The…