Salmonberry blessings

Salmonberry blessings

I was driving back home from the grocery store when I decided to stop by the mailboxes to get the mail.   Lo and behold  …  right next to the mailboxes there was a ripe salmonberry!    The deer have…
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Don’t be too smug!

Don’t be too smug!

There I was all smug this morning as I stood on the front porch admiring the fact that my Bunchberry Dogwoods are starting to recover.   The deer have been having coyote consternations this Spring,  which has kept them…
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The Relaxation Room

The Relaxation Room

My son sent me this photo from his work – a “Relaxation Room.”     That’s hilarious.   How many places of business have a “Relaxation Room” for the employees.   But if you look closely at the “Relaxation Room” it…
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Perfection at the grocery store!

Perfection at the grocery store!

I just got back from the grocery store.   I had to pop over to pick up some salad and soy sauce for dinner tonight.   The head honchos were at the grocery store giving their annual review!    Never in…
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The Lord reigns … let the earth be glad!

The Lord reigns … let the earth be glad!

I went out this morning to do my daily first-thing-in-the-morning "slug patrol" and I didn't find any slugs in the garden ... or anywhere around the perimeter! Not one. Hooray! I must be getting them all. This makes…
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The Sower and the Seed

The Sower and the Seed

Jesus speaking:   “A farmer went out to sow his seed.  ...   Still, other seed fell on good soil.   It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown.”   - Luke 8:5, 8    “This is…
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