Springtime joys! – 3.0

Springtime joys! – 3.0

Hubby got some flowers to plant in our daughter’s planter on her back patio.  They all wouldn’t fit, and there wound up being one leftover.   Yay me getting little puff-balls of joyful color for my own back deck!  …
Springtime joys! – 2.0

Springtime joys! – 2.0

When you go to the store to get a birthday present for your son (a flowering tulip magnolia tree), and you wind up coming out with a little something for yourself as well!   Hehe!    Yay for springtime joys!  …
“SOS” signals!

“SOS” signals!

I was standing at the kitchen sink doing the dishes when my attention was caught by a sudden flash of light coming from our neighbor’s front window.   We cannot see our neighbor’s house from ours  …  except through…
Squirrelina

Squirrelina

I was sitting at the dining room table having lunch yesterday when there went Squirrelina up the siding and onto the roof!  I was pretty sure she was only eating seeds from off the roof, but a tiny worry…
Sunday joys – coffee with my son!

Sunday joys – coffee with my son!

Hubby and I were headed to church bright and early Sunday morning when a text came in from our son:  “You want to get coffee after church?”   Absolutely!   Hubby and I had never been to Woods Coffee before,…
Springtime joys!

Springtime joys!

It was a rare sunny afternoon, and I was out in the garden tidying up the raspberry vines, when I noticed a little garden snake sunning itself quietly and calmly in the glorious sunshine as well. The very…
Blessings in the chaos …

Blessings in the chaos …

My friend entered the hospital for her complex spine surgery on March 17 - St. Patrick's Day. With it being St. Patrick's Day, she wore bright green "pinch-proof" socks for her surgery. What a great sense of humor!Just…
Time-change-weekend Joys!

Time-change-weekend Joys!

It's time-change weekend! Going forward we now get a whole extra hour of daylight in the evenings! WhooHoo! I'm ready for more daylight and longer days! Thank you God for time-change-weekend!On Friday someone at hubby's work brought in…
Songs of the Morning

Songs of the Morning

I had the coolest experience this morning!   I was sitting at the dining room table sipping my hot coco for breakfast as the sun was creeping up over the Cascades Mountains.   The birds were singing their joyful morning…
Sunny delights!

Sunny delights!

The sun came out this week! It was amazing! I have been in desperate need of some sunshine. I do believe I have been going through "sun withdrawals."I carried my taco soup out to the back deck and…