December joys … little everyday wonders!
It's an adorable little junior opossum! This little guy was about the size of a small dog and was moseying around right next to my back deck. Honestly, I'm just like those dogs in the animated Pixar movie…
December joys … little everyday miracles!
I was sitting at my dining room table typing up a blog post when intense brilliance out the window caught my attention. I glanced up ... and this is what I saw. Whoa! That's amazing! The day thus…
Icy wonders! … Wonder in ice!
God creates icy wonders! - for His own glory and praise ... and for our joy!"God does great things beyond our understanding. He says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth,' ... The breath of God produces ice,…
Christmas joys … best Christmas trees of 2024!
A Christmas tree made entirely out of colored blocks of ice! Incredible! Christmas trees in the welcome foyer of the Presidential Library. Stunning trees! I loved the "drum" base! Clever. A poinsettia Christmas tree is a must at…
Gratitude … that God does not change!
The day after Thanksgiving my phone needed a security update. This particular security update came with some unexpected changes to how my phone works. For starters, my photo app no longer looks the way it used to look. …
Gratitude … that it is finished!
Our roofing job is finally finished! It was almost two months ago that the trucks showed up on a foggy October 8th morning to drop off the building materials. As the building-materials truck was leaving (truck to the…
Gratitude … that there’s room at the table for me!
I was working on preparing Thanksgiving Dinner … the turkey was in the oven, and I was just starting to peel the potatoes. I had been listening to my favorite playlist when the song came on with these…
Gratitude … for Thanksgiving joys!
Sunlight filtering through the fog! Thank you God for Thanksgiving joys! An enormous bald eagle swooped low and slow directly overhead right at the moment I snapped the above photo. Whoa! That's amazing! Thank you God for Thanksgiving…
Gratitude … for hugs! And pie!
I had made a gluten-free, dairy-free, sugar-free pumpkin pie for our Thanksgiving celebrations. But in a last-minute moment of great worry that it might not actually be tasty, I decided perhaps we should have an apple pie on…
Gratitude … for an ash bucket!
I was cleaning the ashes out of the firebox yesterday. As I was doing so, it occurred to me that the ashes are a lot like what is left over from our past. The ashes are literally what…