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Tomorrow is always fresh with no mistakes in it.

The year 2024 was the "Year of the Dragon" ... as you can see here on the opening page of my 2024 watercolor calendar: The year 2024 roared in like a dragon, with a dragon-like fever taking vicious…

December 31, 2024Gratitude, Life Lessons

Christmas blessings – 2024

A surprise rainbow! ... on our way to a Christmas concert. Definitely exciting! Thank you God for December joys! Thank you God for Christmas blessings!I absolutely loved the quote on this candle: "The world needs who God made…

December 29, 2024Christmas, Gratitude

Pondering the weight of water …

Hubby is outside at the moment taking apart the downspout in order to fix the gutter which has been pouring a waterfall over the edge! It has rained and rained and rained this past week! As hubby and…

December 28, 2024Gratitude

How to have the perfect Christmas tree!

Step #1 – Select a young sapling which the deer have broken the leader-branch out of. (from here on out it is destined to be a “bush” … so why not let it have the biggest thrill of…

December 21, 2024Christmas, Gratitude

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 18, 2024Gratitude

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…

December 17, 2024Gratitude

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,…

December 14, 2024Christmas, Gratitude

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…

December 12, 2024Christmas, Gratitude

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. …

December 1, 2024Gratitude, What is God like?

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…

November 30, 2024Gratitude, Who is Jesus?