Lessons from the forest

I stepped out onto the front porch this morning to say farewell to hubby as he left for work  …  and there, over to the side, were all the logs from yesterday’s tree work.   Immediately the verse from…

The tree crew showed up this morning! The trees we need them to take out are so dead and compromised it's not safe to climb them. They decided instead to fell the tree in its entirety. There are…

This week the beautiful full moon has been reflecting off the brilliant-white snow blanketing everything ... meaning, the nighttime has been very bright!   Each evening, as hubby and I have turned off all the lights to head to…

As I stood at my kitchen sink today gazing out at the beautiful patches of green, the verse popped into my mind:  “The LORD gives and the LORD takes away;  blessed be the name of the LORD.”  -…

Our temps have been down in the low 20’s* recently.   As a result, our wood box on the back deck has been rapidly depleted!   I headed out first thing this morning to bring around more wood from the…

Two days ago I wrote about “Tracks in the snow.”   Here you can see the two does which made those tracks in the snow …   This little lady is the one which loves to eat my bunchberry dogwoods,…

I was walking through the house this afternoon when I glanced out the window and ... lo and behold, there's deer tracks in the snow! Those weren't there an hour ago. And, ummm-hmmm ... looks like she was…

Hubby and I are going to be having a few trees taken out in the next few weeks.   The tree dude came out last week and tagged the trees which are going to be removed.   Now, whenever I…

Each morning this week as daylight has slowly dawned it has ushered in a world of dense white fogginess outside my windows.  As I sit at my dining room table having breakfast, I see my messy raspberry vines…

I was in awe of the beautiful ferns growing out of the moss all along the trunks of the trees in the ravine behind our house. So pretty! The ravine is so lush and well-watered. It brings to…