Lessons from the forest

I was headed over to the woodshed to load up the wheelbarrow with a load of firewood  (to take around to the back of the house), when I noticed a bear paw-print in the flowerbed.  You can see…

I was just now outside, sweeping off the back deck.  Maple seeds get stuck down in the cracks of the deck … lots of maple seeds!    And right now it seems there’s a lot of hemlock seeds all…

In Psalm 1, the blessed person is described as being fruitful.  What does this look like?  This looks like the holly tree outside my kitchen window.  The holly tree is loaded with holly berries.  Any time I glance…

Behind my house, the backyard drops away into a steep ravine.  Today's background photo is a view down into the ravine.  If you look closely, you will notice that enormous Cedars, Fir trees, and Big Leaf Maples are…

There is a small piece of notepaper on my kitchen counter, on which is written a couple of “to-do” items.   As I was walking through the kitchen past the “to-do” list, my attention was caught by … “Tie…

I was sitting at the dining room table enjoying my Buffalo Bleu chips for lunch, while just outside a little hummingbird was at the feeder enjoying its lunch … when suddenly the sun came out from behind the…

Yesterday I mentioned that our Compassion daughter has recently graduated from the program, and our contact with her has come to an end.  This has been really hard.  It is really hard to let go of the old. …

This month our Compassion daughter graduated from the Compassion program.  Last Friday I wrote our last letter to her.  I knew she would be graduating soon … and I was totally expecting this day to come.  But I…

The thing about splitting logs is that the more knotty the rounds, the more violently-forceful the result!  Just the sound of the “crack!” as the round splits can be downright frightening!  Especially when your face is right down…