Blessings Come with a Work Order
Last week we had a couple of large cedar trees trimmed and tidied, as well as a couple of hazardous hemlocks taken down. As a result, we now have a wonderful amount of bark chips for spreading throughout…
Bird Babies on a Beam … Blessings in the “Blah”
A bird decided to build its nest in the car barn … directly over top of our car. My immediate “blink” reaction was to remove that nest! As soon as possible! How dare that bird build its nest…
A Lizard in the leaves … a bug & a bee on a blossom … Blessings in the “Blah”
Yesterday I was deeply bothered all day as I prayed for our good friends and their daughter who is undergoing brain surgery today. In the afternoon I stepped outside to toss some wilted flowers onto the compost heap,…
A bloom in the briars … a Blessing in the “Blah”
I was headed out the driveway this morning when something bright caught my eye off to the side. A small rhododendron which we had planted last Spring has a solitary white bloom! This is in the same corner…
Bunnies & a bobcat … Blessings in the “Blah”
It is 40 degrees this morning … still … here as May is approaching its end. Little basil sprouts do not like 40 degrees. I had moved them outside to big pots on the deck at the beginning…
Bitterness Takeover!
For three years now I have been trying to dig up blackberry vines in this particular section of the property. But as you can see from the photo, the blackberry shoots coming up this year are rampant!! Bitterness…
Workplace Poison
I was calmly sitting here having my breakfast this morning when two coyotes trotted out of the woods, one after the other. TWO! I have never seen two coyotes together before. They both trotted across the back yard…
Lost in the Fog
For the past five days straight, we've been enveloped in soupy dense fog up here on the Ridge. No breeze. No air movement. Just dense soupy fog that's settled in heavy and thick! Isn't that how life feels…
It Might Just Take Some Time.
Nature’s Christmas gift to us was snow, compacted ice, and a week’s worth of below-freezing temperatures. Nothing like a bit of excitement to ring in the New Year! As entertaining as it was, we all looked forward to…
Things Aren’t Always What They Appear
The week after Christmas we had a terrible cold spell, accompanied by snow and ice. I was peacefully occupied, putting away Christmas decorations, when I noticed a woodpecker land on the cedar tree just outside the dining room…