Lessons in the Dirt Archives - Page 3 of 10

The start of an exciting new adventure!

Hubby and I have decided to try our hand at growing wheat!The natural response of everyone whom we have told is: "And why?? Don't you realize it's cold and rainy all the time in western Washington. Wheat won't…

May 22, 2024Lessons in the Dirt

It’s graduation time!

This weekend our dear friends had a daughter graduate from college! This week, as I've perused the photos of "This day in history", the photos which have been showing up are of my own two kids graduating from…

May 12, 2024Lessons in the Dirt, Relationships

An anchor for the soul

Hubby and I planted our garden this past Saturday. It was a bright sunny morning as hubby tilled up the ground, and as together, we laid down the black weed-block fabric. Hubby cut small holes for each one…

April 28, 2024Lessons in the Dirt

The Holly and the Ivy

The day before the wedding, hubby and I, along with our two kids, spent the morning having brunch with the groom and his family; after which, we spent several hours setting up the rehearsal hall. We had an…

December 20, 2023Christmas, Lessons in the Dirt, Marriage, Relationships

I didn’t know caterpillars could freeze during the winter too!

Yesterday’s blog post was about how little wood frogs are able to survive the winter by freezing. I was amazed by this discovery! Every fall, just before temperatures drop and the frost comes, I always see little wooly…

December 5, 2023Gratitude, Lessons in the Dirt

Did you know that frogs freeze during the winter?

When hubby and I were up in Alaska this past September, visiting our very dear friends, we stopped by Reflections Lake to walk the nature trail. It was a beautiful nature trail and we enjoyed it very much! …

December 4, 2023Lessons in the Dirt

The “harvest” of a life

The sunflowers are done. Their brief lifespan is over. Hubby and I will now till them back into the soil of the garden where they will dissolve away. This is what our life is like. Our life is…

October 19, 2023Lessons in the Dirt

Here but a moment … then gone …

I wanted to give you an update on the “Shaggy ink cap” mushrooms my son discovered in his yard last week. This photo was taken on Wednesday. This photo was taken 2 days later … on Friday. And…

October 18, 2023Lessons in the Dirt

Here for a moment … and then gone

It’s mushroom season! How exciting! I came across these mushrooms 3 days ago. I was delighted! Today, just a few days later, I was out by the garden, and I noticed that these mushrooms are gone! …

October 2, 2023Lessons in the Dirt

God’s glory … shining through flower petals!

I am in awe of these orange sunflowers with the yellow highlighting! It’s amazing how the tiniest tints of yellow at both the base of the flower petals and at the tip really add a dynamic pop to…

August 25, 2023Lessons in the Dirt