God will reward my effort for His Kingdom work.
I might sit in my house on my comfy couch, gazing out my back window at the garden, and pray for God to bless my garden. The time of planting comes … and then goes. The seed packets…
What’s the point of life?
The trillium has reached the end of its “life cycle.” As you can see in the photo, its petals have turned a beautiful pink/purple. Have you ever wondered, “What’s the point of life anyway??” We might look at…
Camouflage!
I went outside this morning to get some exercise walking loops around my front drive. On my first loop around I noticed a little slug on the gravel drive. You can see it below, in the photo on…
Mushroom Breakfast Buffet!
I went out yesterday morning to spread bark chips and noticed that the slugs were having a fabulous Mushroom Breakfast Buffet! It seems word must have gotten around about the fantastic feasting opportunity available, for they were all…
Judge not, that you be not judged
I mentioned in the past two blog posts how that as I was growing up, and throughout my college years, I was under Bible teaching which reinforced what a “good” Christian was supposed to look like. As a…
Looks … and expectations
It is currently snowing … big beautiful flakes! So pretty! I can only remember one other time it snowed in April. Here you can see all our little pots of Pacific Dogwood seeds. Dogwood seeds require a period…
A tangled, thorny mess!
It’s March … and time once again to get outside and do some yard work! Last Wednesday (March 1) the sun came out briefly while I was outside waging war on the blackberry vines. In awe of the…
Blessings in the Dirt: God designed seeds to sprout!
On Monday I came across the most amazing ice crystals in the garden when I went out to spread used coffee grounds. I was “oooo’ing” and “aahhhh’ing” and taking lots of photos, and I didn’t even notice until…
Blessings in the dirt: Purpose … in every season!
It was a spur-of-the-moment decision to pop into Starbucks to get a drink. And lo and behold, there by the front door, the “Grounds for the Garden” tub actually had a bag of used coffee grounds! Check that…
Blessings in the dirt: God’s glory is there … in every season!
Our temps were down in the 20’s yesterday. I went out in the crisp cold afternoon to sprinkle my “prize” of used coffee grounds on the garden (that’s a blessing I’ll write about tomorrow!). As I was having…