God watches over me.
I had originally created and cued up this blog post several days ago ... as part of a 9-day look at Psalm 145. As you can see from the background photo, the focus verse for today is Psalm…
Solar panel collectors
I was gazing out at the Big Leaf Maple this morning … in awe of how the morning sun was highlighting the leaves with a striking brilliance! And a devotional I had read popped into my mind. From:…
The 4-year-old Playroom
When my daughter was in high school, she and I volunteered together as childcare workers for our church’s MOPS program (Mothers of Preschoolers). The room we were assigned to was the 4-year-old Playroom. I love working with 4-year-olds. …
Creating order from life’s mess
My son sent me this photo for the blog … of pinecones all lined up in a row on the parking curbs at his apartment complex. Obviously, the pinecones had been strewn throughout the landscape … and most…
Beauty out of chaos
Today’s blog post and accompanying background photo is from my daughter. Here is what she shared: This falls (Deception Falls) I visited yesterday. Deception Falls is usually rather docile, but when the snow melts in the mountains, it becomes…
What will remain?
This past week Hurricane Ridge Day Lodge in Olympic National Park burned to the ground. This is so sad! My family and I have many happy memories at the Hurricane Ridge Day Lodge! In fact, we were just…
Life’s Barkley Marathon
In 2017 I watched a fascinating documentary entitled: “The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young.” The Barkley Marathon is an endurance race held in March of each year. The race was the idea of “Lazarus Lake”…
Why the sword?
This week in the Daily Audio Bible reading, God gave me a “surprise blessing” of something I had never seen before. (I love it when that happens!) When it comes to the account of Jesus’s betrayal and arrest…
God goes before me.
You know how, as you are reading the Bible, something suddenly jumps off the page that you never saw before! That happened to me last week. In Joshua 4, where the people of Israel crossed the Jordan River…
Washer “Self-Clean” Cycle
I’m losing my “window of opportunity” to transplant ferns. As April is advancing, the new little fern fronds are beginning to appear at the base of the plants. I’ve only got about one more week left, then the…