Grounds for the Garden
Hubby and I were in need of a little caffeine pick-me-up … so we popped into Starbucks for our favorite treat: a Carmel Ribbon Crunch Frappuccino. (just the thing to have on a cold wintry day – Ha!) …
Christmas Light!
Last Christmas hubby gave me the gift of a day-by-day calendar, where you pull a page off each day. From all outward appearances, this gift looked like a simple normal ordinary block of paper. But hidden inside was…
Keep the home-fires burning!
I was loading up my fireplace with firewood to keep the fire going when the phrase – “Keep the home-fires burning” popped into my head. To keep my own “home-fire” in my fireplace burning requires vigilance … and…
Beauty … through the loss.
I was standing at my kitchen sink this morning, sipping my morning tea and listening to an online sermon, as I gazed at the ever-growing brightness of the sky over the Cascade Mountains. It is very common for…
Situation Room!
Hubby and I arrived at the Presidential Library this past Saturday and were informed upon entrance that a lecture on the “Situation Room” would be starting in 10 minutes. What perfect timing! (which we hadn’t even planned) I…
Merry Christmas from the Oval Office!
Merry Christmas from the Oval Office! Haha! Just joking! This isn’t the real Oval Office in the White House. This is a replica of the Oval Office, in a Presidential Library which hubby and I had the privilege…
Having an impact … which you will never see.
During the winter, the sun shines in low through my windows … casting long shadows across my dining room floor. As such, the shadow of the hummingbird feeder is prominently displayed on the floor … along with the…
Discomfort … in the “in-between.”
Yesterday morning I had gotten the fire going for the day, then I headed outside in search of “beauty in the ‘in-between.’” (I wrote about this in yesterday’s blog post) I was outside for about 30 minutes. When…
Gratitude … for a magnetic metal-picker-upper!
I went to Costco this week, and when I came back home with my load of groceries, I faced a dilemma. I didn’t dare drive down alongside the house, in the grass, like hubby and I usually do…
Gratitude … from a dental chair
I found myself sitting in a dental chair this week … gazing up at a tv screen which displayed the most adorable photo of the dental assistant’s dog, all dressed up in its Halloween costume! (Haha!) It seems…