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…
Anchored … in the downpour!
It is absolutely dumping rain today! The winter rainy season has arrived! Not a time to be having your roof re-done. I feel so sorry for the roofers out there having to work in the cold rainy downpour! …
Caught off guard!!
I was sitting at my dining room table early this morning (in my pj’s) enjoying a nice cup of tea and listening to an online sermon … when the driveway Ring notification went off! Oh no! Are the…
Freaking out!
Concrete roofing tiles came flying off my roof, from almost 3-stories up … landing with a terrible, jarring, shattering crash! in a metal dumpster-trailer parked just outside my kitchen window. It was rather unnerving! Crash! … after crash! …
Barely a flicker
Do you ever feel like your “flame” is just barely a flicker? This time of year, it’s nice to light a candle … because the mornings are dark and cold … and the days are rainy and grey. …