The leaves are just starting to turn. And fall. Here you can see the leaves on our driveway as I was coming home yesterday afternoon from the grocery store. Here you can see the colorful leaves in the…
Our forestry class last week was over climate change. We learned that over the past 150 years the average temperature in our area has gone up … two degrees! Two!! We should be worried! We should be very…
Behind our house is a deep ravine. Hubby and I have only ever been down into the ravine once. When our forestry professor came for our site visit a couple of weeks ago and we told him this,…
At our forestry field trip this past weekend we were in our first rotation about invasive weed species. Our teacher stepped over to the bushes and with her hand pruners she took three clippings from the “nasty blackberries”…
This week hubby and I watched the most recent “Yes Theory” video. It was fascinating. (As an aside: “Yes Theory” is a YouTube channel introduced to us by our son. It is basically geared toward a Millennial/Gen Z…
Hubby and I went hiking with our kids this past weekend. It was a new and novel experience of role reversal. My daughter had wanted to go hiking, so we said “Sure!” She picked the hike, and we…
There is so much confusion in our world as to “what is good?” How do we know what is good or not good?? How do we know what is true or not true?? How do we navigate the…
Yesterday we considered Psalm 23:6: “Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.” -Psalm 23:6 Psalm 23:6 encourages us that: * God’s…
Our background photo today shows a journey through the pitch-black darkness of a lava tube, deep underground. This world we are living in is a very dark place. Just like the pitch-black darkness of the lava tube deep…
Our background photo for today was taken deep down in the pitch-black darkness of a lava cave. In much the same way, humanity has been plunged deep down into the pitch-black darkness of sin. But look! ……