The apples are ripe. I have been picking apples and making applesauce. The deer also like the apples! They come around regularly looking to see if any have dropped on the ground. So, every time I go out…
Hubby and I participated in a Forestry Field Day this past Saturday. It was terrific fun! On our way driving to the event Saturday morning, hubby asked if I thought our Forestry professor, from our Forestry class last…
I made salsa for dinner last night. And as I was getting ready to do so, the thought occurred to me that families are like salsa! But not just families ... this could also apply to friend-groups, or…
A wedding is taking place in our backyard today! It is very exciting!All this week leading up to the wedding God has given me the most beautiful picture of what unity in marriage is like: Hummingbirds do not…
Someone very special had a birthday this week! For today's background photo you can see the birthday gift I selected for this very special person. This is my very favorite brand of candles, sold in a specialty boutique…
I have a special fondness for irises. When I was a young girl, a small patch of yellow irises used to grow at the corner of my front porch. Years later, when I was a young newlywed and…
This weekend our dear friends had a daughter graduate from college! This week, as I've perused the photos of "This day in history", the photos which have been showing up are of my own two kids graduating from…
Midway through the morning a call came in from the specialist’s office: "The high-end specialist (who is booked out clear into April) just so happens to have an appointment available this afternoon. If you can make it in…
It had been freeze-raining all morning. And the weather forecast was calling for snow in the afternoon. Sure enough, around 11am the freeze-rain turned to snow. There were a couple of really important medical appointments that afternoon. But…
One of the awkward things about being in the ER is that each small claustrophobic bed-space is separated only by a thin fabric curtain from the adjacent space. Hence … the occupant in the adjacent bed (only a…