Relationships

Coming back down the Park Butte Lookout Trail, hubby and I passed multiple groups headed up to summit Mt. Baker.  Their enormous backpacks were spilling over with ice picks, helmets, and crampons.  Hubby and I had no idea…

Our lily in the front flowerbed is blooming!  It so beautiful … and so fragrant!  Far across the front drive, where hubby and I are working splitting logs, we catch the lily’s fragrant scent … wafting on the…

A relationship is like a dance.  Much like driving a car is a “dance with humanity.”  When you are driving around town, you are not entirely in control.  For sure you are in control of your own vehicle. …

I had just written yesterday’s blog post about “Keys to Relationship – Be caring” when hubby came home from work with a gift given to him by his co-worker.  This gift was the Buddha pictured in the background…

Being in relationship with someone means traveling the path of life alongside with them.  Life’s path is not easy.  Life’s path is oftentimes difficult!  There are long hard uphill climbs!  The path is often uneven and rocky!  The…

The stretch of meadow in today’s background photo was particularly beset by mosquitoes, enormous flies, and all manner of obnoxious flying pests.  As hubby and I hiked across this stretch (which was obviously used for camping in the…

When it comes to impossible relationships, oftentimes it is hard to be kind.  The indifference hurts!  The lack of interest … the lack of concern … the lack of caring at all … it hurts!  It is similar…

Realize that it's the little (seemingly insignificant) words that often make the greatest impact, for the good or the bad. Words matter.  A few weeks ago, I wrote about fire lookout towers … and how it is important to…