Three-times-tried Trail
There is a hiking trail up near Mt. Baker which we have attempted three times. It all began in early Spring 2005. We were out for a Saturday adventure and, stopping by the North Cascade Park Headquarters, we…
Warmth without weight
This past Saturday hubby and I went hiking. We arrived at the trailhead parking lot at 7:45am, high in the Mt. Baker Wilderness … and it was chilly! I was so thankful I had brought along my lightweight…
Scorched First-fruits
Hubby and I went out early to try to get our outdoor work done before the sun got high and hot. Hubby was busy toting wheelbarrow-fuls of split firewood over to the shed where he was stacking them. …
Time in the Garden
A relationship is like a garden. Here you can see a photo of my garden. Sad … isn’t it. If you look closely, you can just barely find the pitiful little zucchini and pumpkin plants amongst the weeds. …
Stones to throw … or stones to pave with
Here you can see a corner of the back yard where I attempted to grow sunflowers last year. The sunflowers did not do well … as you can probably guess just by looking at the ground. This area…
Reading Between the Lines
To effectively show love in both small ways and in big ways, we must truly know the person with whom we are in relationship. I mentioned in yesterday’s post that one of my daughter’s 40 gifts to me…
Show Love in Big Ways
When we think of showing love in big ways our first automatic response is that this requires lots of money. To show love in a big way means to spend a large amount of money on someone else. …
Show Love in Little Ways
It was a cold dreary morning, this past February, as I dragged myself out of bed and headed to the kitchen to fix breakfast. And there … sitting on the counter next to my special mug, was a…
Confidence in an untrustworthy sprinkler
It has been over 90 degrees every day this week! The plants in the front flowerbed need water. So, early this morning I set up the sprinkler … a revolving, rotating sprinkler. After much adjusting of the water…
Steel-toed Shoes
Here you can see a photo of hubby’s steel-toed shoes as he is about to load a round up onto the log-splitter. Because the rounds are so huge, the initial “crack!” on the splitter propels the two separate…