You never know what’s under the surface.
The past two mornings we have woken up to snow covering the ground. Here you can see a photo of our front flowerbed. It looks pitiful … three small rhododendrons and a few small lavender plants … all…
It’s ok if it’s not perfect
I wrote to our Compassion kids last week. I was so excited to tell them all about the daffodils blooming! It has been such a long cold winter that our daffodils are just now beginning to open ……
Smoke in the house!
We woke up this morning to 23 degrees. Brrrr! I opened the firebox door to get a fire started, and a cold draft rushed down the chimney and into the house. “That’s going to be a problem,” I…
Covered
I woke up this morning to the sound of heavy rain falling on our roof! The wood-box on the back deck is empty. I need to refill it this morning … so that I can have wood to…
Projections
I was just now in the bathroom putting my makeup on when my attention was suddenly caught by a bug on my shirt! … immediately I instinctively smacked it!! (after all, I had just been outside getting another…
Wobbly Stacks
I was out in the woodshed gathering more firewood to take around to the back of the house, to refill our wood-box storage-bin on the back deck. With each piece of firewood I removed from the stacks, I…
Love Sound
I was enjoying a chocolate bar given to me by my daughter, when I noticed on the back wrapper, in small print, a statement that this chocolate bar was infused with a 528 hz love sound frequency to…
I was only joking
Today’s background photo is a selfie … taken in the mirror. The fire was going good yesterday morning and I was in the process of adding more wood to the firebox when my arm accidentally touched the side…
“Cutting Away”
So, I have an update on the saga of one of my cactus plants. Perhaps you might remember it. My daughter had this little cactus plant with a beautiful red bloom on the top. It grew fabulously ……
Kindling for the soul … the little things matter!
Last week, with all the upheaval caused by the snow, the “wood-box” of my soul was beginning to run empty. I could feel my patience wearing thin. I could feel frustration rising. I was worried I might accidentally…