Joy!
Today’s blog post is in honor of our very dear precious friends down in Portland – K&P. If there is anyone who embodies “joy” it is this couple! For the past two years this couple has been walking…
End-of-Summer Joys! – 2.0
A flower bouquet! ... from a Farmer's Market! ... for my precious daughter! Thank you God, for End-of-Summer joys!Beaver Lake! What a delightful surprise discovery, on a Saturday morning exploration. Thank you God, for End-of-Summer joys!A totem pole!…
Wheat on a sheet
Everything about harvesting, threshing, and winnowing wheat has challenged my perspective when it comes to cleanliness and food preparation.You can't wash wheat. I knew this logically. But practically it has been challenging to let go of my firmly…
End-of-Summer Joys!
Breakfast buddy! I was delighted when this little Douglas Squirrel decided to join me for breakfast! What a great start to the day!I'm amazed how its little feet stick to the tree like velcro!Thank you God, for End-of-Summer…
Harvest!
I went out yesterday evening to harvest the beans. And lo and behold, the tomatoes were ripe. So, I harvested them too. As I stood in the middle of the garden, surrounded by beans on one side and…
Chaff … which the box fan blows away!
Hubby and I threshed and winnowed the wheat last night. I had been really looking forward to this part of the process ... of watching the chaff blow away in the wind. The Bible speaks of chaff being…
Busy!!
I had the best time watching the bees on the sunflowers yesterday morning!There were lots of bees! And they were all busy!! The saying popped into my head: "Busy as a bee." I had never really thought much…
Fallen over sideways!
Believe it or not, this is one sunflower plant! One single sunflower stalk can produce many different sunflowers. I didn't realize this fact until last year. This particular sunflower stalk was growing tall and straight and reaching high…
Caught unaware!
So, I was puttering about the house yesterday (doing laundry, and running the vacuum) in my pajamas, with a white mineral mud mask smeared all over my face. The thought popped into my head: “Wouldn’t it be embarrassing…
Different seasons look differently
Here you can see a photo of our garden this year. Hubby just harvested the wheat this past Monday. Our garden this year has looked a lot different than last year's garden. For starters ... our garden this…