Daily Blessing

November joys … leftover Halloween candy!

I had taken the little plastic orange pumpkin-pail over to my daughter so she could have a festive container to use when she passed out candy to trick-or-treaters. But unfortunately, she did not have any trick-or-treaters after all. …

November 10, 2023Gratitude

November joys … Nature Challenge!

The guys were busy doing manly things. So, my son’s girlfriend and I decided to take a walk. The morning had been thundering and dumping rain, but now the sky had cleared, and the sun was coming out. …

November 9, 2023Gratitude, Relationships

November joys … Salted-cheese tea!

There is a new tea shop which has just recently opened, up near where my kids live. It is called Happy Lemon. Earlier this past Spring I noticed that Happy Lemon was getting ready to open. What a…

November 8, 2023Gratitude

November joys … Butterhorn rolls!

It’s November … the month of thankfulness and gratitude! One of the things I love the most about November is Butterhorn rolls! These delicious rolls have been a Holiday tradition since I was a little girl. My mom…

November 7, 2023Gratitude

Grocery store joys! #2

My daughter needed a tablecloth, so I pulled out my bag with all my kitchen linens and tablecloths. Immediately I knew we needed to have a second “Grocery store joys” blog post! Reusable shopping bags! Reusable shopping bags…

November 6, 2023Gratitude

Scratching each other the wrong way

I was sitting here typing up a blog post when the “dogs” started barking on my phone. (it’s my Ring driveway camera notification) Amazon deliveries don’t usually come at 8am … so it must be a deer … …

November 5, 2023Lessons from the forest, Relationships

Just a stop along the way

Last Friday evening hubby and I were headed up to Worship Night at church. As we drove across the wide broad Sammamish Valley there were hundreds upon thousands of birds getting ready to head south! The tilled farm…

November 4, 2023Relationships

Lessons of the hunter … and the hunted!

I was walking loops around my front drive a few weeks ago when I kept hearing a strange noise coming from the apple trees. Lo and behold … it was a Northern Flicker woodpecker enjoying a nice juicy…

November 3, 2023Christian Living

Is evolution true? Or is it not?

Our forestry class last week was over climate change. We learned that over the past 150 years the average temperature in our area has gone up … two degrees! Two!! We should be worried! We should be very…

November 2, 2023Questions

Grocery store joys!

I headed to the grocery store yesterday to pick up some frosted sugar cookies for our forestry class Halloween party. Lo and behold … I wound up coming home with all these delightful snacks as well! (snacks, by…

November 1, 2023Gratitude