Are you weighed down?
The frost is finally bringing the leaves down. All summer I have been looking forward to using the Bigleaf maple leaves from the back to “mulch” the forest area in the front. But I have been so burdened…
Farewell garden. It’s been a good one. See you next year.
Our temperatures have dropped, and the frost has come. I woke up this morning to 31*. It’s supposed to be down to 29* tomorrow morning. Yesterday afternoon I was out tidying up the garden and getting it ready…
What is true?? And what is not?
At our forestry field trip this past weekend we were in our first rotation about invasive weed species. Our teacher stepped over to the bushes and with her hand pruners she took three clippings from the “nasty blackberries”…
Steal … kill … and destroy!
Hubby and I had our forestry field trip this past weekend. It was a great time! Our forestry class met at the property of a lady from our class, who lives about 30 min. away. She and her…
Why are they going that way??
All the birds are flying away. I really miss the birds when they leave for the winter. The forest is so silent … and still … … and silent. Hubby and I were coming back from church this…
The power of rewards!
I’m fascinated by the power of rewards. If you’ve followed the blog much at all you will know that I love to take photos of slugs, and snails, and mushrooms, and flowers, and tree leaves, etc. … Last…
I will not be afraid.
I never cease to be amazed by God’s protection and care for what He has made. For example … slugs. I don’t even like slugs. Or should I say, I have never before liked slugs. I’m slowly changing…
The world is falling apart!
All throughout our neighborhood the Alders are dying and falling down. It’s especially bad whenever we have a windstorm or when the snowfall is heavy in winter. Alders come crashing down in a messy disaster all across the…
Bobcat!
I was sitting here on my front porch typing up devotionals for my precious little friends up in Alaska. When out of the corner of my eye I saw cat paws. (didn't hear a sound ... just delicate…
The “harvest” of a life
The sunflowers are done. Their brief lifespan is over. Hubby and I will now till them back into the soil of the garden where they will dissolve away. This is what our life is like. Our life is…