Daily Blessing

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

Pretend I’m a tree!

Tonight is our forestry class … and since it happens to fall on Halloween, we’re having a class party! How exciting! Our forestry professor told us several weeks ago that he already had his costume picked out. I…

October 31, 2023Identity

An example to follow?? Or an example to avoid!

I love it when I learn something new and mind-blowing at church. Our pastor opened the sermon with an account from the Old Testament book of 2 Kings, about a prophet who was somewhat of a national hero…

October 30, 2023Life Lessons

Is there a reason to have hope?

Behind our house is a deep ravine. Hubby and I have only ever been down into the ravine once. When our forestry professor came for our site visit a couple of weeks ago and we told him this,…

October 29, 2023Hope, Lessons from the forest, Questions

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…

October 28, 2023Lessons from the forest

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…

October 27, 2023Gratitude

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”…

October 26, 2023Lessons from the forest, Questions

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…

October 25, 2023Lessons from the forest, Marriage

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…

October 24, 2023Life Lessons