Ringing in the New Year – 2025!
Last year, as the new year was ushered in, I did a blog post entitled: "Ringing in the New Year!" I thought it would be fun to carry on the tradition by “Ringing in the New Year –…
A new day! A new year!
I was in awe of the beautiful ferns growing out of the moss all along the trunks of the trees in the ravine behind our house. So pretty! The ravine is so lush and well-watered. It brings to…
Tomorrow is always fresh with no mistakes in it.
The year 2024 was the "Year of the Dragon" ... as you can see here on the opening page of my 2024 watercolor calendar: The year 2024 roared in like a dragon, with a dragon-like fever taking vicious…
Grounds for the Garden
Hubby and I were in need of a little caffeine pick-me-up … so we popped into Starbucks for our favorite treat: a Carmel Ribbon Crunch Frappuccino. (just the thing to have on a cold wintry day – Ha!) …
Christmas blessings – 2024
A surprise rainbow! ... on our way to a Christmas concert. Definitely exciting! Thank you God for December joys! Thank you God for Christmas blessings!I absolutely loved the quote on this candle: "The world needs who God made…
Pondering the weight of water …
Hubby is outside at the moment taking apart the downspout in order to fix the gutter which has been pouring a waterfall over the edge! It has rained and rained and rained this past week! As hubby and…
There’s so much more to this story …
The day after Christmas, first things first, I removed the orange-slices & apple-slice ornaments from the little cedar Christmas tree. It had greatly enjoyed its time in the spotlight as a Christmas tree. But it was feeling rather…
We all, like succulents, have gone astray …
I was upstairs just now starting a load of laundry ... when the succulents over on the desk caught my attention: Immediately the verse popped into my head: "We all, like sheep [aka: succulents] have gone astray, each…
Christmas Light!
Last Christmas hubby gave me the gift of a day-by-day calendar, where you pull a page off each day. From all outward appearances, this gift looked like a simple normal ordinary block of paper. But hidden inside was…
The Christmas Bridge!
The day before Christmas Eve, I accompanied hubby down to his work campus to ship off some last-minute Christmas boxes.Over the past few years, a beautiful bridge has been constructed connecting the old part of campus to the…