Beauty … through the loss.
I was standing at my kitchen sink this morning, sipping my morning tea and listening to an online sermon, as I gazed at the ever-growing brightness of the sky over the Cascade Mountains. It is very common for…
Christmas joys … best Christmas trees of 2024!
A Christmas tree made entirely out of colored blocks of ice! Incredible! Christmas trees in the welcome foyer of the Presidential Library. Stunning trees! I loved the "drum" base! Clever. A poinsettia Christmas tree is a must at…
Christmas joys … a Christmas parade!
Hubby and I happened across a Christmas parade this past Saturday quite by accident! We had gotten up bright and early to go into downtown Dallas to visit the JFK memorial & museum at Dealey Plaza. Lo and…
Situation Room!
Hubby and I arrived at the Presidential Library this past Saturday and were informed upon entrance that a lecture on the “Situation Room” would be starting in 10 minutes. What perfect timing! (which we hadn’t even planned) I…
Merry Christmas from the Oval Office!
Merry Christmas from the Oval Office! Haha! Just joking! This isn’t the real Oval Office in the White House. This is a replica of the Oval Office, in a Presidential Library which hubby and I had the privilege…
We all are a work in progress.
Two years ago, I wrote a blog post about this little aloe here ... all decorated up and trying it's hardest to be a "Christmas cactus." You see, the little aloe plant was sitting next to the big,…
Having an impact … which you will never see.
During the winter, the sun shines in low through my windows … casting long shadows across my dining room floor. As such, the shadow of the hummingbird feeder is prominently displayed on the floor … along with the…
Discomfort … in the “in-between.”
Yesterday morning I had gotten the fire going for the day, then I headed outside in search of “beauty in the ‘in-between.’” (I wrote about this in yesterday’s blog post) I was outside for about 30 minutes. When…
Beauty … in the “in-between.”
I stepped out on the front porch early this morning as hubby left for work. All across the front flowerbed little icy crystals sparkled with beauty in the reflection of the house floodlights. It looked like hundreds of…
Best Christmas songs of 2024!
This past Sunday was December 1st … and ushering in the Holiday Season, we sang these three fantastic songs at church! The first song is one I am familiar with from past Christmases. The other two songs are…