My big Kansas sky, that I audaciously call “mine” was shining full bright sunshine in the west while darker clouds and rain streaks suspended themselves in the eastern sky and added a touch of fancy to the show by dangling a rainbow down with a flourish. A rainbow is a promise of remembrance and I […]
I Will Fight To Delight In All That Is Beauty And Blessing
Last Fridays was a beautiful Kansas Friday…the thermometer holding steady at 68 degrees. The sun beamed gently and the wind lay still and silent, a welcome respite after Monday and Tuesday, when it howled savagely and relentlessly, blowing dirt in waves and beating against our baby wheat fields. I look out the window and I […]
Why I Fight To Delight In The Daily Details
There’s a reason I fight to delight in the daily details. There’s a reason I count gratitude for simple things and every good day. There’s a reason I try to create beauty in my home and everyday. There’s a reason I lean into looking for laughter and hunting out happiness. There’s a reason I meditate […]
You’re The Apple Of My Eye
Here’s a fun and simple Valentine treat idea. I made some of these last year and gave to a few friends. I love the contrast and the pop it gives the apples. I saw the idea in a facebook video if I remember correctly. What you need…………….. Red apples Green or Yellow apples Small […]
Wherein I Will Once Again Be Grateful For Dirty Dishes and Laundry {After I Complain}
Last night, all I could see were dirty dishes and laundry that needed folded. I was tired and irritable and it looked like too much. I can not take one more dirty dish or laundry that never ends. I have a mini meltdown and exclaim to my husband that I am so tired of dirty […]
Standard Canvas Marriage Vow Decor
I’ve been going to share this canvas on my blog ever since May. I was very excited about it and I still am! I won a giveaway for a canvas from Standard Canvas on Revive Our Hearts Instagram back in May the week of our anniversary. It was such fun timing! Standard Canvas creates […]
Orange Garland and Joy to the World Advent Book {Pages and Projects}
For two or three years now, I’ve thought very much about purchasing the Advent study from She Reads Truth, but so far I never had. I love the Christmas season, but it adds extras and I didn’t know if I would get the study done. We often travel and I always had other Bible studies […]
Teacup Exchange 2017
This fall I joined in with Stephanie from the Enchanting Rose for a super-fun teacup exchange. This was the 11th one she has hosted, but my first time to join in. I thoroughly enjoyed it!!! Thanks for all your hard work and time put into coordinating it all, Stephanie! If you go over to Stephanie’s […]
Envelopes, Paper Clips and Flowers
Paper craft stuff again! I’m actually not even going to tell you when I made these and how long these photos have been waiting for this post. In part because I would love to be this super-organized person who accomplishes everything efficiently and in a timely manner. But mostly, I won’t tell you, because I […]
Moments. Miracles. Magnificence.
I kneel down close to the freshly drilled dirt and I press the round shutter button of my IG photo app. It captures the image of the field and as I gaze at the sun sinking behind our stretch of trees and our house, I wonder. How often do I miss the wonder? How often […]
The Beauty of the Rose’s Bloom
I’m willing to brave the pain of the thorns, to capture the beauty of the roses. ~ DJF I pour my heartbreak in your hands, My Father. Lord. And here I stand. Amidst these pieces, Shattered wide. Scattered. Shards, shreds inside. Hopes long dashed. Battles lost. Failures felt. Dreams in dust. Tried and tried […]
Leaf Design Apple Pie
This pie has been one of my very favorites! I really liked making the leaves and I really liked how they turned out. Scattering the roses with them made and extra-fun design. I have a leaf shape cutter I cut the leaves with and then I added the embossing with the edges of some […]
Do You Understand How the Clouds Float?
Job 37:16 ~ Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonderful works of Him who has perfect knowledge? Beautiful, wonderful, wonderful works!!! How God must delight in creating masterpiece skies and sunrises and sunsets and placing puffball clouds here and wisping a line of them over there. Then does He give this earth we […]
Beautiful Ordinary Extraordinary Commonplace
I’m beginning to see how the secret ways and deepest mysteries of God and His kingdom are often revealed off the beaten path of organized religion and frequently missed by the too-smart. Sometimes it’s not the professor or preacher leading you to divine truth but the commonplace people God sticks right in front of your […]
An IDEA Gardener
Late winter, I proclaim a bit vehemently to my farmer husband man, that “I am not going to have a garden this year.” It takes time and work and thought and watering and wheat harvest is busy enough without added extras and I think it’s something I will CROSS OFF for this year. Winter […]
Ten Things That Shout of Harvest
1. the rustling, rustling of the swaying golden wheat 2. the combine lumbering across the field, turning into the next swath, header lowered and ready to gobble up the grain 3. tractor and grain cart circling back and forth between combines and trucks 4. hot, hot temps beating down and reflecting off the stubble left […]