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 […]
Pretty Ordinary Pictures Because They’re Pretty
Happy Easter! It’s only a bunch of pretty ordinary pictures because they’re pretty. I grow more and more thankful for beauty. And I decided this week that I think I will buy chocolate bunnies for my children until I die! 🙂 {Because chocolate bunnies are important….} Chocolate eggs and flop-eared bunnies are from Winans. I […]
How to Make a Pom-Pom
Today we’re going to make a pom-pom. {Clap hands now!!!} 😉 Ok. We need to gather our things. We need: YARN SCISSORS POM-POM MAKERS That’s pretty much it! Unless you want to listen to some favorite music or a podcast or audiobook OR watch a video or movie while you pom-pom. Here are three of […]
Ten Things I Enjoy About Valentine’s Day
The story of St. Valentine. We read a children’s book quite a few years ago and it told this story about St. Valentine. The emperor decided to ban marriage because he was having trouble recruiting men for his army. He believed the men didn’t want to leave their homes and families and decided banning engagements […]
Hearts and Roses and Apple Pie
I put this pie together one day in January. Since it’s Valentine week, it seemed like a good time to post these pictures. It was fun to try another design and use some hearts. I had hearts in my head because I had added Valentine touches around my home and had been enjoying thinking about […]
Rose City Chocolate Tea Giveaway From Winterwoods Tea Company
Valentine’s Day approaches bringing thoughts of chocolates and roses. 🙂 Winterwoods Tea Company from Spokane, WA has combined the two in this lovely handcrafted tea blend. How fun is that?! Their bag proclaims from Farm to Teacup. And, TODAY, we have a giveaway for a bag of their Rose City Chocolate blend! LOOK at […]
Of Bright Blooms and Light
My roses began blooming this spring and one May-day I clipped some buds and blooms to brighten the house. This led to light streaming in and bouncing off the rosebud. I found my camera and looked through the lens and clicked the shutter closed. I’d wanted to try some lighting techniques and some different settings […]
Think Write Thursday {A Pretend Afternoon Gathering of Girls}
The email for Think Write Thursday hit my inbox and here’s what it said. {linking up with Carole} This week’s topic is…………. to plan a dinner party, inviting THREE people, living or dead. ….insert my thought here…{Although it would probably be easier for them to attend if they aren’t, well, dead.} 😉 tell us: who […]
Acorn Autumn Burlap Banner
In case you missed that autumn is here, NOW you know. Because this Acorn Autumn Burlap Banner is announcing it to YOU! 🙂 Do you remember in the Winans giveaway post I told you they sent me some empty burlap bags that their coffee beans come in? And how I wanted to craft something with […]
From the Farmhouse Kitchen: Table Setting and Build Your Own Cupcake
Quite a bit earlier this year, {which really translates as, I CAN NOT REMEMBER WHAT MONTH IT WAS} we had friends coming over and we fixed some food and I set the table and I picked up my camera for some photos, as I often do if I have the time! I loved the hues and […]
Cupcake Flowers
Back in the spring, I pulled pages out of a Martha Stewart for these candy flower cupcakes. They hung out in my three-ring binder. {the pages…not the cupcakes. Although, that woulda been nice!} A few weeks ago, I pulled them out of the binder and made cupcakes. I also wanted to try this recipe for […]
Strawberry Rhubarb Cream Cheese Hand Pies
I made these hand pies back in the early summer. There are so many fun pie ideas! I’ve seen so many pretty pie pictures. There are regular pie-shaped pies and there are slab pies {I have one I tried in this post} and foldover pies {that I’d like to try} and pie tarts and handpies, to name […]
Artistry at Its Finest
It started out all misty and moisty and gray on the fourth-of-July morning and looked nothing at all like a Kansas day in July. As the morning waned away, the gray wisped away and the skies were not cloudy all day. The humidity hangs around, heavy, but the brilliant blue can’t be beat and the leaves […]