{affiliate links included} Linking up with Ginny and Frontier Dreams ~ These two books have been my current reads. My current dishcloth sits on top. Summer life definitely slows my knitting projects. A Million Little Ways. Oh my! This book tucks me in close and speaks to my soul and offers invitation to dream a little […]
The Post About Marriage That I Didn’t Intend To Write
One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine. Ten. Eleven. Twelve. Thirteen. Fourteen. Fifteen. Sixteen. Seventeen. Eighteen. Nineteen. My fingers type out each number word. It takes me longer to type them than I think it will. I have to go back and add capitals to a couple of places. My fingers tried to […]
We Have a Party
This year we became the parents of two teenagers! I looked at my man one day back in the fall and I said, “Sixteen and thirteen. Our children are turning sixteen and thirteen. We need to have a party! These are both milestone ages and both in the same year and of course, they will […]
Because Cake
My tiny children turned into teenagers this year. Granted, they haven’t been tiny children for several years now. But as parents are wont to do, we’re convinced those little people really can’t have morphed into growing-up already!! We celebrated this teenage thing last weekend with a birthday party for them both. I have pictures to […]
Some Pictures of Some Cows and Some Other Stuff
Matthew was doing a few chores and checking cattle for his brother who was gone for a few days. I rode along and I took my camera along, as I rode along, and thus, along the way, at one of our stops I took some pictures of some of the cows. It was just a […]
A Christmas Tablescape and Some Gingerbread Men
{affiliate links included} There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.~ Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol Christmas Day may be past, but the celebration of Jesus is never past. Never delegated to only one day. The celebration is in our every day and our everyday. We celebrated Christmas with […]
Ten Things I Love About The Holiday Season
Today on Tuesday it’s all about 10 Things You Truly Enjoy About the Holiday Season! Here are some of mine! Christmas is such a special time. Linking up with Carole… {affiliate links included in post} 1. The nativity scene. I love nativities. I mentioned that yesterday in my Monday post. I have a Willow Tree large […]
Of Cake Pops and Party
In January, at birthday time, Renae told me she had an idea. She wanted to have a couple of her friends come over, not now, but in July at her half-birthday, and celebrate then with summery things like swimming and such. That was fine with me. She began to plan and would add ideas […]
Birthday Blooms
Beautiful bright blooms. Brilliant sunshine streaming in. Light bouncing, dancing, catching, casting shadows, sparkling. Fantastic flowers. Fluid light flows from outside. Finding its way to fling glorious rays around. Camera clicks. Capturing radiance and freeze framing it. The splendor and the wonder in bright bouquets. A simple bud. Simply complex. I could never […]
A Delightful Glow is Four Years Old
The idea entered my head last week to look up when I officially posted my first blog post. I knew it was coming up, but didn’t know the exact date. I know September was my first full month of blogging in 2011, but the exact start date has never stuck with me. I’d entertained the […]
On Father’s Day
It’s Father’s Day. This family, this wife, this daughter, this son. We are just so thankful for this man. The one I call husband. And my Love. The one they call Dad. Or daddy. Or daddy-boy. The one they greet almost every time they see him, “Hey, Dad!” The one that for a while […]
Apricots and Sugar
Sometimes it rains. Sometimes you have a plan for the day. Sometimes the to-do list just sits and waits. Sometimes you call your farmer man and say, “It rained. Of course, you have nothing to do since it rained so……….” Sometimes you notice apricots on the counter. Sometimes you sprinkle sugar on the counter around […]
Simply Thank You
I thoroughly enjoyed my wedding day. Every bit of it. It was one of those days when you live and love and rejoice in every moment as it happens. I have a lot of great times that I look back on with fondness. Days that I did enjoy. They were memorable. They were fun. Yet, […]
A Lollipop Bouquet
My brother had a birthday coming up and I knew what I wanted to make and gift him with for his birthday. I’d pinned the idea for a Lollipop Bouquet to my Pinterest Gift-Giving Ideas Board. Over at A Mom’s Life her daughter had made one for her brother’s birthday and I thought it […]
My Littles and Easter {Strolling Down Memory Lane}
I found myself looking at our old Easter pictures and laughing and as always, wondering how the years have galloped along so fiercely in such a fast fashion. Oh, these chubby faces and exuberant expressions and short arms and legs! Green has always been this boy’s favorite color. He dyed all his Easter eggs green this […]
Memoir Monday {No. 67}
I found this on my counter one afternoon~ handy-dandy pen holder comprised of various items from my paper drawer in the kitchen. Only problem~it doesn’t stand up very well by itself. 🙂 There’s That Kitty. I really do have a soft spot for him. And I have fun teasing the owner and trying to convince […]