I am so excited to bring you this guest post from my dear blogger friend, Jenni. She has been on a blogging break, but her words are a blessing and you would enjoy going over and browsing through her blog. She has lots of inspiration. Her words. Her ideas. Her projects. The fun things she […]
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 […]
Beautiful Moments That Bedazzle and Bring Sunshine
Life offers many beautiful moments. May I catch them and pause to breathe them in as they slide, sparkling and shining, through my fingers, running in rainbow hues and coloring this life of mine. If I could only bottle them and save them and line them up on my windowsill to stand there at bright […]
Reflecting on a Few Words From Our Marriage Ceremony
Back at the beginning of May, for our anniversary, I share these words from our marriage ceremony on Instagram. I think in my head that I will share them here too. The days continue and the clock counts as they always do and always will as long as this earth pulses on its axis. I […]
Pieces and Snippets in Pictures
Pictures draw me. They pull me. They speak to me. They hint of story. They portray pieces of frozen time and snag snippets of lives lived and memories made and dreams dreamed. They capture God’s creation. Square after square. Moment upon moment. Seeking beauty and sealing it within the frame. Art and creating and thinking […]
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 […]
An Ordinary Monday and Eggs and Wildflowers
It’s Monday morning. I rather like Mondays, though I know they aren’t so popular everywhere. I try to rarely make plans for Mondays and so mostly I’m home on Mondays and it’s a fresh new week and a fresh new day. This Monday morning I’m slow and a bit achy and sore. I crawl out […]
Why We Love Anne of Green Gables
What is it that makes us love Anne so much? This thought was teasing the corners of my brain the other day. I tossed it around and I came to this conclusion. We love Anne, because we relate to Anne. Or at least I do. I love her dream world. I love her imagination. I […]
A Grateful Eventide
Eggs and flour and berries and butter. Baking and creating from pie inspiration. Outside it clouds up and begins to rain. And it is gorgeous!! The loveliest spring rain falling down on our still thirsty earth. The kitchen light gleams and the oven hums and it gives off cozy, warm heat. My window above my […]
The Gift of a Day
Hello farmhouse! Hello gorgeous wheat! It’s just a gloriously, gloriously brilliant day. It’s crying out, “Notice Me!” It’s whispering, “Look long and hard. Linger. Let your gaze land on each detail. Drink in this day that the Lord has made. He gift-wrapped it in pure gorgeousness and He handed it to YOU!” AND….. Whether your […]
Simple Beauty
Simple beauty. It lurks everywhere, waiting to be noticed. A few weeks ago, I was sick in the night and in the morning, I stretched out in my chair under my furry blanket glad for home and rest and glad it was this Saturday and not the one before, when all my family from away were […]
Live Loved
{Live Loved pillow available at Sew a Fine Seam} Live Loved.Settle in. He wants you there. Firmly established and grounded in His unfailing love. My gracious, good God has been teaching me about living loved in the last couple of years. He never lets me down. He never disappoints. He never turns His back […]
On Good Friday
Thank-you Jesus.I cannot comprehend.Your sacrifice.Your gift of grace.Spanning all of time and space.Every sin it will erase.I long to gaze upon your face.And clasp your handsAnd kneel amazed.That you would do this all for me.For freedom you have made me free.To live with you eternally! You conquered death victoriously!You reign! You reign all gloriously.We […]
I Am Not Ok
“Are you doing ok?” My friend looked at me with a question in her eyes. Genuine concern. The kind you don’t find everywhere. And you know what? Sometimes instead of “I’m fine” or “I’m ok” the answer is simply, “No, I’m not ok.” Some days I’m not ok. I’m discouraged. Some days I’m not ok. […]
An Attendant Has Been Notified To Assist You
I was self-checking myself out at Dillons. Well, in actuality, I was self-checking my GROCERIES out at Dillons. {And as an aside, shouldn’t we get a discount when we self-check ourselves {or rather, our groceries} out, because DOING THE JOB OURSELVES, DILLONS}. Alright. Self-checking out my groceries. Beep. Beep, beep. Across the scanner. Nearby at […]
Snail Mail and a Message to Be Yourself
I love snail mail. FUN snail mail. Not particularly bills or credit card offers or fliers for dumb things. But HAPPY snail mail, I am all about that. This card showed up in my mailbox a week or two ago. It has left me smiling every time I look at it. I texted my […]