Beautiful blooms! Brought to my door by a small neighbor girl with tiny blonde braids and a shy grin. I’ve been enjoying them and enjoying them. A gal I follow on Instagram posted a lovely picture of pretty blooms and buds in glass bottles and holders on her windowsill and she said, “Should you ever […]
Instapost { July No. 2}
I have a lampshade in my living room. It’s making me laugh. Almost everytime I walk by it, there’s this part of me that goes, “I have a LAMPSHADE in my LIVING ROOM!!” With the same amount of wonder and amazement and drama and tone as Rapunzel in Tangled when she exclaims, “I […]
It’s Harvest
More wheat harvest. It’s such a big part of our lives. It’s harried and hurried in ways. There’s a sense of pressure to harvest the ripe crop before heavy rains or hail decide to show up. It’s beautiful. It’s tiring. It’s heartland of America. It’s blessing. It’s awe-inspiring. Those fields of grain producing from […]
Quotes to Remember {No. 1}
What you do every day matters more than what you do every once in a while. ~ Gretchen Rubin I look at you…and I’m home. ~ Dory from Finding Nemo Reverence for God impacts how we relate to people. Our respect for Him translates into a respectful attitude toward others. #TrueWoman201 It’s easy […]
Cupcake Liner Flowers
I’ve had a stack of white paper cupcake liners for a long time that I’ve eyed and thought, “I should really do something with these, but what?” I have a couple of recipes I like to keep foil cupcake liners around for, because the cupcakes stick to the paper liners in an annoying way. The foil […]
Yarn Along {Simply Tuesday}
My completed dishcloth from last week.… {And, yes, I do realize today is Wednesday if you are wondering about my blogpost title. It will make more sense when we get on down to the books! 😉 } Yarn Along has been an inspiration to me! By pulling out my yarn and needles again, I see […]
Bemusement and a Date Night
Back in the ending of May or the beginning of June, I jotted my thoughts and closed my notebook and promptly forgot as I’m apt to do and as that is a busy season for us, I gladly grab that excuse. Recently, I reach for my notebook and randomly open it and read my words. […]
Memoir Monday {No. 80}
Cultivating Beauty ~ I keep thinking about it this month, thanks to the category for July in the Choose Gratitude journal. Fresh peaches ~ they’ve been so yummy! Sweet Corn! From our grassy corn patch. It’s Incredible! Literally. That’s the kind we mostly plant and our favorite. My sister-in-law shared green beans with us on […]
In Which We Meet the Atlantic
Kansas is a long ways from the Atlantic. But we’d packed and prepared and prayed and looked forward to departure with much anticipation and expectation. We’d flipped through honeymoon pictures and remembered and we mapquested and traced routes on a real map. We’d lined up pet-sitters and buttoned things at home up as best […]
Instapost {July No.1}
I sat down yesterday and I messed with pictures. I put this off at times, because it’s never a ten minute thing. It’s always a minimum of an hour. I just can’t start with pictures and be done quickly. I love my pictures. My dear man loves looking at our pictures. {When he gets […]
A Tractor and a Sprayplane
My farmer man was in the tractor and he was disking the small field right close to the house, giving me the opportunity to glance out my windows and see the tractor steadily working away. Presently, I heard another engine and after hearing it a time or two I stepped to the window once again […]
Make Me a True Woman, Lord
Lord, I want right thinking, I want to know what’s true, Lord, I need discernment, I need your wisdom too. I want to be a woman, So grounded in the Word, I want to be your woman, To listen! To have heard. Lord, I want to study, To know it inside out, To recognize wrong-thinking, […]
Yarn Along, Lilla Rose Sale Extended, and Books
I love how pretty yarn is. It’s so cheery. I like how I can just lay my knitting down and it fits in as part of the decor. I finished the other dishcloth from last week and need to thread the ends in and package them up and send off to my giveaway winner. I started […]
Outside and On the Porch
I’m hoping to eventually have some plants along the south and back of our porch. I picked up a few at Wal-Mart right at the beginning of harvest. They were clearancing everything out, so I decided to snag a few and stick them in. I’m trying a couple of hydrangeas. Not sure how they’re going […]
Memoir Monday {No. 79}
Oreo Ice Cream Starfish decor in Renae’s room Gray days and flickering candle fun to shoot pretty pictures cultivating beauty Renae working on summer banner Spraying time Ring braided into hair Beauty in everyday kitchen prep Rhubarb Pie ~one of my man’s faves Garden hose Forecasting rain? Didn’t think so. Boots on porch. Thunderstorm. Soaked […]
Blessed Be Thy Name Forever
I waded out into the surf and I gazed across the rolling waves. The salt air whispered softly and the waves rolled and broke, soaking into the shore, pulled swiftly back to be replaced by the next one rolling in. Majestic. Magnificent. I bent to swish my fingers through the foam and watch the water […]
