I am basking in the joy of Simple Things having spent much of the past few days watching my amaryllis grow, treasuring our tiny Christmas tree, and enjoying watching Gracie’s shadows on the carpet. “It’s the simple things in your life that make up the bulk of it. The mundane Read more…
Along with the wild turkeys that live in our neighborhood (who are thankful not to be on the menu today), I’m Giving Thanks today for Friends, family, and the freedom to live each day with plentiful food and a warm and safe home. The amazing beauty of life Good health Read more…
Every mid-November I drive by Medicine Lake regularly waiting to see the Trumpeter Swans on the Lake Medicine Lake has been one of the stops on their migration south for the past few years. And mid to late November is the time I usually see these magnificent birds on the Read more…
Sunday morning for the first time since we’ve lived here, I noticed a pair of northern shoveler ducks in the pond behind our house. I had to look them up in my bird book to identify them. This morning when I woke up there were a dozen northern shovelers in Read more…
Yesterday I spent time contemplating the beauty of Small Things like the curl at the edge of a perfect white iris petal and the perfect tiny pleats of the petal itself. And I realized that one should never underestimate the value of small things and tiny moments of grace that Read more…