Nearly the moment the chilly blanket of snow and ice was lifted, it was as if the earth breathed a happy sigh and began growing! Never mind that we have still had some cold weather in the weeks since then…the taste of spring has been inspiring and lots of projects...
This morning the sun is shining, dazzlingly bright against the canvas of white snow and a gorgeous blue sky! I simply had to go out and tramp around in it a while, capturing some photos. Everything is so clean, crisp, and bright. Now I’m back at my desk to continue...
A stunning blanket of white graces the view out my window this afternoon. The road, like a plush white velvet ribbon, winds off down the hill, disappearing from sight into the familiar gray-brown canvas of winter woodland. The snow is still coming down in big flakes to join in transforming...
The evening is winding to a close as I write these words…and so is the year 2023. The festive flurry of Christmas has become a sweet memory and New Year’s Eve is right around the corner, bringing us to one of my favorite windows of reflection. I love setting goals...
A sweet, faintly spiced aroma graces the warm kitchen, giving me a hint of what I’ll find as I pop open the oven door and take a look. Mmmmmm… The topping is nicely browned. The juices are bubbling merrily, oozing enthusiastically over the side here and there. The fluted crust...
When I was a little girl, my family had a small apple orchard in the yard. My favorite tree was a variety called William’s Pride, which was the one closest to our well-house. Though the tree was relatively compact, it had a perfect little nook for a little girl to...
It was one of those evenings. The breeze carried with it a crisp deliciousness. The moon shone with a silver glow and bathed the yard in dappled shadows. Here and there a bold star pierced the sky. Yes – one of those evenings when I hesitate to go inside because...
Did anyone see the solar eclipse? We enjoyed observing it through a pinhole projector my sister, MJ, made from a cardboard box. We also took advantage of small holes in our barn’s tin siding, which acted as giant pinhole projectors and spread several crescent-shaped patches of light across the barn...
After cleaning a particularly dusty mini-blind and the window behind it, I decided to leave the blind rolled up as I continued cleaning further into the room. It’s a little thing, but it always amazes me the difference this makes. When a curtain is pulled back, a blind up, or...
I feel like I’m making a new discovery. As if I was an explorer – hearing the heavy scrape on the top of a long-lost treasure, yet knowing exactly what I’m looking for. Time after time my heavy digging fork hits the ground with a rock on metal “thunk.” Time...