Stone House Scribblings

Every day is another step. About trust. We each have our way of walking this out. Elv tends to consider plans for all the possibilities. "If the house doesn't sell"; we will do this plan or that one. He is never completely stalled out. While I have to trust relationships and "what will people think?". … Continue reading Trust

Everybody headed north after church lunch to Cheney Lake. Elv and I got there first around three o'clock finding the beach completely ours for the day. Instead of counting little heads near the shore all day, like we used to; we are watching big children playing and swimming off the old row boat out near… Continue reading Summer Solstice Day on Cheney

Which title makes me smile. Everyone loves a personal testimony. It's truly a little mental journey of mine involving my need to overcome and get over myself complete with my own "come to Jesus moment". And like any other testimony, you get to take it or leave as you like. I doubt I'll make many… Continue reading My Testimony

These June days are different than all the other days of June here at the Stone House. There has been a certain giving up of privacy with our house pictures and price posted on Zillow. The roses, however, aren't noticing. They're blooming and fragrance-ing as usual. On the one hand, it's a place of steadiness… Continue reading Gladys Rose Days

While strangers parade through the house because we have it on the market; we sit in the park and watch the train or look at the lake. We go to the park and remember that we have no continuing city. But we seek one to come. I remind myself, especially after a funeral of an… Continue reading The While

I spent considerable time and thought on getting the Stone House ready for listing. Today they brought cameras and papers to the house to gather up data to create a listing that the whole world gets to see. So that's done... Now I can have flowers and books back on my night stand. But there's… Continue reading It’s Done

From sand to soil with annual dumps of compost, old hay, and mulch we made a garden. This garden knows how to grow green beans and tomatoes. The grapes came naturally. So did the rabbits. This year we're planning to seed it down in grass. The new owners can plant it back into garden. Hopefully… Continue reading More Stonehouse

Several years ago Aunt JoEllen gave me a start of a bleeding heart plant. This year of all years it decided to grow tall and it's sporting many heart shaped flowers. This year when maybe we will sell the place. So, I'll take it with me. This room that I have a zillion pictures of… Continue reading Picture Post

This will be random reports from our cabin weekend. Not in order of importance or time. We had three events gathered up into one weekend: a walk in the woods, a wedding, a visit with friends at the cabin. First I'll tell you about the hike. When we started out from the cabin; I had… Continue reading Sunday Afternoon Hike and Gill’s Wedding

Summer came all at once, overnight. Everything, right down to this eighty degree day, everything summer: laundry on the line, flowers booming, weddings in the offing, and full guest rooms. There are a million things to do. So I made a list. Next, I started a book that I want to read this week. I… Continue reading And Then Summer