All Things Home and Family
Fall color has again taken over everything. Specifically, there are leaves of gold, crimson, red and orange covering the lawns and lanes and patio at our house. It literally changes the light. I suggested to Elv that maybe it's God's way of letting us down easy about the darkening evenings. I feel a pleasant, poignant… Continue reading Golden
Here's my turn at one of the current circulating viruses. My style, it landed quickly. I'm working on slow living, legally with a clear conscience for today anyway, to see if I can walk out as quickly. While seeing possible vlogs to enjoy on my day off I kept running across the perfect pictures of… Continue reading My Own Slow Living
I've been finding books to put on Elv's side table. Last week there were three Hardy Boys books from Thriftbooks. He read them in about as many sittings. This week it's Herriot. And a fat history about Queen Isabel from long, long ago in Europe. I am always on the hunt for books for us.… Continue reading Evening
And now it's fall. A cool breeze is up, the sky has gone grey and sullen, and there are frost advisories. We're ready for it. I lit a little fire in the stove. There's seasoned hardwood just begging to fill that tree by the stove. Lamps by five and loads of line dried laundry on… Continue reading Fall Vibes
We're at the cabin. Nothing happens here. No cars go by. The neighbors don't play loud music or blow the leaves off their lawns incessantly. No ATVs roaring by. These things don't really bother me anymore. I'm used to them. Honestly, there's a sense of community that goes with hearing someone's radio blasting on a… Continue reading Everything Happens Here
She hadn't really truly stopped writing blog posts. Although it seemed so. It was a problem of feeling that there wasn't anything new to say. It was always about selling the house or memories or trusting the Lord. All around the same tree over and over. Her journal was catching the words about thoughts and… Continue reading Hiatus
With our house on the market for almost two months, be assured that my second guessing is alive and well. I'll be sad if it sells and not unhappy if it doesn't. I'll also be annoyed if it doesn't sell after the whole parade has gone on down the street for nothing. We have been… Continue reading Still Ours
Summer is the time for reunions and weddings and maintenance projects and tourists and travel and vacations. It's also the time for morning coffee on the patio. And for soaking up the sunshine. And campfire gatherings with the kids and grand-kids. This summer we have our house listed. If you wonder how that affects our… Continue reading Summer Things
It's a no-garden summer. There are a few flowers that I only have to spray for bugs and mulch for no weeds. Those are once-and-done chores. So here I am with time to weed the gravel on the lane and pick out the weed barrier pieces that have appeared where the gravel went thin. The… Continue reading Summer
This week makes more sense to me. Work and projects are up and running again. And the Gladys Rose is outperforming herself. Angelie and I gathered a lot of the blooms and made rose water again. That must have signaled her to burst forth with enough for big vases. I looked up this rose after… Continue reading Walking On
