Author: Arla

     It has been a long quiet morning at home this Sunday morning. The sunshine streams in on a cleaned living room.  Carolyn's carnations from Noah stand in a  glinting crystal vase in bright clean colors. The stove radiates steady warmth.    As the family was leaving for church, Dru and Lisl sent pictures… Continue reading Sunday Morning Processing

      There is a gap in this journal, right here.  A car accident, a living history event, many text communications, a few injuries, little events of God's grace pouring down at the just the right times and a community stepping in to help together. Everyone has his or her own personal gleanings from… Continue reading First Sign of Spring

   Part The First   Just to show us that He is still the Planner and Arranger of our weeks, God allowed certain things to take place for which we hadn't planned or arranged. By Thursday, I was having trouble remembering which day of the week it was.    Monday morning just as we had all… Continue reading Good Things Can Come of Bad Things

 Where my husband works every day. He got these shots with his I-phone himself. Seems to me that work and worship would be happening at the same time under these blue skies. A little too much saturation there, I know.  Last Sunday we had a new snowfall.  The scenes created by the falling and accumulating snow… Continue reading Scribblings and Pictures

 A winter storm was predicted for today and tonight. Just a gentle snow fall would be a better description. On this Sunday afternoon the family is scattered and snoozing while the world becomes white. Every branch and ledge is piling up with snow. It is beautiful. Any vehicles going by on the road are muted… Continue reading Winter In February

Last weeks roses are dried, but giving us just as much home beauty as ever. I just remembered that they ought to be sprayed to last.  If I preserve them by applying a protective spray I can display them most anywhere. I am thinking about laying them among the old books on the hearth above… Continue reading Winter Roses In Wisconsin

We had a visiting minister this past weekend who hit the nail on the head for us in a timely manner. In a text to Elv last week I suggested  that perhaps God has something in store for us this the weekend. Did He ever! We learned out of Ephesians 3 the good news that it… Continue reading It Is Not About You

This post is dedicated to the boys.   This is the famous copy of Calvin and Hobbs that one of the girls gifted to Brad when he was in second grade at Christmas time. I don't actually recommend this as a way to get your struggling second grader to read better. But I'll confess it worked… Continue reading The Little Boys