Stone House Scribblings

 Fall turned quickly from dry and sunny to cold and rainy this week. These pictures are already outdated, but since they document our  few lovely fall days; I shall post them here.   I hoped to create a memory for our grandchildren. So we headed out to make a leaf pile to play in. Benny will… Continue reading Leaves and Other Things

Here it is. First we had a pile of white oak timbers sort of sanded off, measured, and cut to length. Brad is the builder. He has been so kind and patient with our brainstorms and gets enthused with us. I wanted a little coffee buffet and he seemed happy to help. So from our… Continue reading A New Coffee Station

   I get to stay at home today. I can sit here and read a book or scribble a blog post.  I can clean this messy house or not, as I wish. While I revel in such a day, I will most likely work on laundry and regular house work.   What richness: a whole day… Continue reading A Day At Home

Two girls of ours who are fantastic, smart women. I am not bragging. I am stating a fact. God gets the glory.First of all,I will hasten to say that any Christian daughter of yours could be listed here as well. I picked these two photos because they are of my current and beloved...And what I… Continue reading A Portrait of Poise

                                                                  When sitting down to do this posting, I realized that I am lacking a picture of the rows of flowers in the garden as they… Continue reading More Zinnia

Finally, the garden zinnias are blooming profusely. Frost is just around the corner, but for now there are flowers enough for every occasion. Old jars hung on nails and arranged full of flowers and grapevine make a perfect fall doorway decoration.The other big plan for all these flowers is to dry them in silica gel.… Continue reading Zinnias and Applesauce, It Must Be Fall!

     All of our children are adults. We have a lot of happy things in our scrapbook. Mistakes, too. And lessons learned. And still learning.     This morning I ran across the apostle Paul's words to his fellows during a storm at sea. "And now I urge you to take heart, for there will… Continue reading Nobody’s Gonna Drown

             My fall pretty spot today.

     Lisl's Post for today is great. Go over there and read that first if you want to know for yourself. She is a great, organized writer and I'm proud of her. after I read it, I hit comment and started writing. And then thought I should blog my comments here. So go over… Continue reading In Reply To "Savor"