Stone House Scribblings

Alpine Lake is hidden away along the Nordic Ski Trail just waiting to share its splendors for the honest quiet seeker/watcher of God's awesome creation. Elv and I had Saturday evening to ourselves, so we decided to hike the trail to see the little lake. We were there several years ago on one of our… Continue reading Of Orchids Unaware and Other Serendipitous Moments

Like one, very old computer. Brad has been the only person using this computer for his school work and study and "The hunting game".  That is, until last night when we decided to see if it would actually still send a command to the printer and create a successful copy. Driven by sheer need and… Continue reading Thankful For What We Have

Yours truly in Glacier Park. We never get enough of it, but I have this picture to prove we drove through, anyway. And stopped for ten minutes.Home from Idaho (the Kauffman family reunion) as of Tuesday evening. Only ninety-three of the four hundred of us were in attendance. Even so, we had amazing talk times… Continue reading Everyone Has A Story

 We went on a date. Just the two of us. Life after weddings is fabulous. There's time for play. And I am reading a novel this week; something I haven't done in ages.There's time to play with my phone camera. And brain space to consider some fall perennial planting. Jung's catalogue came in the mail… Continue reading Date Night

   The garden flowers are blooming now. Finally. 

The Wedding was beautiful. Lance and Kristine are happily married.If I had a computer,I would try to write something meaningful about preparation and expectation and creating a perfect wedding celebration. And about having three small baby girls in the family all at once. And about understanding life after life-changing events. And the hollow quiet within… Continue reading A Small Post

  We are blessed to have this secluded park-like place to visit, rest, and read. There Is nothing fancy here to sit on. The patio bricks are old. The surrounding concrete just sturdy and plain. But with green grass, new trees, big shade trees, flowers and a fire table we have a perfect oasis.   … Continue reading Our Oasis

 I found and ordered up the pictures from our family camping last summer. I plan to scrapbook the events of four days of camping into one whole scrapbook. Sparkling blue lake pictures, a red and white canoe, fishing paraphernalia, children and beach balls tumbling in and out of the lake, sandy toes, dirty faces, sticky marshmallow-y hands, bright… Continue reading Reflections Scribblings

 I found a quote today that went like this; You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should've behaved better. -Anne Somebody. Something about this rang a bell with me and I copied it to the blackboard...for about five minutes. The more I… Continue reading Grace For Our Days