This has been a colder spring than we've had for several years.  Heavy snow fell late this year on Easter, and cool weather has continued into this second week of May.  We've also seen a mix of rain and snow, and freezing temperatures down into the low 20s. I am grateful more than ever for my greenhouse as my seedlings continue to grow safely inside the greenhouse until it will be time to plant! Indeed, signs of Spring are here with daffodil blooms. the buzzing of hummingbirds, and abundant green grass, but still the garden waits patiently for the slow Spring dance to end, and summer's warmth to arrive so planting can begin. 

Daffodils blooming around an old tree stump in our yard

Our Easter Sunday was so blessed and full of wonderful things! Our church holds an Easter Sunrise service every year at 6 a.m.  When we got up to get ready to leave, it was still snowing. We received about 6" of snow, and it really was beautiful, although out of season. It is Spring after all, but we truly are in the season of Springter as I call it, and sometimes it seems more winter than spring! 

Resurrection Sunday Thoughts

As we remember Calvary’s work over 2000 years ago, the centrality of the gospel message speaks to us today, perhaps more clearly than ever before.  Even though 2000 years have passed, the message is still the same.  Eternal life was bought for us in a way that our humanity would never have chosen.

Happy first week of April! 

This year is moving right along, before you know it, half the year will have passed. We are enjoying beautiful spring days here... sprinkled with lots of rain, and mixes of sunshine, and snow/slush/hail, and then beautiful clouds in the skies.  This is spring in North Idaho! 

Crocus springing up in my garden!

Our calendar officially says it is spring, and most certainly the days are getting longer, and the sunshine is warmer too!  Our snow is melting, and more and more ground is becoming visible. I still have some snow in my garden, but now... tulips, crocuses, and daffodils are working their way through the ground, and soon we will have beautiful blooms from bulbs that were planted in faith last fall. 

Crocuses making their way through the soil to share their beautiful purple blooms!

Oh March! It is that silly month where winter and spring dance around each other, and from moment to moment, you never know whether it will be spring or winter.  Now, we are in the muddy season where the melting snow is not so pretty, and we have lots of mud and ice.  However, we are very thankful to have gotten more moisture this late into March, and my garden is still covered in snow, which will be good for it later on in the spring and summer. 

I walked over to visit with my neighbor's horses recently, and I thought you might like to see their beautiful faces ... 

Hello dear friends, today is the last day of February! Can you believe it? Already, we are heading into March 2022. Amazing how fast the days slip by, one after another! 

We've had some beautiful sunshine days here! Oh it is glorious to have the sunshine in the midst of winter!