Wishing each of you a very special and blessed Christmas and New Year season today!  I hope that each of you has been able to spend meaningful and special moments with your friends and family during this time.  My prayers are for those who were traveling in the awful winter conditions and perhaps facing...

 My Gram and I in October 2022With that twinkle in her eyes, my Gram would share her quick wit in the native Danish accent that we loved, and her smile would light up the room. You would find her most often in the kitchen, for that was her domain, where she could feed a hungry belly with grace, love, and generous...

Hello dear friends... we have been enjoying an incredible amount of snow the last few days! I don't remember being able to ski in November here for many years, so this has been a wonderful year for snowy outdoor fun! I know many of you live in warmer climates, or perhaps just don't like the snow at all, but maybe I'll...

As I am working on this blog post, it is hard to believe the first of December is here, and Thanksgiving 2022 has come and gone. The calendar says it is still Fall, but in our world, Winter is here! The last bouquet out of the garden! ...

The month of October was so full of activities that I had no time to post!  One big reason that October flew by for me, was that I literally flew away for a visit to Canada! I was gone for about a week, but we packed so much into the days we were there, that it felt like we were gone much longer!  Canada opened...

How can it be October 31st!  How did the days pass so quickly? I have been trying to post an update for the entire month of October, and have just been unable to sit down long enough to finish the post.  We were blessed with an incredible extended growing season here, and between the garden, a camping/hunting...

 I am not sure what happened to August, and now September is winding its way down! I will share in snippets what has been happening in my world. It's been a busy and wonderful summer in every possible way! The garden has been producing massive results this summer! I've been picking the harvest in 5-gallon buckets,...

 Oh the lazy hazy days of summer... they run together warm and humid, oozing delightful memories of outdoor delights, cook-outs, watermelon feasts, and then comes the August moon sunset rising... and as I took this photo, a cool breeze nipped the air, reminding us that the next full moon will no doubt bring a frost...

The month of June was an exciting month for our family. Our son got married, and we had lots of family and friends visiting, my bible study ladies came to my garden for a tea party, my husband and I found time to explore mountain lakes on our kayaks, and my garden began to produce generous amounts of strawberries! ...

The day we have been waiting for, working on, and preparing for has finally come.  We have reached the first of June with no frosty conditions in the weather forecast, and the garden planting has commenced.  I have been very busy the last few weeks preparing the garden - mainly weeding - for planting. We have...

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...

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...

 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...

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...

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...

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...

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! ...

An incredible sunset coincided with the incredible February Snow moon moonrise. For the past month, we have enjoyed balmy temperatures, at least for our area! Snow has melted, and dripping sounds have been heard from rooftops.  Bare patches of ground have appeared, and I've heard more birdsongs too.  However,...