…and green is greening.
We are beginning to see green areas springing up around the yard. The grass has totally greened up.
These little blooms put a smile on my face.
Speaking of green and smiles…
Did I mention he’s turning 2 on Friday?
Hope I made you smile. Happy Day to you.
by Robert Frost
Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day;
And give us not to think so far away
As the uncertain harvest; keep us here
All simply in the springing of the year.
Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white,
Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night;
And make us happy in the happy bees,
The swarm dilating round the perfect trees.
And make us happy in the darting bird
That suddenly above the bees is heard,
The meteor that thrusts in with needle bill,
And off a blossom in mid air stands still.
For this is love and nothing else is love,
The which it is reserved for God above
To sanctify to what far ends He will,
But which it only needs that we fulfil.
We are celebrating our little granddaughter today who turns 4. Happy Spring everyone! Photo overload will be coming soon.
Back in 2010 Dear and I drove north from our former home in Kenmore Washington to see the daffodils. Neighboring fields will be full of tulips come April.
I didn’t find any daffodils in the stores yesterday. I did find a bunch of tulips but instead of bringing them home they found a different home.
We are off to grand sit. There will be lots of round and round today. Have a good Saturday.
Like sunflowers daffodils make me smile. I have yet to track some down this year to brighten up the house.
Maybe I’ll find some today.
March has been calm around here so far but plans are afoot for the middle of the month and beyond. Tomorrow we will be watching the grands while D & J help a friend in Spokane with a move.
I’m enjoying the senior workouts by Yes2next on Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays and I’m looking to add something different by them for Tuesdays and Thursdays. I like that the daughter\mom team have voices that are easy to listen to. I’m not a fan of loud screeching instructions.
The owl jigsaw puzzle is still on the dining room table and I’ve made some progress but it continues to be a tough one.
The electrical is mostly done in the shop and Dear has lights, lots of them. Soon he’ll start in on drywalling the ceiling. The temps have been above freezing which makes it easier to work in the shop without heat. Toe warmers and battery warming gloves also add to the comfort of working in the cold.
Other than watching our grands we will have a quiet weekend. How about you?
It’s time for Wednesday Hodgepodge where Jo From This Side of the Pond asks the questions and we rack our brains for the answers! Thank you, Jo!
1. Something little you are loving right now?
I was tempted to say our little grandchildren but I’ll love them forever not just now. The little thing I’m going with is a jigsaw puzzle. It’s been fun to conquer those little pieces putting them all together to form the whole of the picture. Here is our 11th C****19 puzzle. The 1000 pieces were extra large so the completed puzzle was very large.
2. Red roses or pink peonies?
Pink Peonies.
Red wine or pink lemonade?
Red Wine
Red lipstick or pink polish?
Pink Polish
A cotton candy colored sky or a fiery red sunset?
Fiery Red Sunset
A book-movie-song you love with the word red or pink in it’s title?
Love is a strong word for these choices I made.
Book: Redwall Movie: The Hunt for Red October Song: When the Red Red Robin
3. What’s something you currently have your heart set on doing-going-seeing-or experiencing?
It would be amazing to walk along the sand at a beach before summertime. We enjoy the ocean beaches in winter.
4. Who would you most like to have a heart to heart with right now? Is that possible?
An in person heart to heart with our estranged brother. All things are possible but it would be difficult for sure. For me this would only work face to face, not on the phone or in an email or text.
5. Write an acrostic for the word L-O-V-E.
Love–One–Valentine–Exclusively
Here’s my exclusive Valentine
Now and then…
6. Insert your own random thought here.
Speaking of Love…
On the way home from Spokane on Friday afternoon we stopped along the road at these sunflower fields just north of Deer Park. Not the greatest photos using my phone. It’s always fun to see huge fields of Sunflowers. Hope they make you smile.
Happy August everyone!
How cute are our little grands sporting their 4th of July matching outfits??
On the Fourth this year we gathered at Jamie’s Uncle’s home for a potluck barbecue. I didn’t take a photo of the salad I contributed but it was from our Mennonite Girls Can Cook blog and here’s the link. A refreshing summer Watermelon Cucumber Salad from Bev.
Before we left to the 4th of July gathering I worked on our backyard planters weeding. Our front planters need a lot of work still and I hope to get to them this week.
A walk about the yard taking photos of all the pretty things and weeds that are blooming.
Our day lilies are in their glory right now as is this Clematis.
After a wonderful 5th of July service at church honoring God and country we took a Sunday afternoon drive up Aladdin Road all the way to the Washington US Border with Canada. On the way back we took a side road to check out Deep Lake. I’m not able to upload the photos from this spur of the moment road trip yet.
We are expecting some out of state visitors this week. Looking forward to that. What is up in your corner of the world?
This bush is a white Peony. It’s the largest of our Peonies.
These Peony bushes above are the ones we will need to transplant. The one on the left is a pink Peony. All the others are the deep red ones. The deep red ones bloom first.
By the time we return to our home these white Peonies will be bursting forth in all their glory.
We are sojourning with our Coast Kids for a few days where I can upload as many photos as I want. I’m in uploading heaven.
We have already enjoyed hugs from our daughter and her husband who we hadn’t seen since Christmas. It is good to be together. Our oldest son and DIL are hosting us and we were with them last on Mother’s Day weekend. It was clear sailing all the way to the Steven’s Pass in the Cascade Mountain range where we finally encountered rain.
More from our road trip coming soon.
Hope you are all enjoying a good weekend.
We have one Iris bush and it’s always a treat when it blooms. When the plant is spent this year we will try our hand at digging it up and putting it in another spot where it will be enjoyed more. Right now it’s position is between our garage and new shop. We also have 4 Peonies to move.
Wednesday I finished up JJ’s 1st year Memory book and then went out to mow the front and back. When we were done with our outdoor work we decided on enjoying a meal out at Backyard Barbecue in Kettle Falls. They opened up to indoor seating today and wanted to support them during this hard time. The food was delicious.
Thank you dear blogging friends and others who check in and wonder how we are all doing during this time. You remain a good normal constant in our lives right now when the world seems to be turning upside down. Keep shining God’s light in these dark times. God is still in control and that’s not to say things will be easy on us but we will make it through.
Our red Peonies are the first to burst forth in all their splendor. We have 5 bushes.
These sweet violas? seeded themselves in this planter. They pop up all over our property and I’m happy to see them.
This is a dwarf lilac that is deer resistant. I was weeding around it and it gives off those wonderful lilac scents!
You can see the shop in the background and we’re happy to say it is ready for it’s metal roof.
Our red peonies are fading. Our pink and white peonies are still ready to bloom. These were all the photos I was able to upload.
Some kind of wild rose?
What a wonderful time we had meeting as a church body again in our building instead of online. We are still having online services for those who are in risky health categories and who are still uncomfortable with meeting together. The singing was so robust and our pastor was on fire! It was good to be together again.
Our views on the way to church in the photo above and the views after church below.
We had some good periods of rain which means I will not need to water for a couple days. I welcome that.
Quotes of the day from the sermon today:
The only cure for sin is the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
You cannot educate sin out of people.
We need to be reconciled to God in order to be reconciled to man.
Additional notes from gracechurch.org
Jesus is Lord and Savior. Romans 10:9 says, “If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved.” Even though God’s justice demands death for sin, His love has provided a Savior who paid the penalty and died for sinners (1 Peter3:18). Christ’s death satisfied the demands of God’s justice, and Christ’s perfect life satisfied the demands of God’s holiness(2 Corinthians 5:21), thereby enabling Him to forgive and save those who place their faith in Him (Romans 3:26).
1 Peter 3:18 ~ 18 For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
2 Corinthians 5:21 ~ 21 He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Romans 3:23-26 ~ 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. 26 It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
Is God calling you? Confess your sins and accept His forgiveness and new life in Him.
I hope your faith is in the One who can save you and give you a future with Him in Heaven.
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