We’ve been enjoying the birds flitting about here. Sunshine has been hard to catch but we have had some. Will you be enjoying a holiday on Monday? Maybe we will get a lovely sunrise.
Hope you have a wonderful week.
Beloved, Let Us Love ~ Hymn
Beloved, Let Us Love
Belovèd, let us love: love is of God;
In God alone hath love its true abode.
Belovèd, let us love: for they who love,
They only, are His sons, born from above.
Belovèd, let us love: for love is rest,
And he who loveth not abides unblest.
Belovèd, let us love: for love is light,
And he who loveth not dwelleth in night.
Belovèd, let us love: for only thus
Shall we behold that God who loveth us.
Words: Horatius Bonar, 1880.
For the Birds?
Today is one of 3 days to participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count. I heard about this last year.
I filled this old bird feeder back up along with my two others. Time will tell what I see and count in a 15 minute period. This photo is from May of 2011 and I doubt I’ll see this Evening Grosbeak.
Yesterday afternoon we had some glorious sunshine but today we are cloudy and misting again. This is a long President’s weekend for some of us in the U.S.A. Dear gets Monday off but he is on call so there’s a possibility he’ll have to do some work on Monday but only from home so that will be nice.
Have a great weekend.
News for Celebrations!
Please visit our Mennonite Girls Can Cook site to read about pre-order announcements and a book giveaway.
The excitement of Katie’s arrival, our small group meal, and other events on the horizon have made me slow in visiting. It will probably take a day or two for me to re-surface. Hope all is well in your corner of the world.
Valentine Day Table
An early Happy Valentine’s Day to all who visit here!
We are celebrating the arrival of Katie tonight and our son Josh and DIL Laura are joining us around the table set for Valentine’s Day.
Dessert will be a Red Velvet cake.
Our dinner tonight is going to be Rib Eye Steaks, Roasted Vegetables, and a Cucumber Tomato Salad. I hope to remember to get a photo of all of us around the table. I’ll edit my post tomorrow to add the photo if it gets taken! Here’s the update…
On Valentine’s day our Small Group is having a potluck meal together. We have joked that the big pot of chili I’m making for that event is ideal for Valentine’s Day because it could give everyone Heartburn. Are you making a special meal on Valentine’s Day or do you go out?
I’m linking up to Kathleen Cuisine for her Let’s Dish weekly event. Here’s a Valentine’s Day bar scape from our condo years.
More From the Road…
Although the eagles and mountains we saw on our roadtrip were the most majestic of our views we saw other lovely sights. This robin sat still long enough for me to capture with my lens.
The sun played nicely on and through the moss on the trees we passed along the road.
The last photos I took on this trip were of this Orthodox church in Arlington where we returned to Interstate 5 to head home. Love the design of the crosses.
What’s up for you today? We are having a meal tonight with 3 of our 5 kiddos. I’m thinking I’ll set the table with pink, red, and white…
Sun and Eagle Chasing…
Our trip on Sunday up highway 530 in Northwest Washington was one of trying to find the sunshine and spotting some eagles along the Skagit River.
We found both and enjoyed the sunshine and the eagles we spotted. Some of our Mennonite girls get eagles right on their own properties and others don’t have to travel far to enjoy viewing them. Maybe next year I’ll just go squat on their properties to see many eagles all together.
The Skagit River area between Concrete and Marblemount off of highway 20 in Washington is a good spot to see eagles in January. We were a little late to see a good number this year.
The Skagit river was flowing nicely with some interesting swirling that we enjoyed watching.
Tomorrow I’ll be picking up our daughter from the airport for her 1 month stay with us while our Son in law is doing some training off the base. We’re happy to have her here with us instead of on base by herself for the month. We are looking forward to some fun events together. She’ll bring a different kind of sunshine to our home.
Off the Beaten Track…
We had a choice or two on how we might reach our destination for our Sunday drive. We chose the back way. We decided we had enough of the interstate and wanted to see interesting scenes along a smaller highway. We were happy with our choice to take highway 530 to Rockport. We had some good views of Mt. Pilchuk.
How’s this for a tree lined road?
Here we have a little peek of snow covered Mt. Pilchuk. We enjoy roads that wind along rivers.
We arrived to our destination and spotted what we were hoping to see. Can you see it? I’ll have more photos in the days to come.
This week begins a very busy time around this old house. How’s your week shaping up?
A Sunday Drive…
Dear and I decided on a Sunday drive to the North of us on a small highway to see if we could spot some eagles. We were socked in with fog at our house and it was so nice to travel out of it and come into the nice bright sunshine. Funny that we had to go North instead of South to get to the sunshine. I’ll be sharing more photos tomorrow of our outing and the 3 eagles we did spot.
This is the Skagit river at Rockport, Washington, looking East. A different part of our beautiful state. Blessings on your week!
Wrapped in Love…
It’s that time of year when the signs are all around us. This week for Susanne’s Friday’s Fave Five I’m concentrating on love. Some deep thoughts and some not so deep.
1. I love Jesus who gives me hope for today and my future.
2. I love fresh flowers and how they brighten up a room.
3. I love my family and friends.
4. My palate loves chocolate, especially mixed with nuts!
5. I love to watch for birds flying to the feeder. This is especially enjoyable in the sunshine!
And for the record I don’t think that “love is all you need”.
Hope you have opportunities to show love to those around you this week.
