Rest in the Lord and be willing to wait for Him. Psalm 37:7 (NLV)
It’s fun seeing the hummingbirds more frequently than usual, but when it is the end of August, I know they are eating extra before they head south for the winter and won’t be back until next May. According to the Internet they increase their food intake by entering a feeding frenzy called hyperphagia – often […]
Friday Evening, August 21 When we first met each other in this group, we were all young people in our high teens. The guys usually met at a local business on Saturday and Sunday evenings to decide what was going on and where to go for the evening. Youth For Christ was a popular choice […]
I kept thinking, “My Dad, Grandpa, and a few Grandpa’s before that would not believe this is happening on their farm.” My niece Karen (who lives on the homestead) knows I love special photo opportunities, and called shortly after 9 am on Friday to tell me I may want to watch the drone that will […]
August 18-20, 2026 In our attempt to make our yard easier to care for, we had 21 tree stumps removed. These two bugged us the most because they were close to the road where everyone could see them. There were a few stumps from when we cut down a dead tree before construction of our […]
I dislike when we have to cut down trees on our property, but these two are fairly close to the northside of our house – next to the garage – and we were concerned about the possibility of them or large branches coming down on our house during the two severe storms we had during […]
Some are skinny and scrawny others are full and fluffy. 🙂
Today I decided to walk around our yard to show you what our woodlot looks like in late summer. The Hosta leaves are on their way out for the season. There are a few weed flowers on the edge of the woods. I think these will soon be turning a dark purple. Our trees are […]
The muggy, hot, rainy weather has produced many mushrooms in our yard.
I had fun watching a Tiger Swallowtail flitting from flower to flower in our yard.
It feels like we have had a time of rain almost every day for the past week – and that is good for our yards, gardens, and crops. It is difficult to imagine that the ground is quite dry in other areas of our country – some places not so far from here. Our valley […]
Thursday, August 6