My Journey &#8211; by Doris High

White-throated Sparrow

~~~ Photos taken Wednesday, April 7 ~~~ The White-throated Sparrow is distinctive because of its black striped head and yellow feathers above its eye. From the Internet: White-throated Sparrows show loyalty to their winter and summer territories and are likely to return to the same areas each year. I was interested to learn that White-throated […]

Don’t Take it Lightly

Our Flowering Pear Tree

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~~~ Photos Taken on April 8 and 14 ~~~ We planted this Cleveland Pear tree in April of 2019 in memory of my step-mother who died toward the end of 2018. She would enjoy seeing how pretty it has become. We have created a tradition of planting a tree or bush in honor of our […]

A Gift from Jesus

Trash Tulips

~~~ Photos taken Wednesday, April 14 and Thursday, April 15 ~~~ We have tulips everywhere this year – even in the woods area where we throw our yard trash. “Bloom where you are planted” comes to mind when I see their beauty among the weeds and trash. They have no idea that they are not […]

Beware ~ There Are Many Voices

TFC Global Celebration

~~~ Saturday Evening, April 10 ~~~ Cerwin and I were looking forward to this evening at Yoder’s, because we did not have to be involved in the planning of the program. 🙂 When ordering tickets, we had a choice of two meats: chicken or beef. Cerwin chose beef, I chose chicken. Ron Fraser, TFC Global […]

Cultivate Inner Beauty

The Many Ways of a Northern Mockingbird

~~~ Photos taken on a variety of days in April ~~~ Mockingbirds sometimes stay in the same area, but I think we are north far enough that ours travel south for the winter, because they seem to be missing during the cold weather. I googled, “How many kinds of mockingbirds are there?” The answer I […]

One Who Serves

Upgrading Our Light Pole

~~~ Photos Taken Tuesday, April 6 ~~~ Our light pole has needed updated for many years. Years when we were busy with TFC – meaning it always got put on a backburner. Cerwin’s first job was removing the old globe, which had a bullet hole in it from when our grandsons and friends hung out […]

Never Leaving Us

Forsythia

I began preparing this post today during the early afternoon when it was cool, cloudy and rainy and thought something yellow would brighten the day. By now it is mid-afternoon and the sun is shining. 🙂 ~~~ Forsythia during a sunny day – Thurday, April 8. ~~~ ~~~ Photos taken this afternoon while it was […]

Keep Growing

First Visitor to Our New Feeder

Roy and Deb gave us this pretty birdfeeder when they came to take us out for Easter lunch. I took this picture a few days later – after taking time to put birdseed in it. The seed was quickly discovered by this finch. ~~~ Thanks, Roy and Deb – for lunch, the feeder and the […]

Be Adult in Your Thinking

Lunch at Devon Seafood & Steak Restaurant

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We knew ahead of time that our sons and their families had other things going on for Easter Sunday, so Roy and Deb invited us to join them for lunch in Hershey, PA. We love Devon’s buttery, seasoned biscuits which are served before each meal. Roy chose this place because their specials included a variety […]

Everlasting Arms

Pig Stomach or Hog Maw

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~~~ Photos from Friday, April 2 ~~~ If you read my blog, you know that we have been taking local excursions in the middle of the week to break up long winter weeks. (We probably won’t have to do that as much during the summer.) A few weeks ago our plan for the day was […]

Like Gentle Rain

Stromboli Supper

~~~ Saturday Evening, April 3 ~~~ Because Jeff and Chris and their family are celebrating Easter at a later date, we were invited for an impromptu, whoever it suited, Stromboli supper on Saturday evening. Bennett was hungry when he saw food and was the first to eat. 🙂 Jeff ordered the Stromboli from a local […]

See Things from God’s Perspective

Flowers & Birds of Spring