Rest in the Lord and be willing to wait for Him. Psalm 37:7 (NLV)
Tuesday, April 19 May Apples in the woods behind our yard. Some wild violets in among the may apples. Tulips on the trash heap in the thick woods area. A neighbor was working in his field. Our dogwood trees are pretty this year. We have enjoyed our tulips. I brought a few inside. Then added a […]
Tuesday, March 15 Carolina Wren Hyacinth Daffodils Crocus I didn’t notice the bee until I cropped this picture. It won’t be long until there are leaves on our trees. Even the doves are in pairs
Tuesday, March 8These are my favorite spring flowers, because my mother gave these bulbs to us 42 1/2 years ago for our 10th wedding anniversary – September 14, 1973 She gave us a small bag of bulbs – probably 10 of them – and said, this gift isn’t very pretty, but they will be pretty in spring. She died […]
Friday, September 4 I went outside early Friday morning to see what was growing and blooming at Mark and Diane’s house in mid-coast Maine. The sky was clear – with only one noticeable cloud. This year Diane’s garden consists of buckets since buying a house and moving is in their 2015 plans. What had been their garden in […]
Friday Morning, July 10 We woke up to a warm, drizzly morning in Berlin, Ohio I walked one mile on the motel treadmill (while Cerwin watched the news in our room) before exploring the gardens and area around our motel. The outside entrance to our room. The patio area. Though the rain had stopped, many leaves and […]
Several days ago I noticed a yellow glow outside our windows and went for my camera. It was a beautiful evening. The day lilies looked pretty in the evening sun. Since I only have a few weeks to enjoy the daisies, I try to advantage of pictures. Changing the angle of the sunlight changes the […]
Cerwin’s youngest sister Doris, from Minnesota, and Mother had a delightful time when Doris spent a week (plus) in Pennsylvania while her husband was in Grenada preaching at a week-long crusade. (Doris doesn’t do well with that kind of heat and humidity, so Bob suggested that she spend the week with her Mother.) Doris took Mother outside […]
Thursday, May 14 This is what the moon looked like when we left the house shortly after 5 AM. Thirty-five minutes later we were driving into the sunrise. It was a beautiful time of day to be snapping pictures. I took these in the order they are posted. Early morning traffic in New Jersey. This is […]
I don’t know what this flower is, but it was blooming at the Middle School when we went there for a concert the other week. (Our friend Sam Rittenhouse tells me this is a viburnum – either a Carlisi or Marlisi.) I can tell when our Lily of the Valley is blooming – even before I see […]
Trees are green. Flowers are blooming. It is finally warm outside. Our yard We don’t have to go to Washington DC to see cherry blossoms. Weeping Cherry We thought the azalea bush died from the cold winter, but it is currently in full bloom. Forsythia Tulips Yes, it is a beautiful time of year.
March 24 to April 2 Spreading manure on the field to our south. Back to the manure pit Then back to the field The crops should grow well this summer! Two days later a rather ominous looking storm came through and made sure the manure was firmly soaked into the soil. The rain didn’t last long, […]
Thursday, March 12 The crocus are late this year because of snow and cold weather, but if we get a few warm days we will soon see their pretty blooms. I never tire of pretty sunsets. It is like God giving us a warm hug at the close of a day. If you look closely – in the […]
Monday, March 2 through Wednesday, March 4 We went from snow and ice (last week) to a warm, rainy, spring-like week, so it’s difficult to remember that these pictures are from just a week ago. Morning shadows on the snow. Sam (man cave “grandson”) was kept busy shoveling snow for several days. The ice and glitter were pretty, […]
The Lord will bless His people with peace. Psalm 29:11 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Sunday Morning, September 21 I made sure I had time to walk through Sam Rittenhouse’s orchard and garden following breakfast on Sunday morning. Sam and Cerwin visited while I walked among the trees and flowers to enjoy the early fall beauty. Sam could tell you the name and variety of every flower, berry, apple, pear, fig, and […]
Thursday, August 28 I am going too begin with the “beast” ~ Hezekiah’s 1981 Chevy Malibu. 🙂 This is the floor board – or lack thereof ~ as you look at he ground below. Heze and his friend Wil spent three days installing flooring and working on other things to get it ready to run. […]
I am going to post more pictures than usual tonight to bring you up to date in our lives. The chapel for Pass Lake, Ontario, is coming along nicely ~ thanks to a great crew of workers. The paneling is finished. Monday and Tuesday: At our house – the Daryl Bollinger Company did a great […]
I enjoyed an early morning walk around our yard a few days ago and thought you might like to see what I discovered. I found a few dew-covered spider webs. My first tomato is growing nicely. It looks like we will have more tomatoes this summer. Our ferns are full and beautiful. Daylilies in the morning sun. […]
Monday Evening, July 7 Irene and Jana waiting for Roy to arrive at RD’s American Grill for his birthday supper. Irene is an exchange student from Spain, and is spending several weeks with Jere and Kristen’s family. When Hunter and Jesse heard that Roy had arrived, they hid behind the door and jumped out at him when […]
I enjoy taking time ~ at least once a day ~ to walk around our yard to see what is blooming. Daylilies are still pretty. Crown vetch blooms are covering the bank to our north west. I can smell the honeysuckle as I approach the blooms. I don’t know what this is, but it looks […]
Truck Rally is over and I have time to examine the flowers in our yard again. The daisies got to full bloom almost without my notice. Daylilies are also adding their own beauty to our yard. Hosta flowers are short-lived and pretty. I love the challenge and busyness of Truck Rally, but am glad to return […]
Photos taken from June 12 to 18. A beautiful, rainy morning. I love summer rain. Yarrow Summer sunshine is just as nice ~ especially when it highlights our flowers. Yarrow We even have a garden this year – one tomato plant. 🙂 It is looking healthy and is starting to bloom. Our mint tea bed died last […]
Spring is usually the only time of year I see a rose-breasted grosbeak. Hostas are prettiest when they are new. The woods behind us is filled with wild flowers and new growth. Several years ago we planted a few ferns. Now we have lots of them. I love seeing them uncurl. They look like fiddleheads. […]
Sunday, May 25 I have a few more pictures on file that did not fit into any other posts. These first few shots are signs of spring in Maine ~ from the day I walked on the dead end road that goes by Mark and Diane’s house. We saw this interesting mailbox one day when we […]
Springtime brings so many flowers to our yard that I barely have time to post the pictures. These were in my photo file from a few weeks ago. There are some afternoons when the sky just calls me outside. This was a day our cherry trees were in full blossom. Our tulips looked pretty in the warm evening sun. Our […]
Monday, April 28 ~~~ Chapel Repair at Life-Saver Chapel, Elkton, Maryland Thanks, Chaplain Jay for taking these pictures and sending them to me. It was interesting to see Cerwin and Glenn doing the floor repair on the chapel. They had to repair some rotted floor board. ~~~ Tuesday, April 29 Lunch to honor the ladies for Administrative […]
These pictures are left over in my file from about a week and a half ago. On this kind of morning, I am glad we live in the country and I can walk around our yard in a house coat – at least in the backyard. 🙂 It was warm, a bit foggy, and trees were […]
Today, April 18 Thanks to four volunteers (Lois Keller, Lois Wells, Josh and Jason Diffenderfer) we labeled and prepared 2,692 individual Highway News & Good News for mailing ~ between 9:00 am and 10:30 am. I told them that we were glad nobody forgot about it, because if Cerwin and I had to do this job alone, it would take four-and-a-half hours. Truly, many hands […]
They are adding the color of yellow to our mostly brown woodlot. They will always remind me of my dad. Daddy loved daffodils. Some of ours came from his daffodil bed. From the Internet: Daffodils are attractive trumpet-shaped perennial flowers that bloom from bulbs during the spring. They are considered to be one of the most […]