Posted in Sweet Simple Things, tagged Black Friday, Christianity, Christmas, Faith, friends, holiday, shopping on November 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
“God rest ye merry gentlemen, let nothing you dismay,
remember Christ our Savior was born on Christmas Day”
Last week my girlfriend came and picked me up for a drive. We drove into the higher elevations of the mountains, visiting as we took in the scenery. Soon snow was softly falling and the green evergreens were covered [...]
Posted in Life at Home, Sweet Simple Things, tagged autumn, home, homemaking, life, storms on November 6, 2009 | 8 Comments »
“When the storms come, we know a profound sense that autumn is going to slip away into winter before long. Wind whips away all of summer, rain sluices the air. Branches fall. Windows rattle. Smoke backs down the chimney.”-Gladys Taber
Last night we had one of our first November storms. We have them often here [...]
Posted in Sacred Life Sunday, Sweet Simple Things, tagged exercise, Faith, life, Sacred Life Sunday, spirituality, walk on October 4, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Sunday afternoon…the sky is blue, the air crisp, the sun is shining. I head out alone for a walk on an old railroad track that has been turned into a walking trail. Just a few leaves are starting to turn, but when a gust of wind blows, the leaves swirl down reminding me that fall [...]
Posted in Sacred Life Sunday, Sweet Simple Things, Uncategorized, tagged life, Sacred Life Sunday, seasons, summer on August 23, 2009 | 6 Comments »
“There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart”- Celia Thaxter
This morning I woke to blue skies and a cool 51 degrees. We’ve had a hot August here in the Seattle area, but there has been a slight shift in weather the last few days. I’m noticing the days are getting shorter, and the trees [...]
Posted in Life at Home, Sweet Simple Things, tagged estate sales, home, homemaking, life, shopping on August 15, 2009 | 5 Comments »
People will buy anything that is ‘one to a customer’ -Sinclair Lewis
Last week I happen to stumble upon an estate sale that was going to be held on a farm near our home. I have been to estate sales, but I have never been there for the “opening” of one. Oh my…what I have missed! [...]
Posted in Sweet Simple Things, tagged gardens, home, life, Portland, trains, travel on June 24, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember,
and remember more than I have seen.”
-Benjamin Disraeli
Last week I had an adventure by going to a conference and taking the train to Portland. Since I went alone, I decided to take the train and explore the area through mass transit. It [...]
Posted in Sacred Life Sunday, Sweet Simple Things, tagged builidng a fence, fence, home, home improvement, life, mental illness on June 14, 2009 | 9 Comments »
The flowers and roses are blooming here at Cottage House. They are so charming peeking out from behind the white picket fence. Several years ago, an acquaintance had a lot of old wooden crates he got from a store that used them for storage . I was longing for a picket fence and he thought [...]
Posted in Morning Musings, Sacred Life Sunday, Sweet Simple Things, tagged life, northwest, rain, Sacred Life Sunday, Seattle, summer, sun, weather on June 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »
The warm sun finally returned to the pacific northwest last week breaking all the old heat records.
Posted in Sweet Simple Things, tagged children, Easter, Family, Flowers, life, spring on April 13, 2009 | 6 Comments »
If you’ve never been thrilled to the very edges of your soul by a flower in spring bloom,
maybe your soul has never been in bloom. ~Audra Foveo
Today we all go back to our routine after the Easter holiday. This year we had a house full with not only family, but a few friends joining [...]
Posted in Sweet Simple Things, tagged daffodils, Easter, gardening, life, spring on April 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A house with daffodils in it is a house lit up,
whether or no the sun be shining outside.
~ A.A. Milne
These pictures were taken in the valley at a bulb farm. Fields of yellow daffodils fill the valley with their sweet, bright blossoms. They are picked to sell, and the bulbs are sold in the [...]
