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Showing posts with label nature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nature. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 23, 2024

The Joy of Discovery

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We followed our nature guide along a trail to the creek. As I walked behind the fourth graders, I thought about  how thankful I was that I c...
Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Aurora Borealis

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I missed the Aurora Borealis in May when it visited Ohio.  On October 10, 2024, I stepped outside  with the hope of seeing the colors dance ...
Wednesday, September 11, 2024

God's Gifts

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The visitors who come to my flowers bring me joy. Bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds flit from flower to flower. They search for the sweet ...
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Wednesday, April 17, 2024

In the Details

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On a walk this week, I noticed how pretty the maple tree seeds  (we always called them helicopters) appeared.  When the leaves bud and begin...
Saturday, April 13, 2024

Breathtaking

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Revelation 22:1-5 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the La...
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Saturday, March 9, 2024

The Goodness of God

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Psalm 27: 13-14 I remain confident of this:      I will see the goodness of the  Lord      in the land of the living. Wait for the  Lord...
Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Snowman's Story

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Everything looks magical when it snows.-Lorelai Gilmore I've met Will Hillenbrand at several book festivals and rode on the same plane w...
Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Shout for Joy!

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When I'm in the country, I'm reminded of the beauty God has blessed us with. I can almost hear the fields and trees praising God. If...
Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Appreciate and Imagine

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Every day I see the work of God's hands-- When I pause by my flowers and watch the bees collect pollen-- Then I see butterflies float on...
Saturday, April 2, 2022

Take Heart!

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John 16:32-33 A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am...
Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Simple Things

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The older I get, the more I appreciate the simple things. I was watching the bees land on  this "obedient" or sometimes called ...
Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Historical Fiction Book Review: The Nature of a Lady (The Secrets of the Isles Book #1) by Roseanna M. White

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Book Description: 1906 Lady Elizabeth "Libby" Sinclair, with her love of microscopes and nature, isn't favored in society. Sh...
Sunday, January 3, 2021

Fiction Book Review: All That We Carried: A Novel by Erin Bartels

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Book Description: Ten years ago, sisters Olivia and Melanie Greene were on a backcountry hiking trip when their parents were in a fatal car ...
Friday, June 5, 2020

Non-fiction Book Review: Beholding and Becoming: The Art of Everyday Worship by Ruth Chou Simons

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Book Description: Become What You Behold You are in the process of becoming. Every day is an opportunity to be shaped and formed by wh...
Wednesday, May 27, 2020

And God Created Egrets

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On one of our trips to Lake Erie, we stopped by the Port Clinton Lighthouse.  We walked along the beach and searched for lake glass,  t...
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Friday, November 15, 2019

Fall Findings Friday: Bittersweet

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My mom gathered bittersweet every autumn.  She'd arrange a beautiful bouquet of this colorful berry in  a pitcher and bowl  and pla...
Saturday, October 12, 2019

So Will I

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Psalm 96:11-13 Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad;     let the sea resound, and all that is in it. Let the fields be jubila...
Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Welcome Autumn!

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Friday, September 6, 2019

Flower Friday: Sunflower

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I am fascinated by the sunflower.  This beauty grows anywhere from ten inches to ten feet tall. Several years ago, I planted seeds along th...
Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Unfurl Your Wings

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Olive and I were walking outside,  and this lovely monarch landed on a zinnia in my garden.  I love when God sends me a sign of beau...