Did you catch the Solar Eclipse 2024? Everyone is talking about the solar eclipse 2024. Everyone except me. I didn’t get into it much, because I am a realist. Don’t get me wrong! We love the solar eclipse. In fact, for the last solar eclipse, in 2017, I packed the boys up, drove three hours,…
Spring Cleanup around the Homestead. Nobody is all that excited, but we have spring cleanup projects to tackle today. Foam board insulation that blew into the woods will be a pesky task. It’s exhausting, but the wind blew it all over the place. It will be our cardio today. 🫀 I’ll keep you posted! Got…
With cool Spring temperatures, we still ventured out for a church picnic. Fellowship was good, and we saw plenty of wildflowers
Trailing Arbutus Trailing arbutus First flower of Spring Bashfully hiding away I seek under leathery leaves in the moss Til your soft petals I spy one glad day ~ Your pink and your creamy white blossoms peek out From the ground which you hug tight and dear The perfume of stately old ladies inhale I…
Austin’s Trauma Anniversary Today: Sunlight streamed into our bedroom. Birds chirped brightly outside, and Buddy the cat pushed his way close between my husband and me. Morning snuggles kept me in that zone between blessed slumber and harsh awakening. Suddenly the bright light rudely invaded my sleepy eyes, and I flung the blankets over my…
For who has despised the day of small things? For these seven rejoice to see The plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. They are the eyes of the Lord, Which scan to and fro throughout the whole earth.” ~Zechariah 4:10 Small things, new beginnings, little steps forward–what do they have in common? They are hard…
Fit After 50 Studies will discourage you sometimes, reporting that after 50, fitness is only about maintaining what you achieved up to this point. But I have seen enough evidence to illustrate that anyone who desires to achieve health can attain it, no matter the age. Is there truth to the studies? Of course? Is…
