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> This spring, a couple of barn swallows built a nest on our back porch. They were obviously newlyweds – it took them a month to complete their nest. We watched as, daily, their efforts fell to the ground. They never gave up and finally made a lovely home. Isn’t she a good decorator? I [...]

> I’m back! I finished the big job I’ve been working on (will post pictures soon) and am back to my regular schedule (whatever that is). I did manage to work on these note cards during that busy time. I’m addicted to pretty paper and can’t stop buying or cutting it. I’ve got 15 sets [...]

> This is what I’ve been working on this week. These tiles were commissioned by a friend to be given as hostess gifts for her daughter’s bridal showers and brunch. I roll the clay out on my slab roller, cut the shapes and stack on pieces of sheet rock. Then I carve, attach and stamp [...]

> A bird must have dropped a seed in our yard and look what came up. We’ve mowed around it for a month and as you can see, it has gotten huge. The stalk is as big around as my arm and the flower is bigger than my head. It’s about 7′ tall. I hope [...]

>go here for a review of one of the best things to come along! (Post title – Opening Pandora’s Box.) I love this!!

> I treat myself to roses from the grocery store (I think these are the prettiest ever!) when there are not many blooming at home, a habit I picked up from my great-aunt, Lala. She always has roses in her house, either those given to her or bought for herself, usually yellow, her favorite. I [...]

> I’m back! My husband has been home and off work for a week and we’ve been busy with projects around here. Blogging has been on the back burner. With that said, let me tell you about one thing we did… I was in my pajamas, shelling peas, at 10:30 the other night when I [...]

>My sweet parents-in-law gave me this beautiful hibiscus last summer. I kept it in the garage through the winter and it is even prettier this year than last. They thought they were just giving me a plant, but it came complete with the added bonus of the hummingbirds it attracts. It is on the back [...]

> Every now and then, there will be something new in the produce department at the grocery store. Like these red currants. Aren’t they beautiful? The color and translucency; they look like rubies. Some would say I should have used them in a recipe, but sometimes looking tastes better. Soul food.

>I just finished reading Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore. And I can’t think about anything else right now. I’m still in that world. It shouldn’t be an uncommon story, but, sadly, it is extaordinary. Many of my friends have read or are reading it. If you have not [...]

>This is what’s on my mind today. What could this mean for me? For you? “Beware of harking back to what you were once when God wants you to be something you have never been.” Oswald Chambers Show me, Lord. But gently. Amen