Ryan’s strawberry plants are producing a bit earlier than usual this year. From what I hear, the handful of strawberries he has collected have been delicious. For each little red fruit, he has carefully picked, tenderly cleaned, thoughtfully tasted, and dutifully recorded the harvest date and a tastiness rating… ranging from six to 10 plus…
What do you get when you put FOUR BOYS and TWO MOMS in a LAKESIDE CABIN in Vermont for ONE WEEK? Hours spent at the LAKE: Endless SMILES. More FISH than you care to take off the hook so it’s a good thing the boys learned to do it themselves: Contagious GIGGLES. And Summertime MEMORIES…
The boys are convinced that it was their prayers for snow that brought the six inches of fluffy white flakes to Northern Virginia Sunday evening and into Monday. That’s fine, after all, we have been telling them that the Lord not only listens to all of our prayers, but He also answers them all: sometimes…
Tin foil dinners cooked in the open fire, s’mores, skits and songs, sleeping under the stars… well, in tents, but after saying goodnight to a sky filled with stars…. I have such fond memories of camping with the Girl Scouts… and my Mom, who was my Girl Scout leader all the way through Scouts. And…
“But ask the animals, and they will teach you; the birds of the air, and they will tell you; ask the plants of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you. Who among all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done…
Our backyard bird feeder has been a flurry of activity since the “big snow” yesterday. We have enjoyed watching the visitors. Today, we identified a pair of Cardinals, numerous Slate-colored Junkos, an adorable Tufted Titmouse, Chickadees, a Song Sparrow, a Carolina Wren, a Downy Woodpecker, several Blue Jays, and even a Robin (not at the…