….celebrating the addition of a new category on this blog. Home Accents. Here I can share just simple things that happen around the home. anticipating sunflower blooms baby sunflowers sprouting creating my first pillow box from a template and SO happy it turned out great!
“Out of difficulties grow miracles.” ~ Jean De La Bruyere
As you probably noticed, the blog has undergone some remodeling! Indeed, I’ve been painting the walls, wiping the windows, and putting up new curtains. 😉 Well, not really but something of that sort anyhow. Along with that, I am launching out a “Quote of the Week” post. I have a lovely collection of some of… Read More Quote of the week
Happy 4th of July America! Oh, I just can’t help it- I’ll load this post with all the patriotic stuff I can put in here. At least if it’s not possible put fireworks on my blog- I’ll put songs, poems, photos and so forth! Turn on the music from the video above, as you… Read More Happy Independence Day!
She wiped her sweaty forehead as she climbed up the treacherous hill. The sun was so bright and so hot! Her mouth was dry, and often she slipped on the rocky soil, caking her shoes with dust. Often the thought passed through her mind “Why am I doing this?” It had been so easy yesterday,… Read More Bible Journal: Prayer life…what it’s like
What is the first place you should visit when you go to Chicago? Moody Bible Institute! I don’t remember imagining or thinking I would get the chance to see Moody Bible Institute once in my life. I probably did, but whenever I heard about it, and whenever people talked of “Moody” it seemed like one of those… Read More Road Trip through the Midwest: Part 3
I confess I don’t master this art. In fact, I must further confess I don’t even know how to make pillowcases (reddening sheepishly), though I do imagine it’s quite an easy process. Ah, but fortunately for me, my lovely mother knows how to handle the sewing machine and masters the art of making pillowcases. So… Read More The art of making pillowcases
Ah, sorry! I am so late in posting this. This past week since we arrived home has been quite an adjustment period. I had to finish up my finals for school, we had to do some cleaning and unpacking, and then I came down with a cold/virus that has kept me feeling “blue” for a… Read More Road Trip through Midwest Series: Part 1
Attached in a PDF file are some military-patriotic themed postage stamps that I created for an illustrator class, so I thought it would be a nice tribute on Memorial Day. To accompany this is a wonderful Memorial Day poem. The photo of the Marine is one that my sister took at an airshow. Postage Stamps… Read More Remember those who gave their all…
“And the LORD, He is the One who goes before you. He will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; Do not fear nor be dismayed.” (Deuteronomy 31:8) It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon. A hot, sunny day on Fwy I-40 as I was sitting at the wheel driving our family van toward home… Read More Assurance of His Protection
