When you have a creative mother, you get to see the making of a work of art. You know how young girls dream of having pretty dresses and pretty dolls, and all matching outfits? And to add to the whole situation, catalogs like the American Girls Collection filled with pictures of snobby dolls and spoiled picture-perfect girls just… Read More The making of a work of art
For behold, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone. ‘The flowers have already appeared in the land; The time has arrived for pruning the vines, And the voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land. ‘The fig tree has ripened its figs, And the vines in blossom have given forth… Read More For the love of spring…
This will be a rather different post than I usually do. I will be addressing two things which are entirely unrelated to each other but for the reason that both are due for discussion, I’ll glue it together in one post. {1st Topic} The happy giveaway winner for the set of of one lotion and… Read More Giveaway winner and… why you see those ads
Treasured songs, passed down through the ages. Covers worn and tattered from much use, passed through many hands, imprinted title slowly fading off the cover, pages old and worn, yet full of vibrant and precious words, lovely melodies that lift up the heart and encourage the soul. Great Hymns of the Faith. This is how our hymn… Read More Hymn books made new
You know how that saying goes…”rain or shine”? Well in our case, one day, it was rain… or fog. My family and I went running together recently, at our favorite running place. It was a chilly but fairly sunny day. But when we arrived, it suddenly started getting foggy, and in a matter of minutes… Read More Rain…or Fog
I’m late. No, I didn’t forget about the giveaway, it’s just that…. (list of excuses). Seriously, I do have a good excuse. 🙂 See that cute new blog button on the sidebar a little ways down? Don’t you think it matches the blog better than the previous? I’ve been struggling to make a “grab box”… Read More Giveaway!
There once was a girl who had a blog. She lived happily with her blessed little family in a little house bustling with activity. Christmas was only days away, and this girl and her siblings were helping their uncle pack a U-haul with some stuff one day, when the mailman came up to the door… Read More 12 Days of Christmas: My 100th post!
Here are some lovely Christmas carols that I discovered on youtube and which you also might enjoy!
Things I am thankful for these days counting up to Christmas, which stand for yesterday (when I didn’t have time to post) and today: 1. An abundance of lemons we got from some neighbors which we can use to make lemonade and lemon bars! 2. A nice Christmas concert at church yesterday! 3. Wrapped… Read More 12 Days of Christmas: part 4 & 5
The 3rd Day: Credit Does the painting give you a hint about what we did today? (By the way, I decided to forget all about the ‘twinkle’ stuff. It sounds childish now that I think about it). Yes, today we went Christmas caroling. This is about the third year that we’ve been Christmas caroling… Read More 12 Days of Christmas: Part 3
