Tomorrow I am heading east to Colorado to visit my daughter...mountain country! I live in the Northern Sacramento Valley in California; almost right in the center of it. We are 162 feet above sea level. The Sierra Nevada Mountains rise to the east of us and the Coastal Range to the west. Mount Shasta sits… Continue reading MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS
A PSALM OF LIFE by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow What the heart of the young man said to the Psalmist Tell me not, in mournful numbers,Life is but an empty dream!For the soul is dead that slumbers,And things are not what they seem.Life is real! Life is earnest!And the grave is not its goal;Dust thou art,… Continue reading A POEM BY LONGFELLOW
God loves you! John 3:16...."For God so loved the world He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life." To God you are beautiful. To God you are a precious jewel. His love is unconditional. No matter what you do or think or feel about yourself,… Continue reading BEAUTY FOR ASHES
November is month set aside to be thankful for all the blessings in your life, but really....thankfulness is something we should practice every day of the year. Each thing you give thanks for brightens your day..., first one thing then another, and soon your days are fill with thankfulness. Ungrateful people don't see all the… Continue reading THANKFULNESS
As a child living on Southern California's deserts I often had the opportunity to view the night sky with its billions of stars. The desert is a really good place to look up at the starry sky because the air is so clear and the stars are clear and bright. I used to love to… Continue reading STARRY, STARRY NIGHT
Monday morning and it's getting colder. Daylight savings kicks in less than a week. Fires again...in Sonoma County; and my brother and his family are without power for the second time this month. Some of the sections in my town have been without power over the past two weeks but my house hasn't been targeted… Continue reading MONDAY, MONDAY…..blah, blah, blah!
Lately I have not been writing; my blog has been full of empty pages. I have been trying to finish up some scrapbooking projects and bring all my gardening projects to a place where I will be able to easily pick up again next spring. In addition, my sister and I have been busy with… Continue reading BLANK PAGES
Today I made pomegranate jelly. First time I ever made it. Back in the 1990's I made fig jam flavored with jello several summers in a row with one of my aunts; but that is the only time I made anything like jam or jelly. Canning is something I thought about doing, but I worry… Continue reading AUTUMN….LOOKING AT THE END OF SUMMER
October is here! I love October; all the harvest themes, haystacks, corn stalks, pumpkins, leaves of orange and russet. The light changes, takes on a dusky, golden hue, the heat of summer is draining away, leaves rustle in the wind; cool nights, cool mornings. Craft fairs, Thanksgiving on its way along with Christmas; Rosh Hashana,… Continue reading OCTOBER!
Taking care of puppies is a lot of work. It has been nearly two weeks since we took the pups and it has been quite a roller coaster ride. My sister went down to visit our brother for several days....she went to a play in San Francisco with our brother and his family, then to… Continue reading PUPPY HANGOVER
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