The Potential of Six
I love these acorns, which to me appear as little people with cute, notched hats atop their smooth brown faces. I love them . . . except that we have hundreds, nay thousands falling from the great oak...
View ArticleThe Reach
Of tall ships, a curious attraction resides, and when announced a parade of the regal vessels brings throngs down to the sea. Is perhaps it so that another reach is the steadying platform? What is the...
View ArticleMagnificent Bird at San Diego Zoo
During the month of October there are no admission charges to the San Diego Zoo for youngsters 11 years and under. On Saturday, Jerry and I loaded up Brady and Ella and we four walked about for more...
View ArticleLeopard at the Zoo
The recent trip to the San Diego Zoo with two grandchildren included these images: The beautiful leopard may have been my favorite that day. He was tucked away behind glass and among greenery. When we...
View ArticleIris in the Spring
Yesterday, hard rain struck our earth here in Crestline, frigid cold enveloped our land, and then hail pebbles by the thousand pelted our decks and our gardens. Today, I walked among the invigorated...
View ArticleSpectacular Mystery Plant
I bought this plant a few months ago at the 99 cent store. It had no name placard, nor any way to identify the plant. It has flourished in a pot set in the lower part of our back yard here in...
View ArticleA Traipse Through My Autumn Gardens
Fall Bounty The easy breeze of Spring then melded into the glory of Summer, bare feet padding about on powdery country paths, languid days of backyard grills and children calling in the twilight. Slow...
View ArticleBear of Hobby Lobby
When Rebecca and I visited Hobby Lobby on the Monday after Christmas, among all the Christmas things that were priced 80% off, I found this charming boy. Of course I took him home with me. How could...
View ArticleRandom Thoughts: Some Black, Some White
Chilly, finally, after the unusually warm weather we’ve been having. The earth was wet from rain in the night, temperature in the high 30s, so I had bundled up, and had pulled on gloves for the trek to...
View ArticleTrees of God, and of Mount Hermon
Of great appeal are Mt. Hermon’s lush grounds, around which I traipsed during the recent days I spent there for the annual Christian Writers’ Conference. The spring-blooming trees had burst forth in...
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