
Char’s Bumble Bee and Echinacea He was such a busy bee. Working very hard! I am so glad he let me photograph him.
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Char’s Bumble Bee and Echinacea He was such a busy bee. Working very hard! I am so glad he let me photograph him.
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The Hope of Sunshine and Warmth Though the calendar bid farewell to winter, Mother Earth seems determined to linger in her chilly, wet, windy mode, with snow flurries dotting the ground in May. I had not expected to find such gloomy weather on this trip; naked trees, dead grasses, and swollen rivers as...
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In A Wild Wyoming Rest Area I love rest stops, not only do they provide a necessary service; but they can also offer an interesting encounter with others on the road, a place to stretch your legs, eat your packed lunch, and if you are lucky, they can be a wonderful showcase for their...
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Wild Flowers I love fields of wild flowers Do cattails qualify as wild flowers? Probably not, but they nonetheless make a great background for true wild flowers. Queen Ann’s Lace — so perfectly named There is something so enthralling about flowers planted by God Do you...
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For Passover Passover is the Jewish Holiday celebrating Freedom from Slavery in Egypt and the idea of liberation. Passover includes the retelling of the history of the Jewish exodus from Egypt. The history is read with family and friends around the dinner table. It is followed by a wonderful meal. At the end of...
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Nour’s Geese Not Ducks at All Several months ago, we sat in the Florida room chatting, when we were drawn outside by a new sound. The ducks, which have the run of the park, lake, and our collective yards, were in a bit of a huff. We walked outside, and much to...
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Carrot Cake This has become one of my signature cakes. I have had more people request this cake, than any other sweet, that I make. I first made this for my Mother, as her birthday cake, and if we are together, for her birthday, I still make it – something to bear in mind,...
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The Woman There was a knock at the door. My first reaction was to call for Kate; but she had endured too many interruptions of late. I looked down, at myself, to check that I was presentable, and walked to the front door. I looked through the peep hole, there was an unknown...
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Fort McHenry O say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming! And the rockets’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof...
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Different Ducks In 1987, Nancy Schön created a statue of a mother duck and her eight ducklings, inspired by Robert McCloskey’s book Make Way for Ducklings, published in 1941, and set in the Boston Public Garden, which is also home to the sculpture. Merry, our dear dog, has learned to tolerate her semi-sibling...
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To read the story of how my parents met and began their ministry:
“There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
“I know of only one duty, and that is to love.”
“If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?”