Gardening Joys

Portraits of Cheerfulness

I want to plant sunflowers every year!

In Anticipation :)

Spending some quality Nathan time this weekend has been super! I treasure every minute - but we agree that isn't quite the same without Shaila :) We miss you lots!

I'm so excited that I get to see her next week at camp!

These pictures were taken of all of us weeks ago the morning she left! 

(I'm really behind in picture posting due to a reformatted computer)

Life Serenade

Joyful hymns from many fingers.

Breathing in the White Mountain panoramas.

Wildflower grace.

Reflections rippling quietude around a canoe.

Loon music dancing through night shadows 

harmonizing with the star mingled moonlight.

Creative lifewords by Emily and Jacob

And maple syrup lessons in heart refinement.

Golden feathered finches breakfasting on

Heavy headed sunflowers blessing the sunrise.

Digging new potatoes ten feet from the back door, 

feasted upon with oven roasted garlic and garbanzos.

A blackberry loving horse who snoops 

unashamedly into the picking basket.

Drinking green smoothies in between 

measures of Motzart piano sonatas. 

When windstorms zap electricity and offer 

gentle lamplight and and porch serenades to fireflies.

Moments From Spring

Wild Blueberry Muffins

No late frosts this year means a wild blueberry crop - at least in my corner of the woods! 

An afternoon of conversational picking yielded a nice bowlful...

And a batch of whole grain wild blueberry muffins! (vegan + oil and sugar free) 

Presided over by a lovely daisy from the garden :)

Tasty with a dab of Maple syrup :)

If I ever actually follow a recipe or measure precisely - I might post a recipe... 

Recent Joy

My new grandpa! (pictures to come later :)

When grandma sings

Surprise visit from from my Brazilian family 

Harp music

Wild blueberry crops to come

Aunt Lyn joy

Cross-cultural Issues class

Paul and Petra - energetically teaching life lessons

God's gracious providences

A Danish blessing sung 

Mothers day celebrations

Grandpa Ken making hickory whistles for all us kids

Blasting ridiculous noises across the fields

Fat green figs swelling under fragrant leaves

Twin kids - only a day old!

Cuddling the soft little ones

Fuzzy chicks scuttling like a lost cloud

His old blue grass records

Kiwi - found with a song

Practical parables of God's heart

Sunlight treetops

Evening light warming wood floors

Hammocks slung sturdy

Quartet fun

Sock skating on slick floors

A metal turning demonstration

Clover fields - sweet smelling in the sun