Guess Whose Coming to Diner, a social for our church, was when I determined the perfect person for this shot. LuAnne loved horses, and I still remember that night as we entered their house and saw a magnificent sunset overlooking their horse fields and the silhouette of a windmill. Peaceful and welcoming, these are the [...]
1 Comment. Continue Reading...We just went to a Sunday School class offered at our church using Andy Griffith shows as Biblical teaching tools. At first I was a bit skeptical, but after this first class I am not so sure anymore. Today’s lesson was on pride. As I now digest what was talked about, I am taking a [...]
1 Comment. Continue Reading...As we reach the culmination of Holy Week on Sunday, let us all take a moment and really reflect on what it all means. Sacrifice by one for all. I have been following a number of stories over the week on various blogs and news sites I read. The one commonality I find disturbing is [...]
2 Comments. Continue Reading...It has been a long winter and I am ready for the renewal and wonder of spring to begin. It has been a long winter, not in terms of temperature, but of loss. My brother and I lost our Mother to Ovarian Cancer around Valentine’s Day, and amidst all of it we had to deal [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading...I used this image as Christmas card one year and it received rave reviews. I named it Hidden Treasures, not because of the berries hiding under the leave, but because this photograph was not taken during the winter. I took this in the fall, and when I stripped the color, it gave it this wintery [...]
1 Comment. Continue Reading...One afternoon we were walking along the trail of Chinqua Penn where the stream trickles to the lake. We were stopped by a really colorful dragon fly just flitting around landing here and there along the stream. I was glad for the distraction, because when I looked down I saw this little orange frog. I [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Fall is a favorite time of year for a lot of us. Growing up in NH I got to see some dramatic fall foliage every year. A couple years ago I was driving around Reidsville and saw this maple tree in the lot of the drivers license office. The sun was shinning through the yellow [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading...A couple of very dear friends gave us two gardenia plants they had started from cuttings. As a fun thank you, we named the two bushes after them. Fraysure and Dale went in a very prominent spot in our front garden. This way when they blossomed we, and our friends, could enjoy the fragrance entering [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Anyone who remembers Nancy Hill will understand why I named this after her. For me, this is the complete embodiment of her. Sea Holly is pretty, unusual, blue (her favorite color) and prickly. All her best attributes. So when she passed away, I planted this in honor of her and as a fond remembrance of [...]
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