June 2021

 Here we Go...Happy 100 Days of Summer!!

green summer shades

Happy Memorial Day, THANK YOU SOLDIERS
"Your life's calling is that place where your greatest joys and the needs of the world intersect."
Frederick Buechner

                                  

summer pasture

May Showers and Flowers 2021

MAY. 2021

 A wonderful life...full of work.  After a drier than normal April, May is gushing with showers and flowers💥💦🥀  Spring work and chores has been keeping everyone in the neighborhood busy as bees. The bees are back as well as many birds: cranes, hummingbirds and robins are flourishing and having big outdoor conferences in our backyard.  A good, new book for increasing your vocabulary is A Sand County ALMANAC by Aldo Leopold. A painting by me is in the works when I need a break.  

A story of Grays

....some spring scenes...

April 2021

Happy Easter to everyone!

HE has RISEN
This picture is unique with the electric pole seeming like a cross just under the light from the rising sun.

New paintings 
 

Email:  crossings28@yahoo.com

March 2021

💬 March comes in like a lamb.  

May the wind be always at your back
May the sun shine warm upon your face;
May the rains fall soft upon your fields,
and until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.

James1:17. "every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights."

It is so beautiful in white.  I love the early morning light.  With my nature wanderings, I enjoy so much quietness.  Wonderful moments to breathe freely and silence that which seems to stream only the popular ideas.  As Robert Frost said, "the path less traveled by, And that has made all the difference."

Land lover:  the kind of person that wakes at the first sign of light and works from dawn to dusk just to see and experience the beautiful things God has made; "each day has miracles of it's own."

Important Dates:

Burn permits available March 1

Daylight savings          March 14

St Patrick's Day.          March 17

First Day of Spring.    March 20

Palm Sunday               March 28

My list to find:  Signs of Spring

1. Geese and their sky dance upon us

2. More Minutes of LIGHT each day, grass greening up

3. Great horned owl up early like just after midnight

4. new calves in the fields

5. a hundred shades of brown, taupe, mud

6. the meadowlarks melody

7-10. >. Birds are Back:  wood peckers, sand hill cranes, robins, 

Three quick, easy, niceties to do for Easter guests:

Easy centerpiece, any glass vase will do, place eggs in the bottom and add a couple of willow sprigs for height

Cut an old card out for a place name
and punch holes for a ribbon
Also bunny ear napkins, just roll
on diagonal and fold in half.

Dye blue eggs after boiling purple cabbage , the longer you leave them in the blue cabbage water with a Tablespoon of the vinegar the darker the blue.  Onion rinds make a soft orangish-yellow color.

The Hearts of February 2021

Happy Hearts To You

Momma cows coming closer

V-shaped flying picturesque soundscapes are dotting the sky again.  The geese are coming back to the pastures scraping up seeds left from rolling out feed to the mother cows, waiting to calve.  It's quite wonderful and perfect timing.  Spring snow squalls frequent our days.  Spring is in the air, not too far away as the groundhog might say.

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Look at my tail

Sash, cross country

Brrrr..... it's February in Montana, time to show how tough you really are, thankfulness and God's grace get us through winter with below freezing temps., all it's beauty.

Cherish Old Into New 2021

Happy New Year

Cowgirl Church

Full Moon names:
January:  wolf or Stormy moon
February:  Snow moon
March:  Sap or Worm moon
April:  sprouting grass moon
May:  Flower moon
June:  Strawberry moon
July:  Thunder or Buck moon
August:  Harvest or sturgeon moon
September:  Harvest or coon moon
October:  Acorn moon
November:  Frosty moon
December:  Long night moon

Good Old traditions never die.  

Play this for a few minutes of peace.

https://youtu.be/Rtajxo8d7js 

Hello & Welcome to 2021

"Look at every challenge as an invitation to grow."  Bethany Hamilton 

Let's live without fear and without excuses.  

train your thoughts to be positive; the best way to do this is stay ahead 

of your thoughts and keep them on positive Bible messages :

Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, 

whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--

if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--

THINK about such things.  phillipians4:8

And remember God loves you and is always with you--

A fave of CP's Romans 8:37-

 

Also new email:  crossings28@outlook.com

Also Crossings28 on Etsy

New cards by Bailey

                                                          Stay Healthy, Happy, and Hopeful

                                                                

                                                                                L & L

Winter Wanders In and Out - Early December 2020

Winter

Whether hiking in the hills,

skiing the slopes,

exercising equines,

running a ranch,

Or just plain wondering with winter;

It's all good...Be still...

Cherish times spent outdoors.

this is the season one can step slowly into a soft silent scene.

(Montana was the cover retreat... you can run and hide but...)

God will give us grace to keep pace so during this December, take time to give THANKS and stay HOPEFUL

Watercolors by bailey