Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Summer to September 2021

September robins

 Fall has arrived with a cool hard frost and just enough rain to keep the crispy, golden grass pliable for cows and wildlife to continue grazing.  We are blessed with so much beauty and space in the west, so we must be forever thankful and respectful of God's massive country.


rest at the cabin
      

Be present;   Adapt;   Time with God;   Honor your gifts;   my favorite time each day!

Swimming at the natural bridge on a beauty full day

New welcome board

May the truth and the Lord’s peace fill your day.  Stay strong and responsible.  Pray for Marine Stu Scheuller and all who are persecuted by mismanaged power.

Monday, August 9, 2021

August 2021

                                    DOG DAYS OF SUMMER


shades of gray

Life is like a waterfall:  beautiful, steadfast, tumultuous ,adventurous, riveting, meandering, with perseverance power, and peaceful pools, yet other places of rushing waters and shadows, yet always light, God's gift of hope   

Thank God for shade trees and watering holes.  



 These are the dog days of summer and the heat has tremendously enhanced this year. (TFR)
Mountain Blue Sky Sash
TFR is my acronym for time for reflection.  Three questions I ask myself weekly,  
* Where have you seen God lately?  
* What are you studying or learning? 
*  What service have you done to honor your Lord?

I can always answer the first one because I am outside so much but I am constantly aware that I have to do the other two to stay happy.  Thanks for contemplating them with me this week.  Enjoy the last weeks of summer.

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

2021 JULY


HAPPY AMERICA'S BIRTHDAY MONTH

 Summer heat is here to stay; so get in the water 💦💦 a couple watercolors to express this sentiment.

western waters
Shep in her prime💦

Our prayer:  O God as we have taken care of Shep in life,
we ask that you watch over her in death.
You entrusted Shep to our care now we give
her back to You.  May Shep find a happy new home
in Your loving embrace.  As we remember Shep 
may we love each other more dearly.  Amen




Thursday, June 3, 2021

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


Thursday, May 20, 2021

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...




Thursday, April 1, 2021

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

Monday, March 1, 2021

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.