North Head Lighthouse

North Head Lighthouse

I can sniff out a lighthouse like a pig finds truffles, and my most accommodating husband takes me to them! This piece was inspired by a fun, but foggy trip to Cape Disappointment State Park, WA. Despite the park’s name, North Head Lighthouse did not disappoint!

Colossians 3:23

Colossians 3:23

I enjoy watching the birds around the birdfeeders. These are so industrious! Colossians 3:23 says, “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as though you were working for the Lord and not for people.” For sure, those industrious feathered friends aren’t giving me a thought! Still, I am reminded of the musical,…

Tip Toe Tulips

Tip Toe Tulips

This is just a fun piece that reminds me of the old song, Tip Toe Through the Tulips. I feel like you can hear her skirt swishing as she walks. All the shells were collected by my grandmother when she visited Florida.

1 Corinthians 16:14 GNT Do all your work in love. Woman wearing flannel with long braids plants a tree near a running stream

Work in Love

Deschutes Land Trust, Camp Sherman, OR 1 Corinthians 16:14 GNT Do all your work in love. I have often said, “I don’t have a lot of money, but you can have my time, my hair, and my blood!” Donating my hair to Locks of Love, donating blood, walking for MS or ALS, volunteering at the…

Philippians 3:20 GNT We, however, are citizens of heaven, and we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to come from heaven. An American flag is displayed from a home with red white and blue flowers on the porch, pine treen in the background, and mountains in the distance

Unified Citizenship

Sisters, OR Philippians 3:20 GNT We, however, are citizens of heaven, and we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to come from heaven. I unequivocally love my United States of America. It breaks my heart that it seems we are less United and more just States of America. State of anger, state…

Hosea 10:12 GNT Plow new ground for yourselves, plant righteousness, and reap the blessings that your devotion to me will produce. It is time for you to turn to me, your Lord, and I will come and pour out blessings upon you. pumpkin patch in the foreground cornfield in the middle ground and Smith Rock State Park in the background

Runs Like a Deere

Smith Rock Ranch, Terrebonne, OR Hosea 10:12 GNT Plow new ground for yourselves, plant righteousness, and reap the blessings that your devotion to me will produce. It is time for you to turn to me, your Lord, and I will come and pour out blessings upon you. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, “The plow is the…

lighthouse sits on barren ocean rock with waves in the foreground Matthew 7:24-25 GNT So then, anyone who hears these words of mine and obeys them is like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain poured down, the rivers flooded over, and the wind blew hard against that house. But it did not fall, because it was built on rock.

Rock Foundation

Yaquina Head Lighthouse, Newport, OR Matthew 7:24-25 GNT So then, anyone who hears these words of mine and obeys them is like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain poured down, the rivers flooded over, and the wind blew hard against that house. But it did not fall, because it was…