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.


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.


A 1776 Christmas and Queen Victoria’s Christmas Tree The way we celebrate Christmas has changed through the ages, but giving Glory to God is timeless!! It is December 25, 1776. Is the future first President of the United States relaxing at home around a Christmas tree patting his overfull belly? No! He is rallying his…
1 John 4:4 CSB You are from God, little children, and you have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. John 1:14, “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.” Ponder that Jesus experienced everything we do while He was walking on…
Willamette National Forest, OR Revelation 3:15-16 CSB I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were cold or hot. So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am going to spit you out of my mouth. I often hear people say, “Wait five minutes….the weather…
The constant protecting light given by lighthouses reminds me of our Lord. This fuels my deep love of lighthouses, and visiting as many as I can. S0, believe it or not, this lighthouse was just my own creation. Although wouldn’t it be a pretty one to visit! The large shell that is the base of…
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…
Haggai 1:7 TLB “Think it over,” says the Lord Almighty. “Consider how you have acted and what has happened as a result!” In my former classroom as a teacher, we had a “Ssshhhh” chair. Not a time out, not punishment, but a place to sit for a few moments and ssshhhhh. This gave the little…