Pics from the yard

No guilt in life, no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me
From life's first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny
No power of hell, no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hand
(from In Christ Alone song)




This was the first tulip, but it was gone the next day along with chewed up leaves. I'm suspecting the below partook of some nourishment.

Thanks, Hannita!

And here are the earrings Hannita Bonita made for me when she had her blog contest.

Thank you, Darla!

Cool collaging!

New stickers

Last fall, Kansas passed a law in which it is okay to carry a concealed weapon, but you have to take a class which is $150 in order to legally do so. This is along with a thorough background check. Now these stickers have been popping up in businesses all over including my place of employment. Since I work at home, I can have guns in my house...I just can't bring them to a meeting or if I come work in the office.

Wonder if they are allowed at the post office...Probably not.

What I spent my half of the tax return on

We had to replace a sun tunnel (like a skylight) that the previous owners put in over 10 years ago. My husband patched it up when it first started leaking in the fall, but started leaking again along with another vent pipe.

I guess there are worse things to have to spend the money on...medical bills, for example.

More dog art

A trip overseas or this?



A new car or this?

Blueberry!

My two brothers are up visiting my mom for spring break. They had an impromptu family reunion with 14 members on Sunday and decided to make kuchen (German coffee cake) yesterday. They said they'd save me some for when I come in April. Below is the email from my mom. Thought you might enjoy it, too.

Hello: the kyds are learning that my oven doesn't work too good. Clark is also producing a cheese cake after he learned his "Cholesterol is punning high.

We are wondering what your favorite kuchen is. choices are. cherry; blueberry; apricot ; cottage cheese or even supreme. there is a lot of eating going on.
Love you Mom

Lenten lentils

This is what one guy is doing for lent.

Happy Vernal Equinox!

Today you are supposed to be able to stand an egg on its point. Gonna try it?

Contrary to this sunny post, I am in a poopy mood, but this shall pass. I won't bore you with the details. Maybe the sun will come out...

Art from City Arts Gallery

Hmmm..fix the roof or buy this?

Long Ride Home

I love this song...It's so sad and sweet at the same time.

I finally figured out how to put youtube stuff on here...I thought you had to embed it on the link thingy!

Pretend art--watercolors

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Scilla

This bloomed yesterday in the back yard. It's only 4 inches high.

Photo Friday--Heat

Church doesn't suck

What's the buzz around Wichita? A billboard from Gracepoint Church that states "Church Doesn't Suck". What do you think? To tell you the truth, I was more surprised at the pastor's name, Bryson Butts. Hope his sister's name isn't Bertha. A reporter was on the news last night interviewing people to see what they think. Two people said they were offended and wouldn't go to that church. When they interviewed the pastor, he said those aren't the people whom he's trying to reach. Hmmm... Good comeback.

Before and after

White

This is my second annual attempt at taking pictures of my dog with the daffodils, but her eyes are always squinted (facing the sun) and we don't communicate with our eyes when we're outside. She listens to me and is usually busy sniffing and doesn't look up.

Good news!

My mom just called with her CT scan results. The report stated that the tumor didn't grow and actually looked necrotic (dead)...So we are going to see the surgeon in Minneapolis on April 9th and are hoping they will schedule surgery soon. My mom sure is glad she doesn't have to have another round of chemotherapy!!!

Crocus and daffodils

Angie's lid

This is what can happen after working 9 or more hours making a lid...


Another lady did the bottom and said she was going to use tinfoil for her lid. I might be able to do something like this in about five years. It's a chicken cooker.

Daylight savings

Yeah guys, did your computer time change on its own? I had to manually do it. Just wondering...

Muscari or grape hyacinth

This bloomed today in my "Zone 7" area or south side of the house. We are in Zone 6, but everything on that side is sheltered and blooms earlier than the rest.

p.s. You would not be impressed at my yard if you saw it in person...I only show you the good parts.

Quote from Organic God

I sometimes think that if we focused on an icon of Christ with the kind of time and intensity and focus that we give our mirrors, we would be highly devout people. But instead we agonize about our own bodies, never realizing that a human being is not really designed to look at its own person. We were meant to find beauty in one another. --Kate Moorehead

Thanks, Michele T., for introducing me to this book!

Onomatopeia

My new word for the day---Thanks Melanie! Did you know I'd have to look that word up? Where have I been all my life?

Onomatopeia-Using words that imitate the sound they denote.

Blog questions

After some great dialogue about blogs on Darla's blog, I would like to state that I could probably figure out how to put one of the free counters on my blog, but have a feeling I would become obsessed with checking how many people look at my blog daily. I'm not obsessed with seeing how many comments I get, but I do think I would have a weakness of judging myself on that aspect.

Iris reticulata

This bloomed yesterday.

Watch my fingers/watch my mouth

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight. O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. Ps.19:14

This is my prayer today.

Hyacinth emerging

I'm praying for patience until things settle down and I feel less busy or else patience to get used to being this busy.

What do you need to be patient about?

What drives your life?

This post was brought on by the comments of the last post. Thanks for your comments. When I heard the quote from Elizabethtown, I knew I had to write it down. There are other cool one-liners in the movie, too.

According to "The Purpose Driven Life", the five most common drives are:

-guilt
-resentment and anger
-fear
-materialism
-need for approval

What do I want to be the driving force in my life? Love and justice.

On a lighter note, here's another quote from Elizabethtown--"I'm hard to forget, but difficult to remember." "This loss will be surrounded by a hurricane of love."

EDIT--I added the above picture. This is my Kansas Mom on her way to church on Wednesday night. I had my camera out to take pictures of the clouds, and saw her driving by. Hi Mom...I didn't honk because I was too busy clicking...