Aren’t they beautiful – those nine glasses of grape jelly? All the way from the vine in Oklahoma to my house in Arkansas and transformed into a delicious spread for buttered toast! The nice thing is, I have that much more juice left to make that much more jelly! I guess jelly making is sort […]
Aug 8, 2014
Purple Treasures
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Yesterday’s rain ended and I decided to take that little trip after all. I drove to Oklahoma and picked grapes. They were beautiful, hanging from their vines. Rain glistened on them, birds sang in the tall oaks, and, there were no mosquitoes.Those purple treasures were partially hidden by leaves and, sad to say, a few bushes and […]
Aug 7, 2014
Watch Out for the Sturgeon Moon
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Some rumble or grumble got through my dreams. Opening my bleary eyes, I looked around. What was that noise? Finally, it penetrated my foggy brain. Thunder! And lightning. And rain. What a nice way to wake up on an August morning. According to the Farmer’s Almanac, there’ll be a full sturgeon moon August 10. What does […]
Aug 6, 2014
Mid-Summer Meanderings
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Summer – is it at its zenith or is it on its way out? It seems that plants and animals, the very air, have a different feel about them, a sort of sleepiness, sort of lolling in the warmth but with an eye to shorter days and the next season. It’s fun to notice the behavior […]
Aug 3, 2014
Whose Moment?
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A friend of mine wrote an inspirational article about living in the moment – being aware of what is going on around me, not living in the past or borrowing from the future. Scripture tells us that “Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.” In other words, Keep your mind on what you are doing! […]
Aug 2, 2014
Who Would Have Thought It?
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John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough defeated the French and Bavarians on August 2, 1704. Who knew? And, today, who cares? But, if you were the Duke or his British soldiers at that time, you cared a lot! If any one individual was ever the inspirations for stories of intrigue, mystery, action, or romance, it was this […]
