Things bloom here too…

I have loved portulaca since my childhood in NJ where they bloomed with abandon.  They did not do so well on the coast, but here once again I have portulaca blooms to enjoy.

French Marigolds are up for the job most anywhere…

And Nasturtium have answered the call bravely in this hot dry space. 

The ‘Pot Marigold’ (officially Calendula) blooms here too, with that classic ‘bloom where you’re planted’  look.  I hope that I shall do as well.

There have been no travels this week, so I’ve taken time to finish up a picnic quilt for Rachel’s (just past) 20th birthday...

… made from old jumpers, jeans and skirts from our family’s  past life.

And I’ve commenced my second-ever illustrated journal.  The first page is a joint celebration of the harvesting of the Black Currants and the purchase of some Crayola markers just for fun!

and the next is my official just-learning-to-Doodle page….

And such have been the ‘blooms’ of my week.

--LS

“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” Eph.2:10

Beauty coming and going…

The prairies are beautiful at this time of year…

As are the little people who live there…

 

 

As are the mountain vistas we pass coming and going…

 

 

 

It isn’t very nice to have family so far away from us,

 

but it does give us the excuse to traverse some beautiful landscapes.

And now safely home once again, we are grateful for travelling mercies,

for work accomplished 

and for good memories made with family.

(… a lesson in whistling by Grandad)

--LS

By awesome deeds you answer us with righteousness, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas; the one who by his strength established the mountains, being girded with might; ... so that those who dwell at the ends of the earth are in awe at your signs. You make the going out of the morning and the evening to shout for joy. Ps.65:5-6,8 ESV