May 26, 2019

We celebrated Hannah's birthday at a local state park again. This time Maren and Jason were able to join us, since her birthday fell on Sunday, the day their greenhouse is closed. 

Indigo Bunting + Goldfinch

Cemetary Beauty

While Hannah and I were on a gravestone decorating errand for someone this spring, we enjoyed the beauty of old stones and pondered the peace and hope we have in Jesus. 

"Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on. 'Blessed indeed,' says the Spirit, 'that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!'"

- Revelation 14:13 -

Celebrating Parents

Mother's Day and Father's Day are past, and Independence Day is fast approaching, yet memories remain. This year we will remember as our first year to celebrate Maren and Jason's parenthood with a little miracle baby on the way.

We spent Mother's Day weekend at Maren and Jason's greenhouse helping where we could. On Sunday we enjoyed a day of rest with them before packing up and heading home.

Father's Day went by in a blur of chronic illness, yet we enjoyed each other and the gardens Dad and Mom tend.

I am blessed to have been given parents who lead me in the path of truth.

"Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching, for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck."

- Proverbs 1:8-9 -

Damp Morning in the Garden

Last year I gathered a nice little harvest of chamomile. I'm hoping to get even more this year from our self-seeded plants. Chamomile makes a very soothing tea combined with lemon balm, we find.

Some of our first blooms in the perennial bed.