Tender mercies

Happiness isn't complicated. It is a humble state of gratitude for simple pleasures, tender mercies, recognized blessings, and inherent beauty. ~Richelle E. Goodrich Last week I had to cover for an employee who went on a well-deserved vacay. A job at which he is exceptionally good, but I don't particularly like doing as it involves …

(Almost) Wordless Wednesday

We might think we are nurturing our garden, but of course it's our garden that is really nurturing us. ~Jenny Uglow Thought is was about time I got re-aquainted with the manual settings on my digital camera. I used to have an all-manual SLR. College photography class taught me all the nuances of how film …

July Photo Challenge: Staying Cool

I completely missed June's photo challenge last month. Lately, life has this bad habit of derailing my plans; regardless of what they are. Peanut and Twix were gone to their dad's house in Alabama all month, so Entrepreneur and I tended to vegetate whenever possible. Is vegetating even possible anymore? Doesn't seem like it. This …

It’s my birth day!

Yep, today is the day my mom brought me into this world. And this year's birthday is a big one. How big? Well, I'll leave that to you to try and figure out, but I'll leave you a few clues a little later. First, I'll share a four generation photo from waaaay back when with …

I Believe In…..

Seeing is believing....but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can't see. ~The Conductor on the Polar Express It's easy to believe in things I can see firsthand with my eyes. It's harder to believe in things I cannot physically see. But does that mean they are any less real? …