Monthly Archives: July 2011

A Sheltering Tree

“Do not oppress the foreigners in any way.  Remember you yourself were once foreigners in the land of Egypt. “  Exodus 22:21 Last night we were watching the news when they reported the Seafair festival in Seattle with the Torch Light Parade downtown.  I turned to my husband and commented  this was our moving anniversary....

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Garage Sale Adventures

This weekend our small town hosted a collective town garage sale.  I had so much fun visiting neighbors, looking for the rare find,  and just admiring the gardens in the neighborhoods.  We even had some excitement when a couple from another state stole binoculars from the neighbor behind us.  Being a small town, they didn’t...

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Beautiful

“Most people have never noticed the beauty in flowers, especially those that go unnoticed.  For instance when you walk outside and look down at your feet, you may see tiny flowers nestled in the moss and clover hiding in a curled fern.  Most people just step on them.  I paint them.”  Erika Just The flowers...

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Blue Bliss

“I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.”  Claude Monet I understand Claude Monet’s passion for the beauty of flowers. I think all flowers are just such miracles, but there is something so unusual and unique about blue flowers.  But don’t take my word for it, look at these hydrangea’s. Are they not one...

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Sweet Cottage Home

“Home, home, sweet, sweet home! Oh there is no place like home.”  John Payne Welcome to my sweet cottage home! Come behind the gate and I will show you the entryway of my old home.  I actually live on a street called Cottage, and we are the first cottage  right in the heart of a...

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