Here are this week's photos. I am losing steam...but I have to keep at it. August 7 - Reed Grass August 8 - Verbena Stricta August 9 - Cenchrus Grass August 10 - Repotted Succulents August 11 - Allium with Honeybee August 12 - Lindheimer Beeblossom or Gaura August 13 - Vanilla Strawberry Hydrangea -... Continue Reading →
Dog Days of Summer. July 31 - Scissor Grinder Cicada Here in the midwest, you can hear them but you don't always see them. They are big and UGLY! This guy was still alive hanging on my parents' sun umbrella. August 1 - Purple Crown Vetch Right now this is everywhere. Little pink flowers atop... Continue Reading →
A week of great weather and good walks along the Illinois Prairie Path. July 24 - Heliotrope My mother is the queen of pots. Her flower pots are amazing. This heliotrope is in on the east side of the house basking in the morning sunshine. July 25 - Milkweed What is amazing for the butterflies... Continue Reading →
I continued to get out of the house and find a spot of peace in taking pictures in spite of the busyness of our lives. July 10 - Hosta Flower My father has grown hundreds of varieties of hostas. He normally cuts the flower stems off the plants, but my neighbour and I both left... Continue Reading →
I cannot believe that the year is half over. The days are now getting shorter which I don't like, but I love summer and summer in Germany is amazing even without air conditioning. June 26 - Queen Anne's Lace Although this is a weed, I love it. It is the queen of summer. June 27... Continue Reading →
It's been a hard week. But I kept at taking my pictures. I still enjoy it. It is a bit of an escape from the stressors of life. June 19 - Heirloom Tomatoes Germany is a cloudy country. Our yard is shady yard. My tomatoes are doing well, but they're not ripening. So we moved... Continue Reading →
It was a busy week prepping for company and then doing three day trips to various locations near our house. The temperature steadily rose this week and it was almost 100ยบ yesterday. We need rain so badly here so please pray that we would receive rain in the next week. Our grass is brown brown,... Continue Reading →
Routine. That is what this week felt like. Our kids were finished school and I worked on editing Paris pictures. It felt like a week of progress, though looking back I still didn't get done what I would have liked. June 5 - Home Garden Rose I received three rose bushes for free from another... Continue Reading →
This week was filled with chaos as returning from holidays always brings stress because of trying to get back in to routine. We also finished up homeschooling for the year this week. So it all added to convolution of the last week of May which included me missing three Photo Project days. May 29 -... Continue Reading →
Paris - We spent over a week in Paris and I have over one thousand pictures from that time. Here are just seven of those pictures. May 22 - Alstroemeria I have never seen this flower actually in the ground. It is often a part of bouquets but the Peruvian Lily is amazing to see... Continue Reading →
home...hospitality...hope
Homeschooling Using Unit Studies
I will lift my eyes to the hills and their Creator.
Plowing through Life in the Country...One Calf Nut at a Time
Breathe life into your service family
telling the story god is writing for my family
a mom, a dad, four boys, and finally a little girl!
The Red House on the Corner 