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 100º 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 →
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 →
May 8, 2022 - Verge Flowers #1 I have absolutely no idea what this is. It's a weed that grows on the verge between the sidewalk and the road. But the tiny delicate flowers caught my eye. May 9, 2022 - Clover. Oh I love clover. The bees and butterflies love it too. Even though... Continue Reading →
Our last week in the desert. It’s been bittersweet as I know when we land back in Germany that it will be rainy and cloudy and I am a sunshine girl. But the sunshine should win out over the clouds as we head into late spring. April 17, 2022 - Cape Honeysuckle This orange flower... Continue Reading →
I flew back to Arizona on Sunday. After a week of cold and rain it was nice to get back to sunshine. Even if Monday and Tuesday were overcast, the hope of sunny weather was tangible. The sunshine and dry air is glorious. March 27 - Too Early Hyacinth It was so cold in Chicago... Continue Reading →
The weather has not been the best while here in Chicago, but Megan and Brennig and Brennig’s girlfriend, Bella and my parents have had a great time. I leave again this morning for Arizona. March 20 - Catan My son, my husband, my nephew, and my daughter all love Settlers of Catan. They played it... Continue Reading →
The snow melted. We had appointments. We got out of the house. Back to homeschooling and all the other things this week. Ella and I started going to the gym. It was a week of trying to get a new routine, but not necessarily doing well at it because it was also a long weekend.... Continue Reading →
Two weeks and two days until packers come… We have to say goodbye until Christmas-ish to our oldest son tomorrow. In 6 weeks we say goodbye-til-Christmas to our daughter. He’s going to be living up in the Chicago area from now on, and she's going to be still living in SC but in the upstate…without... Continue Reading →
home...hospitality...hope
Home Educating: Roots to Ground You and Wings to Help You Fly
I will lift my eyes to the hills and their Creator.
Plowing through Life in the Country...One Calf Nut at a Time
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 