First gardening lesson - water
Last year we planted two hydrangea plants in my yard. I had come to love the big multicolored blooms when we lived in Ohio where they grow prolifically. But rather than get big, they struggled to get...
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Last year, since I didn’t know what had been planted in our yard, I let everything grow in order to see what was there. The definition of a weed is something you don’t want that grows vigorously, and I...
View ArticleLook Again
Recently, I was weeding along the back of the property (it’s a never ending activity!) Because of a tree in the way, I was actually kneeling on my neighbor’s yard and facing the back of my house. For...
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New blooms
“My life is like a garden - never blooming the same way twice.”I can’t take credit for this quote, although I have no idea where it came from. But I can say for sure it’s true. Last year all along the...
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Each quarter, our staff takes a one day individual prayer retreat. I wanted to share about my most recent one. After my last prayer retreat, I learned that I do better with 24 hours than 8 because I...
View ArticleToo many plants
When we moved to our house last year, we had 12 flower beds filled with over 100 types of plants. Last summer, I was so overwhelmed with trying to care for of it – weeding, watering, debugging,...
View ArticleUkraine trip
Many of you know that Randy and I just traveled to Ukraine to work with International School Project. While there we participated in two 3-day conferences introducing public school teachers and...
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Blizzard 2011
Well we've had a lot of snow! Thought you might like to see some pictures.When it was just getting started on Tuesday afternoon. The pile outside the bedroom window. Shoveling the front walk. Snow...
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As we (hopefully) head out of winter, I have one more blog about the snow. Two years ago, I inherited Randy’s little BMW Z3 convertible. It sounds like a fun car and it is. That is as long as the...
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