Author: lindaskelton

A few of my favorite things--Homemaking, Books (esp. biographies, memoirs and classics), Writing, Walking in the great outdoors (preferably near trees and water), Watercolor art, my now-grown kids& their kids, macro-photography, Bible study, the work of Bible Translation

The First Rose of Summer!

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I saw it today, at the bottom of the lawn blooming inconspicously where the mowed meets the wild. The first rose of summer!

Meanwhile in the forest out back God’s glory is unfolding in the wee things that spring up unattended…

Calypso Orchids, just inches tall, spring up in cheery trailside patches.

On a slope above this mountain stream I had a long sit one morning…

At my side dainty blossoms hung in the protection of bristly spines…

Traipsing off to find a new trail home I found Blue Clematis dancing in the woods–lovely wild things!

And once again the beginnings of domesticated beauties grace my own doorstep…

 

Needless to say, I am delighted to see flowers returning!

–LS

 

Drive-by Snapshots of Spring Coming and Going…

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Whew! We took a week’s vacation and did a whirlwind tour-de-kids-and-grandkids…

And with it we got to fast-forward the coming of spring, leaving receding ice and the sprigs of larch just barely sprouting…

to follow the highway to the coast and to spring fully sprung!

It was glorious!

Then we headed a day’s drive North…

to visit two more grands and their parents!

 

   

Here spring was just getting started, and the blush of a new lawn sprouting was cause enough for joy!

But the weather was warm enough to drag out the water toys and to have a pretend picnic too!

Very shortly it was time to hit the road for the daytrip home via Jasper and the fabled Columbia Icefields…

I was not sorry to leave the snow and ice behind and arrive home to find our own grass had greened in our absence and grown enough to mow.  And just maybe, the next pictures I take will be of flowers on my doorstep!

Thanks for stopping by to share our trip ( :  I hope you are enjoying whatever stage of spring you find yourself in.

–LS

O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth. Ps. 96:1 KJV

 

I’ll fly away, O Glory, I’ll fly away…

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It was not a leisurely trip and I did not relish going backward into winter…

But it was a scenic one!

My sister and I met up in Alaska  to tackle family business and found the welcome perk of all this beauty!

And of course, of being together through thick and thin…

Life passes so quickly…

Only God continues unchanged.

–LS

I will proclaim the name of the LORD; how glorious is our God!

He is the Rock; his work is perfect…He is a faithful God who does no wrong. Ps.105:3,4 NLT