Home, Green Home

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We dug out the car one last time and hit the road,
leaving snow country behind…

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It’s picturesque and nice to visit, but nicer still to get back to GREEN!

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Care to join us for the next-to-the-last winding leg of our journey?

The Coast of many curves—the land between ferries.

 

Whew!  A welcome sight: P1140141P1140142cr

And what a treat to be welcomed to our Sunshine Coast with SUNSHINE!

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And to walk in the door and be greeted by forsythia in bloom:

P1140153The barren branches I’d snipped before we left

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And other buds are swelling…

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It’s good to be home.

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…for quiet walks around the block as spring approaches softly…

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–LS

(And quiet dinners for two…)

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(on new custom placemats!)

To the great white north

We said our Au Revoirs and headed north yesterday for a visit with Son #2 and his Fiancee…  P1130884

Leaving the prairies for the  formidable passes… P1130898

 

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with their freshly fallen (and falling!) snow…

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And awesome roadside fortresses…

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We were glad when the day brightened…

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…making for Spectacular Views…

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But the end in view was this…

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–LS

“House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.” Pr.19:14

“A wise son makes a glad father…” Pr.10:1

The Heart of Winter

Every time we make this trip, I marvel how far a day’s drive can take us,
and how different the trip would have been not so many years back, in the days of wagon trains…

We’ve travelled back into the heart of winter …

 

P1130651P1130655P1130657snowy hillside

 

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…but for a good cause!

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We finally got to meet our newest grandson…

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And it’s always time to catch-up with the rest…

 

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I wake up earlier here (hmm… I wonder why?).

The house is louder and busier…

And the morning view from my window not what I’m used to…

(Houses, lots of houses…)

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But it’s good to be plunked in the middle of this busy, happy family!

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And to cherish the moments…

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–LS

May you see your children’s children! Ps. 128:6 ESV