Spring always is!
–LS
Category: Nelson, BC
My New Backyard…
Winter is fast losing its grip.
White patches of snow still nest on shaded hillsides. But the sun is warm and I’ve been out to inspect the slope out back.
It’s not exactly a yard, really more of a mecca for elk and deer. Their frequent passing has forged a narrow way for me to go along the slope in search of signs of spring.
Being drier here than the coast, pines are quite at home,
providing ample supplies of cones and needles—
—nice long needles that are perfect for the weaving of handy little baskets.
(I have yet to attempt this art; this one was created by my dad-in-law.)
The slope is dry and warm (no wonder the elk like it!) and in a protected ravine I find what I was looking for–
Lo, green is springing up!
As I turn back to the house, these dear little handprints in the rockwork by the door remind me of long by-gone family visits to Grandad and Nani’s house.
Who’d have guessed then that one day when kids had flown and Nani had moved on to Heaven we’d move in to keep Grandad company!
And so we have, for now.
–LS
Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations. Ps.90:1
There’s beauty here too…
We never expected to live here. But one never knows where God will lead, and for now He has us in the Kootenay River Valley. And we’re finding beauty here too.
Spring has not yet sprung,
but the snow has receded and bugs are out.
This valley is know for its spiritualism but not of the kind that is of Grace and Truth mirroring its Creator. There is a lot of darkness and confusion. But even here God causes His sun to shine and His own character to be seen in HIs Creation.
And I was delighted to hear bird and water song this morning, as though reminding me that this too is my Father’s world.
And though there be perils just below the placid surface of things…
He will make a way for us in this new territory…
–LS
“Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge.” (Ps.19:2)
“For HIs invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made.” (Rom.1:20)