Gratitude

During late winter, I am always impatient for spring to come. When it "finally" comes, I am always surprised by its beauty. Comes happy Spring, like a maiden fair,Quickly breathing the odorous air,With grass-green robes, and round her hairApple and...

Back to Blogging

It's been almost a year since my last post. Last year was marked with illness in my family. It's easy to hide behind a blog post/Facebook status full of pretty pictures and give the impression that life is always happy,...

Thankful Thursday – Signs of Spring

This happens about this time every year. One day they're not there, and the next day, snow drops seem to "spring" out of the ground and surprise us. Well, it's a most welcome surprise. The winter blues and blahs have...

Season of Singing

"Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, come. See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come..." Song of Songs 2:10-11 In the spring when bright daffodils bloom...

Dances with the Daffodils

Weekly Photo Challenge: Dance I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing...

Thankful Thursday: Happy Faces

I am so thankful that Spring is showing her beauty through the bright happy faces of nature. This delicate Hellebores (Lenten Rose) bloom is just what I need to see after a gloomy and grey winter. Don't you just love...

Thankful Thursday: First Sign of Spring

I'm so happy to find snowdrops in my garden this week. Spring is on its way! With a happy and grateful heart, sending thankful thoughts your way. What are you thankful for?

Thankful Thursday: A Vivid Life and the Changing Seasons

I'm going to combine a couple photo challenges within my Thankful Thursday post this week. Firstly, I want to thank Cardinal Guzman for starting the Changing Seasons Photo Challenge in which one takes several pictures during the month and places...