Tag: summer
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Summer Wildflowers
The summer is slipping away. I don’t want it to end. Do you? I like to hold on to every moment of a shifting season. To day by day, notice the small changes. The angle of the sun. Flicks of color in the leaves. The golden hue of autumn creeping in. Perhaps it’s a manifestation…
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The Unfurling of Ferns
It’s now officially summer! And it felt like it this weekend with hot and sunny Maryland weather! Hiking along a favorite trail Saturday evening, my dogs and I came across a forest ridge filled with ferns—after some rain recently, everything is looking so green, lush, and alive!! Ferns have been on my mind a lot…
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Habits, Purpose, and a Life Well-Lived
Reflections on Summer Reading I hope you had a safe and fun-filled Labor Day! I enjoyed the beautiful weather at Longwood Gardens enjoying the sunshine, flowers, and fauna. With the unofficial close to summer, it’s time to write about my favorite summer reads! I have fallen behind on my monthly reading round-up blog posts —forgive…
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Sights and Sounds of Summer
It’s been a very different summer. And yet, in so many ways, it’s still the same. The sights and sounds of summer have made their seasonal appearance, a comforting reminder of the persistence of life. The rumble of thunder from a summer storm. The waves of cicadas buzzing each morning and evening. This weekend, on…
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The Whispers of Wildflowers
I’ve been day-dreaming about wildflowers. They show up in unexpected places on adventures with my four-legged companions. ‘I will believe in my beauty even if no one else sees it’That’s what the wildflowers whisperThese lilies dance to the music of a soft breezeNo one is watching or listeningBut meAn interloper and yet also welcomed in…
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Morning Glory
I knew it had been a long time since I did an updated blog post, but almost a year!?!?! Where does the time go? Life was so slow and wonderful when I was a child…there is still much wonderful-ness to my life but…there are also children being murdered with chemical weapons in Syria, Christians in the Coptic…
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One Cupcake to Rule them All
My lovely sister is returning to the District and told me that she really wanted a cupcake this weekend. I had to laugh, because I thought – I think that every day! I assured her we’d make this happen and then began thinking about which bakery we’d go to…there’s many to choose from in the…
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Chocolate Raspberry Bourbon Brownies
I L.O.V.E. chocolate. Who doesn’t? And fresh-picked raspberries? They are a sweet summer delight! I modified a choc-p.b. recipe (I know, my favorite combo, but like I said, the fresh-picked raspberries couldn’t go to waste) by using a simple raspberry sauce. I took these to 2 different dinner parties in one weekend (shhh!), and they were…
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West Coast Trek
Psalm 90:2—”Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.” America is FILLED with works of creation that sing of the creativity and beauty of our great God. While I’m partial to life on the East Coast, the…3?…times I’ve been to…