Before They Get Here

This evening they’ll begin arriving—family we love. Readying, we’ve pulled bikes and scooters from the barn, a Slip ‘N Slide and tent from the storeroom. We’ll sleuth on a scavenger hunt, sing a loud Happy Birthday off-key. We’ll picnic, pick berries, lie in the hammock and read. Soon a house-sitter will come, and we’ll drive south to the beach for campfires and hikes with our larger clan.

And—as best we can—we’ll answer stockpiled longings for time together.

I spend the majority of my days in two worlds—one real, one imagined as I write. Though I delight in them both, beginning tomorrow, I’ll leave the latter behind for a few weeks to focus entirely on these souls, these gifts to my heart.

When I return at the end of August, six weeks will remain before the new edition of my novel Sugar Birds launches. A wonderful team is assembling to welcome the book. If you read and liked Sugar Birds or if you hope to, YOU’RE INVITED to join us on that team and for the GIVEAWAY PARTY after the book launches! Drop me a note HERE with a YES for the Sugar Birds Team, and I’ll send you the easy peasy skinny on what’s involved.

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Now, these musings, nourishing verses, and a few pics from my collection. Enjoy!

Calendar.

Fireweed blossoms blaze up their summer stem all the way to September’s “smoke.” This shot reads late July.
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“As long as the earth endures,
seedtime and harvest,
cold and heat,
summer and winter,
day and night
will never cease.”
—Genesis 8:22

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Soon: Blooms of feasting birds

“Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store up in barns, yet your Heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable than they?”

—Matthew 6:26

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Zinnia scrolls.

“For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities–his eternal power and divine nature–have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made . . .”

—Romans 1:20

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Introvert.

“Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.”

—John 16:32

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Asterisk.

Punctuation everywhere. (Can you tell I’m editing?)

“Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.”

—Proverbs 3:5-6

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These are a few of my favorite things . . .

Who’s the most unusual guest at your feeder?

“Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell;

they sing among the branches.”

—Psalm 104:12

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Thanks for stopping by, friends. So glad you’re here.

Watching Nature, Seeing Life: Through His Creation, God Speaks