Category: inspirational

Nature prayer

The thoughts shared in this post are of how important it is to step back and reflect on the beauty around us. Nature prayer Nature prayer — Read on seriouslyseekinganswers.com/2019/06/25/nature-prayer/

Tags nature, peace, prayer, religion

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Rainbows While Traveling

We saw this on our way back from my cousin’s son’s baptism a bit ago. How is it that rainbows are so inspiring?

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Imagination

Tags clouds, daydream, imagination, inspiration, relaxation, summer

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Snowy Christmas Mornings

This morning we woke up to this wonderland — and another couple of feet of snow expected in the next couple of days. So perfect.

Tags Christmas, nature, Snow, winter

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A Circle in the Woods

This is an amazingly cool ice disc someone found in the woods a few hrs from where I live. Nature is so fun, unique, artistic, etc. Love it! Open the post to see it in action.

Tags Circles, Ice, Ice disc, nature, winter

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Blessing Boxes

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College students shouldn’t have to think about whether or not they will have a meal during the day. But that is a scenario that many face, and most of the world isn’t aware of the struggle. In 2014, Feeding America, the USA’s largest emergency food assistance network, calculated that around 10% of its 46.5 million adult […]

Tags #watbwb, charities, College food, Food donations, Watwb

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Extra Coins

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We are winding down our month of living in Portugal. As with any trip to Europe, we’re doing all we can to use up those euro coins since they are awkward to hold on to and aren’t necessary back in the United States. I was mentioning this to a friend, and she had a great […]

Tags coins, Euros, generosity, travel tips, travelling

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Inspired by Waves in Winter

Post author By Chrissie
Post date 03/24/2017
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A slideshow: And a 54-second video if you, like me, love the sound of waves. So mesmerizing.

Tags Beach, Family, Ice, Lake Ontario, nature, Photography, Southwick, Southwick State Park, Sunset, Water, winter

No Time for a Photo
I was sitting at the computer when movement caught my eye. Golly Pete! There was a black cow grazing around our burn pile. I was alone and knew I had to do something, because cow pats on the lawn are not good. I texted neighbor Dawn, hoping Jeff was home. He grew up on a […]
Wrap Up and a Rainbow
Daughter Lise was eager to walk to the creek, knowing she would be sitting for almost 24 hours flying to Denmark. On the way, we spotted a wild berry bush extending unripe berries toward us. It’s a common bush, one that we had in our woods on Long Island. The berries look like raspberries until […]
Holidays Fly By
Grandson Nathaniel was with us about 45 hours – not long enough to raise and lower the hall mirror! John picked him up in Charlotte on Friday, and daughter Lise and grandson David took him back on Sunday. The day between was July 4th. The time may have been short, but we visited with him […]
Neighbors Celebrate July 4th
Despite neighbor Shawn’s phone being broken, word got around that we would have a cookout on our street. People converged on Shawn and Bob’s lawn, because they had the largest flat, shady space. Logan had a grand view of us all. We had a three-armed toy that Nathaniel threw with Logan, and it sailed into […]
Lighthearted Logan and Lise
Daughter Lise was walking up the street with John and me when we heard something behind us. It was neighbor Logan (10) asking if he could walk to the creek with us. Yes, he had already asked his parents. Of course, we were delighted. He may have run off a little energy while making our […]
Connie and Marla
Daughter Lise and I were delighted to spend an evening with our former neighbors, Connie and Marla. Our mother/daughter friends moved during the COVID-19 shutdown. The times were/are strange. When John and I should have given them a warm send-off, we felt a great virus-wall looming between us. We read about their move and saw […]
Oldest and Youngest
Daughter Lise and son John $pencer planned to meet for lunch at a Thai restaurant halfway between our homes. It was perfect! We knew the dining room was not open, so John and $ thought about getting take-out and going to a park. On line, we found that parks are still closed. John packed a […]
Party for People and Dogs
We had another reunion meal together while daughter Lise was here. Niece Julie, friend Michael, son John $pencer, and friend Rose joined us on the porch. Lise, Julie, and $ were close years ago when $ first moved to North Carolina. Those bonds were lasting, even though they rarely see each other now. While we […]
Leavings
Daughter Kate and grandson Nathaniel had driven together to visit us, but they left in different directions. I didn’t get a photo of her as she headed home to New Jersey early in the morning. I can show you what she looked like about 25 hours before, when we walked to the creek. I don’t […]
Cataloochee
The closest part of the Smoky Mountain National Park is Cataloochee Valley. That was our destination for Kate’s and Nathaniel’s last day with us. We walked up to a lookout point where I took a photo of daughter Lise and grandsons David and Nathaniel. We were stopped, not by rain, but by a bridge closing. […]