• Edinburgh Castle🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    Edinburgh Castle🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    After landing in Glasgow, we traveled to Edinburgh to see this extraordinary castle. Due to travel and having to get to the wedding venue in Maybole, Ayrshire, we didn’t spend nearly as much time as required to really see all the extraordinary history on this particular Scotland site. This castle…

  • Scotland Blooms…with Spurgeon Gratitude

    Scotland Blooms…with Spurgeon Gratitude

    “May gratitude to God permeate my entire life.” Charles Spurgeon These are a few blooms that were outside the Blairquhan Castle in Scotland.

  • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scotland Countryside🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scotland Countryside🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    All those white dots in the photo? Those were the sheep outside our windows every day and night! Adorable! Sheep filled the Scotland (and Ireland) landscape wherever we were.

  • The Blairquhan Castle🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    The Blairquhan Castle🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    If I could capture the “feel” of this castle in words, I would. I’m neither talented enough, nor do I think I can convey the warmth and elegance of the interior. For such an enormous setting, those who refurbished this exceptional landmark provided a welcoming, warm, relaxing yet regal and…

  • A Wedding. In a Castle. In Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.

    A Wedding. In a Castle. In Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.

    Well, it was everything you could imagine a fairy tale wedding would include: stunning countryside, a Scottish castle that exceeded our already-high expectations, very moving vows and a bride that her Mama would have been proud of. If you didn’t read the introduction to this destination wedding/vacation with an important…

  • Vacation!

    Vacation!

    True friends are few and hard to find. My precious one of 20 years lost her cancer battle and went to be with Jesus three years ago. Her daughter has grown to be my bonus 4th child. There was deep, profound loss and heartbreak that we all endured but God…

  • Gorgeous Lilies!

    I quickly planted a stargazer lily in shallow dirt three years ago. I didn’t want to throw it out (I received it in a pot), but I never thought it would actually take root and grow annually. Again this year, this beauty rose up from a very neglected side of…

  • I’m No Fan of Spiders But…

    I’m No Fan of Spiders But…

      I strolled outside at 5:15AM the other morning and noticed this between the chains on our swing set. God gives even the spiders extraordinary creative gifts.

  • “Old” Hands Gave LIFE

    “Old” Hands Gave LIFE

    Little children rub their grandparents hands with love. Teenagers sometimes make rude comments about “old people skin”. Such a comment was recently spoken by a random stranger to her friends about an elderly person next to her. The young girl was probably fortunate that it was in speedy-passing without us…

  • Reminiscing During a Walk at the Park

    Reminiscing During a Walk at the Park

    I’ve been walking our local parks for years. I love them all (and we have several) for their individuality, but one close to my house has beauty, water and multiple sports fields that hold sentimental value to me.My son ran many-a-bases and threw countless pitches on the various baseball diamonds.…

  • Reflections

    Reflections