I was asked to walk a dog for a friend and so I did. I had walked my own and knew what worked and what didn’t. I tried speaking a command in a firm voice and that proved useless. She

I sat down, picked up my bible and began to read where I had left off. Anxious thoughts were threatening to take over. “Do not fret,” Psalm 37:8. Yes! Exactly what I needed to hear, needed today! I felt a

I planted Morning Glory seeds beside my deck thinking they could climb up and look very pretty in that spot. Sure enough most of them did. But as I was weeding, I noticed one vine was lying on the ground.

I’ve noticed the bees are very active in my flowers. They instinctively know winter is coming and they are preparing. It amazes me to watch their activity and that of the squirrels which are also gathering for winter. Without anyone

There is a beautiful lawn that stands out to me on my daily walk. The grass is a uniform thick green with absolutely no weeds anywhere.  How they have managed to maintain it through this drought says something about their

I listened to a couple explain how everything went wrong on a trip they had planned. This time though, they weren’t discouraged. Together they worked through each obstacle and came home realizing that fighting the problem and not each other

Many years ago, I knit sweaters for my sons and even a complicated sweater for a relative’s daughter. When I decided to knit another little sweater recently, I found I had lost that skill. Thankfully I found an old book

A section of my neighbour’s fence snapped in the recent wind storm and fell flat. He spent Saturday digging deep holes to place new posts in that will secure the fence. The posts are down very deep now. I expect

My rose bushes had dead wood and weeds in them, so this spring I cut them to the ground. It was planting season and I don’t know why I did it, but I stuck two Butternut squash seeds in the

I was in the garden early this morning trying to get ahead of the weeds. Early is good, because the day is going to be hot. As I looked at my work I thought, now the plants are going to