Random Question: What do You see?

This is a photo I took during our local Fourth of July fireworks display.  I see all kinds of things in this photo, including a flock of doves...

My challenge to you?  What do YOU see? 

Welcome Home!

Meet SnowBug Da'Bean.  He is the newest addition to my home.  In my family, there's a random long-time tradition of black cats named Snow.

It all started with Dad, who loved a black cat named Snow when he was a boy.  When I was a little girl, I also companioned with a black Cat named Snow.  When my children and I rescued a tiny black kitten from between the walls of our shed, her name, of course, was Snow.

Toez the Polydactyl Cat has been a part of my life for six years.  She loved my husband and grieved over him.  Now she's my kitty--though it  has taken some time.  I had noticed she has grown lonely over the past few years--grooming a little toy as if it were a kitten.

I brought Snow home three days ago--and the two are actually playing together.  Toez seems very happy to have the little stinker in our house--though at first, as you see above, she was quite baleful.

Have a great day--Cats are such a random adventure in themselves!

Random Sun Sparkle

Every now and then the sun shines through and dances through the lens in such a way I call it a Sun Sparkle.

I think they're lovely. <3

Random Proliferation of Roses

Nature is going nuts.  For late Spring I have never seen such an explosion of growth and lush beauty!  Have a lovely week all you lovely random friends!

White Christmas

This photo was taken the January before my husband passed away.  It hadn't snowed in our area of the Willamette Valley for over seven years.

It was such a beautiful sight--almost two feet of snow fell, and we enjoyed the beauty of that snowfall for several weeks before it melted away.

Speeking of random challenges, I have been without heat, except for the wood stove for almost three weeks.  It was FREEZING!  I was SO grateful for the two cords of wood dropped on my driveway.  God knew I would need to keep warm with wood.

Yesterday the Furnace guys came and installed a new gas furnace.  It is warm in here--and I am SO grateful--as grateful as anyone can be when they've been cold for so long.

Blessings and joy to you this Holiday Season.  Merry Christmas!

Old Grey Beard -Outdoor Wednesday

I love walking in the forest.  As a child the woods became my playground.  We learned about native plants, built forts, played in the creek--ah the memories are so wonderful.  When I tell people of our forest adventures, I have been told it sounds like a fairytale, or a book--except it was true life for my siblings and me.

This is grey beard moss--at least that's what we called it.  There was one tall tree which grew on a little island in the middle of the creek which had this moss hanging all over it.  It was SO magical.

Well, break is over and I'm back to work. Have a lovely Wednesday, all you wonderful people!

Three Years Tomorrow -Outdoor Wednesday

I know I look like a giggling clown in this photo--but here we are.  Such a joyful time we were having.  We had been given permission to glean wood from an abandoned structure located across the street from my parent's place.  Alan was in his element--happy, pipe snaggled from his mouth, wielding that chain saw.  And I was laughing.

One thing I miss so much about Alan is the absence of his funny stories and his hilarious take on life.  He used to make up a joke every morning to see if he could make me smile.

Such a wonderful man.  Though we had our hard times, our marriage was a good one and I shall always miss him.

Monday will be a challenge.  It is the three year anniversary of my beloved's Heaven Day.

Have a lovely Wednesday, all you wonderful people!