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Quiet Moments

Quiet Moments

“Have you ever heard the wonderful silence just before the dawn? Or the quiet and calm just as a storm ends? Or perhaps you know the silence when you haven't the answer to a question you've been asked, or the hush of a country road at night, or the expectant pause of...

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Things Giving Wings to My Heart This Week

Things Giving Wings to My Heart This Week

It's been a lovely, lovely weekend and soon I will tell you all about it, but today I just want to share some things that have done wonders in cheering my heart in the hopes that they might cheer yours as well. XO This little girl who arrived in the world yesterday...

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Morning Glories and Homemade Skincare Recipes

Morning Glories and Homemade Skincare Recipes

As you know, I dearly love mornings on our farm. The animals are happily snoozing in the first warming rays of sunshine and the garden, oh, it is a lovely, magical place and shimmering light and glistening dewdrops. It's my favorite place to wander for the morning...

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Five Things That Made Me Smile This Week (3)

Five Things That Made Me Smile This Week (3)

Welcome to this weeks edition of Five Things That Made Me Smile This Week. (click here to see part one and part two) 1. A stack of new books to read “Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the...

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Learning to Thrive in Real Love

Learning to Thrive in Real Love

"Sometimes you need to hang on to someone else's hope, someone else's peace and sanity while yours is under siege. Do it. Courage, hope, faith, sanity, peace...they all come and go. Borrow them from someone else's supply until your own comes back in." Linda Mundy I...

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A Spring Holiday and Japanese Gardens

A Spring Holiday and Japanese Gardens

It has been such a good holiday thus far, busy as can be, but so good. Bear and I have been juggling a mixture of hard labor and jolly day trips around Queensland, and my heart is full of great memories of gorgeous places, projects completed, and jolly times with dear...

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A Picnic at Logan River Parklands

A Picnic at Logan River Parklands

It was the first day of school holidays when Bear and I packed up the car and set out on an adventure. We decided not to make any plans and just see where the road took us. It was marvelous! Glorious sunshine, great audio book to listen to as we drove, holding hands,...

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A Red Beach in Queensland

A Red Beach in Queensland

I love going for drives in Queensland, for I never know what gorgeous places we're going to stumble upon. This past weekend Bear and I were out and about running errands. It was a beautifully clear and crisp Spring morning and as we stepped out of the car in...

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