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Continue reading →: Delighting in May Flowers Part 2
Once home, I felt it a waste of a perfect day to return to the dark basement in which we live, so, I packed my bag with a journal and water, grabbed my camera and headed out to the woods: up the gravel road, quick left turn, down into the…
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Continue reading →: Delighting in May Flowers Part 1
May 4, 2025 Jesse and I decided to spend the beautiful day hiking at Whitewater State Park rather than squandering it in our dark basement. We stopped at a local grocery store, not exactly along the way to pick up sandwich supplies to have a picnic breakfast/lunch. Arriving at the…
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Continue reading →: March Musings and WanderingsMarch 9, 2025 Once again, I headed for the woods to recharge, heal, and to celebrate. A few days earlier, I completed my second draft of my major book! I emailed it to my Mom for her to read through once before she begins editing. So this late afternoon walk…
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Continue reading →: Retracing a WalkFebruary 28, 2025 I have been making good progress on editing and rewriting the second draft of my book the last few weeks, though I am behind schedule. I had hoped to complete it by the beginning of the month. This week, I have been working on the most difficult…
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Continue reading →: Snow PrintsFebruary 13, 2025 After taking several mindful and prayerful walks in the woods each week for the past month, and especially hiking with Leah last week, I have begun to feel better. Replacing time spent weeding in my Mom’s high tunnels with spending a couple of hours in the woods…
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Continue reading →: Sharing New Woodland TerritoryFebruary 7, 2025 Yesterday, having crossed the top of the hill, meandering to the left to enter into a different paddock and ambled downhill and passing into the farthest pasture, I pondered a new route into and through the woods, wanting to share it with my niece Leah, but the…
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Continue reading →: A Contemplative WalkJanuary 2025 In early January, I resumed hiking in the woods after a couple months’ absence. At first, it was merely to exercise and let off emotional steam. My camera stayed behind, after all there was no snow, the woods were a dreary brown. My destination was the same wooded…
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Continue reading →: Autumn Colors at FrontenacOctober 20, 2024 Autumn leaves scintillated in the afternoon light, setting Frontenac State Park ablaze. Maples, oaks, aspen dazzled in various hues of yellow, orange and red. Trees swayed in the breeze. Overwhelmed by the beauty of the colors, I pondered if it were possible to capture it either in…
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Continue reading →: Solo Hiking in OctoberOctober 13, 2024 Jesse was busy today so we were unable to hike together, instead I ventured out and through our woods on my own. After a couple of Sundays in a row, leaving the farm and sharing a hike, it felt lonely and almost dull setting out on my…
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Continue reading →: Bluebells
May 1, 2024 Faith is becoming more interested in learning and exploring the natural world and desired to see the bluebell flowers. My Mom, Grandma to Faith, planned to take her in an evening after the day’s farm work was done, after doing errands in the neighboring town of Plainview.…
