her bouquet

Eighty years ago my young mother pieced a quilt top while she was visiting her grandmother.  The fabrics used are an amazing bouquet of prints from the first few decades of the 1900’s. Isn’t it like poetry that my mother chose a pattern called Grandmother’s Flower Garden?

rainbow pond

Two turtles are soaking up the sunshine in the center of the pond. Turtle sightings are always a joyful thing but this time, their presence was eclipsed by something even more joyful.  Something I had never seen before in all my life, nor even heard of. 

Pollen had sifted down onto the surface of the water and the angled rays of sunshine illuminated a rainbow! A pollen rainbow! Wonders abound!!

happy new

 

New Year illustrations always portrayed an old man with a long beard for the passing year and a baby for the new. Happy new to you.

with a bow

 love, tied up with a bow

snippets

 A curved coin purse made with snippets of lovely leftovers.

whiskers

 A weensy felt otter collecting snacks for New Years eve.

Every gift

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, who does not change like shifting shadow. James 1:17

Every good thing in our life is a gift. It’s all from Him. “Count your blessings, name them one by one …”

Light is life. It illuminates and reveals. And He is called the Father of light.  I love that.