A Few Happy Things!

Heirloom tomatoes from the Redlands Farmers Market - used in this salad for Kristi and Ryan's wedding shower!

 Picking blackberries with my Mom!

And with Barry!

Making blackberry pie with said berries! :)

The new flowers in front of the house!  They bring such cheer :)

Simon approves

Friendly herbs

Visits from hummingbirds - there are so many down here in SoCal!

A Prayer

I used to have this copied out onto a 3x5 card and stuck into the cover of my Bible.  I have no idea where it went. It's a beautiful prayer; one that I've prayed time and time again.

Thou art the God of early mornings, 

the God of late nights, 

the God of the mountain peaks, 

and the God of the sea;

but, my God,

my soul has further horizons than the early mornings, 

deeper darkness than the nights of earth, 

higher peaks than any mountain peak, 

greater depths than any sea in nature—

Tho Who art the God of all these,

be my God. 

I cannot reach to the heights or to the depths; 

there are motives I cannot trace, 

dreams I cannot get at—

my God, search me out.

-Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest

White Coat Love

Picking blackberries with the Howe women :)

Just missing Petra :(  Wish you guys were here!