April 2011

Recycle Clothing {Scott Naturals 4 Week Test Drive: Week 3}

April 28, 2011

This is week three of the Scott Naturals 4 Week Test Drive. Have you taken the pledge? Scott Naturals will donate $1—up to $25,000 total—to the National Wildlife Federation based on unique click-through links from the 40 blogs participating in this campaign. Click here and $1 will be donated to the National Wildlife Federation Don’t [...]

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(in)courage-related links

April 27, 2011

A Card Basket for Heather Heather, from Especially Heather’s, sweet little Emma passed away on Friday. My heart aches for the family. DaySpring is sponsoring a card basket for them and you can create and send a card for free. Details can be found here. Book Review Posts on the Bloom (in)courage Book Club Page [...]

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This Do in Remembrance of Me

April 24, 2011

And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. ~Luke 22:19 Saturday evening services, annual meeting, and somehow I’ve forgotten it’s communion until I walk into the sanctuary: men and boys on one [...]

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Camera Phone Collage Week #9 {Updated}

April 23, 2011

Hanging with E.B. | Lunch on the town | Large weed Beauty on my morning walk | Puffballs | Moe’s birthday party Updated: I thought I must have become a truly lazy instagrammer until I realized that the app wasn’t sending all my photos to flickr (and Big Huge Labs mosaic maker, pulling images from [...]

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Really, Don’t Fret the Sweat

April 21, 2011

Infants have their own delicious smells, with their sweet baby breath and fuzzy little heads. Even their bad odors are okay: they’re just so baby precious. It was always a shock to me the first time mine had “bad breath,” a sign that they were growing and changing. Next come those active young years, when [...]

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Be Out There {Scott Naturals 4 Week Test Drive: Week 2}

April 20, 2011

[Contest closed. The winner is Gena!] This is week two of the Scott Naturals 4 week test drive. Scott Naturals will donate $1—up to $25,000 total—to the National Wildlife Federation based on unique click-through links from the 40 blogs participating in this campaign. Take the Scott Naturals 4 Week Test Drive pledge and sign up [...]

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I ♥ Faces Photo Challenge: Wind

April 17, 2011

This week’s theme at iHeartFaces is Wind. This photo is from last summer at Braves’ Homeschool Day. Because of the afternoon heat, I’d asked for shady seats high behind home plate, and they took me seriously. We kept climbing and climbing until we found ourselves on the very top row of the stadium! We stayed [...]

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A Song for Sunday

April 17, 2011

Spirit of God, descend upon my heart; Wean it from earth; through all its pulses move; Stoop to my weakness, mighty as Thou art; And make me love Thee as I ought to love. Spirit of God, Descent Upon My Heart, words by George Croly, 1780-1860

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