These berries, commonly referred to as Mountain Ash berries, are not poisonous, and are actually packed with more vitamin C than lemons. Eat up me hearties! [best mixed with a less tart fruit and cooked into a preserve or syrup]

My loverly couch...

Sorry little lady bugs!

Live

Pretty.

More lady bugs or something...

Little sockies :)

Mountains and sunshine on a cold day...

Little MR's hand.

A finished gift.

Before the gift card.

Another gift.

um... art?

A little pillow explosion.

Lesson learned: Never put pillows in the same load as fuzzy socks. Or anything else for that matter.

laugh with the tickle monster

early mornings

Early mornings (08:00 A.M.) are great for taking pictures in the garden of all the little winged and 6-legged beings and dew drops. Bees flying in, and crawling out of Hawaiian Orchids and grasshoppers thinking they're unobserved until a camera lens finds them and then they twitch nervously.

The sun shining through a drop of dew and then going forth in multiple directions from there.

And I pick a pea and eat it. Sorry Magnus.

And speaking of peas, we saw the neighbor take a pea over the fence. It's quite funny to tell someone that, more than reading it, but you get the picture. I wonder, if the leeks were closer to his yard would he have taken a leek over the fence?

Grandpa's Chair

Magnus sits in Grandpa's chair

Wishing that Grandpa was also there

Grandpa is on a boat at sea

Wishing that Magnus could also be

a few promised pictures

Here are some new pictures; some promised, some not.

Enjoy.

I do not have words for this one

There is love in many unexpected places and many unexpected people.

People who you don't know, but they show the Creator's love towards you anyway

My star

Peek-a-boo

The end of a project

The beginning of a project

A promised picture of both blanket and feet

Waiting for play

His little finger wasn't even as long as the end section of my little finger...some day I'll wonder that it was ever that small. My little MR.

And to end this post, I have the lyrics to Adoration, by the Newsboys. One of the greatest Christmas songs I have ever heard.

Peace to all.

I'm here with the others

Who saw the heavens testify

Now I hang back in the shadows

I wanna come close

I wanna know

She sees me shivering here

She smiles and with a nod

I walk through the mud and straw to the newborn Son of God

Come let us adore Him

He has come down to this barren land

Where we live

And all I have to give Him

Is adoration

He raises a wrinkled hand through the dust and the flies

Wrapped in rags like we are

And with barely opened eyes

He takes my finger

And He won't let go

And He won't let go

It's nothing like I knew before

And it's all I need to know

Come let us adore Him

He has come down to the world we live in

And all I have to give Him

Is Adoration

God is with us here

Our Emmanuel

God is with us here

Our Emmanuel

Oh come let us adore Him

Oh come let us adore Him

Jesus our Emmanuel

Is with us here and He won't let go

Hello Again!

Hello All!!

I am writing from another computer, and therefor, cannot upload any pictures to show you of my baby blanket which is now finished. Thanks to all the wonderful Indian fabric stores, I was able to find appropriate edging. Fabricland was absolutely no help. (They told me to go online to look for the fabric I wanted - wow!)

I also have some pictures of the most wonderful part of my life!

Magnus Ransom.

He is amazing! I'm happy God is such a good knitter (knitist?), Psalm 139:13, because MR turned out perfect.

Take care,

Miss Woodcutter ;)

As you can probably guess by the infrequency of this blog, my life has been a little busy lately. I am busy wrapping things up at work, as I'll be taking time off to have my little baby, and getting ready for his arrival has been interesting thus far.

In some ways May 20th (or whichever day he arrives) cannot come fast enough. I haven't reached the uncomfortable, swollen feet, sore back, 'can you help me up' stages yet, but I am curious. What does he look like? Will he really be a boy like they suppose, or are we all going to be surprised by a sweet little girl? Will I actually be able to find the blanket edging in the right color anywhere so I can finish his blanket or will I have to make my own edge? Will he get on a good schedule soon, or will he be colic? (Oh I hope not)!!

I am looking forward to canning baby food this year. And in preparation for that, I am actually going to plant a spot in Mum's garden. (Thank you Mum)! I think mainly carrots for baby food. I plan on planting peas as well, but I'm sure I'll eat them all fresh-who can resist them when they're fresh?

This summer is going to be good. I have a stroller with a car seat attachment, and we'll be going for walks, and visiting Grandma & Grandpa and all the Aunties and Uncles and cousins.

I hope all of you are doing well, and keeping creative and sunny! God bless.