Summer is here at last!  So many things to see, so many places to go, so many things to do!  On and on the list always goes, no matter how many times I promise myself the calendar will not be filled up every day with people, places and events.  We have entertained, traveled to the Smokies for our 40th anniversary, spent some time with family in Indiana, had Eli and Hannah stay up north, camped...it has been an awesome couple months.
   This morning early early I wandered out to my gardens.  They are at their peak right now overflowing with daisies, baby breath, lilies of all colors, hostas, delphiniums, bee balm and numerous other plants.  Breathtaking.  I am beginning to settle down now.  All I hear are birds chirping, the occasional buzz of a pollen gathering bee and the quiet of my own heart.  My huge patch of raspberry bushes is dripping with fruit.  I plunged into the sky high bushes and began to pick the harvest.  One hour passed and honestly it was pure bliss doing this time consuming task!  Did I do it for the berries? Not really.  Donn doesn't even like them.  It was a gift from Father to me.  A time to be still and enjoy His creation.  I came in the house a little scratched, a lot sweaty with 2 quarts to show for my work.  As I popped them into the freezer I knew that this winter when the bushes are buried in snow I can pull these treasures out and remember a hot summer day in NE Michigan when it was just me, God and his bounty!  I pray you are slowing down some every so often and seeing, tasting, smelling and resting in the One who loves us so!!  Happy Summer.
           Daisies, Hammocks, ponds, gardens, flowers and sunshine await!
                      Still livin' and lovin' life!      love, Dianne