Surrender to yourself.

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evening sky from our place
full moon from our place

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  • the latest adventure

    I am sitting in our apartment with my morning coffee watching the weather come in. It was very warm over night and we still have winter bedding in use, which means I was too hot and didn’t sleep well. We had a couple of warm spring days and I’m not…

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  • Springtime in Bethel

    I confess the inspiration for this post is from another blog I follow called ‘Becoming Madame’ (becomingmadame.wordpress.com/).  She writes about all things French, and particularly…

  • The Power of Words

    I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”…

  • Too Old for Encouragement?

    Today I found myself wondering about ‘encouragement’.  You hear the word ‘support’ a lot these days and that’s a good thing, but it doesn’t seem…

  • Passing Great Grandma’s ‘baton’

    When Allison left home a few weeks ago I had a couple of dozen (or so) things to help her with, since she was still…

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I’m Ardys, the creator and author behind this blog. I’ve found great joy in the unexpected and tiny things in life, as well as some big ones…and in between is where I’ve learned my lessons. I like to write, take photos and paint and I hope it resonates with you.