tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13863454640816344122024-03-15T20:12:04.460-05:00Shabby Olde Potting ShedLeaon Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607074617435192744noreply@blogger.comBlogger1183125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386345464081634412.post-2254544578608959542023-07-18T16:37:00.002-05:002023-07-18T16:37:17.574-05:00These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things....Dear Jonathon,I love morning pages, afternoon pages, and bedtime pages... writing and letting anything n everything flow... Like jotting a grocery list or a to do list, and then gratitudes spill when you stop and remember with a thankful heart. With thanksgiving this afternoon, I document a few of my favorite things...No editing, no order... -- few explanationsLeaon Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607074617435192744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386345464081634412.post-48883728950642486732023-07-07T16:39:00.001-05:002023-07-07T16:39:31.603-05:00Documented JoysBotanical muffys she baked up specialand green tea for Aunt Nancywho never has to pinkyupeverseeing water bug paddlesthrough my Aunts eyesand bits of my Momma as wellcrossing creeks with my Lovefinding hearts together gathering rocks, moss and petals ... Daisy's new word: WAITand how she now stops and waits for me to catch upthe new dress I love so so muchmodest, Leaon Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607074617435192744noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386345464081634412.post-29306489312030239842023-05-11T19:01:00.000-05:002023-05-11T19:01:55.073-05:00Her Prayer ShawlAn article of clothing with a story attached:Today is my Momma's birthday in heaven. She turned 88 today. If she were still here I would be baking a cake or pie. I would call her and say, "Hey it's cappuccino time!" I would sing to her and make her a homemade card. I'd have found something special that I know she'd enjoy. I still miss Leaon Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607074617435192744noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386345464081634412.post-15485180964182173382023-05-09T16:36:00.001-05:002023-05-09T16:36:55.645-05:00Daily Joy and Documenting GratitudesJoy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day. Henri Nouwen I love that quote by Henri Nouwen. I think in choosing it; we have to also notice more as well. Maybe in the same way as finding joy in even small things. Or especially small things. Like the crow feather I found on my walk. Leaon Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607074617435192744noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386345464081634412.post-55137784671142545482023-04-30T15:02:00.002-05:002023-04-30T15:05:16.172-05:00Hello From The Olde ShedHello from the olde shed. It's hard to know where to start again. But I suppose an olde blog can be revisited just like any olde book. You just have to dust it off, open it... and pick up where you left off...best as you can. So picking a page; any page of life right now... mostly brought me to church today. I was reminded in Leaon Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607074617435192744noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386345464081634412.post-31739721002192541102022-12-30T16:32:00.002-06:002022-12-30T16:32:38.889-06:00Keeping Christmas and Hi friends, Happy Christmastide. Thought I'd stop by the shed today and say hello. Speaking of the shed; it's pretty bare now. The last cold snap did quite a number on all my plants. We had the heater roaring but the below zero winds took it's toll. I should have carted them all to our heated and insulated office. So far succulents and Leaon Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607074617435192744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386345464081634412.post-4808930789626687472022-12-14T18:48:00.000-06:002022-12-14T18:48:21.353-06:00Wild Gratitudes... From Waffles to Colorado This Joy of advent brings me back to this olde shed. Gratitude unlocks the door and once again I'm home.I'm thankful to be here and this olde heart is full of gratitude. A warm green house in December...Blooms and "ever green"- just like I read in my studies today. I'm thankful for our health... that these winter colds are waning Leaon Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607074617435192744noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386345464081634412.post-28084827962525444702022-06-06T15:18:00.002-05:002022-06-06T15:18:19.333-05:00Random Gratitudes June 6Finding joy in small things...Nasturtium seeds sown and saved- new twine on the ready to help up a heavy tomato vine or wayward blackberry cane.2 gravel rocks given with such love from my grandgirl... "Look Grammy it's a heart."ball jar bouquet of fresh-picked roses, raspberrys, susies, salvia and daisies. These little things all make me happy. Refrigerator covered in Leaon Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607074617435192744noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386345464081634412.post-22435989754104849572022-05-18T21:08:00.000-05:002022-05-18T21:08:16.915-05:00Random Joy Bombs n GratitudesStopping to document a few moments and give thanks. I'm thankful for Beautiful ordinary days-- Days making this farmhouse a home... Finding the sweet amid muck and mud and rain and storm. Pulling weeds easily in saturated earth... Sweating in the greenhouse... .... gulping lots of cold ice water.... my garden straw hat with it's little tie under my Leaon Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607074617435192744noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386345464081634412.post-71553734691522581592022-04-29T16:05:00.000-05:002022-04-29T16:05:10.463-05:00Outside My Window....wind is whipping the sheets on the clotheslinethe sound of hummers whirrr past my screen door to the feedersmore wisteria vine is loaded into the bed of my truck the raised beds are watered and more hope is growingseed packets litter the ground where I sorted and plannedwhat goes in nextsparrows chatter from the red rosebushFlora Jane grazes behind the barb wire fenceQuill sleeps in the Leaon Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607074617435192744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386345464081634412.post-20191400413208863072022-04-27T11:59:00.004-05:002022-04-27T11:59:54.527-05:00April Photo StoriesIt's been awhile... During Lent .... I just felt the need to go quiet. I did write in my Lent journal and kept up with photos of moments I wanted to keep.Looking through my phone I thought I'd share some oflife around here. This photo is an old trough that Blake n I planted during Lent. She helped bury a terracotta pot and found a round rock to cover theLeaon Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607074617435192744noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386345464081634412.post-49594156878739723282022-03-04T17:56:00.000-06:002022-03-04T17:56:05.496-06:00Friday Rambles and Lent JournalingSharing simple moment's from my days... Going for walks...chasing the Light...and hearts. Walking through the last of the iceright onto green grass. Picking up Hope along the way. Listening to the tranquil and sharing it with only Quilland,,, you. Watching our Daisy bloom big and her excitement when Daddy comes through the door. Her Leaon Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607074617435192744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386345464081634412.post-68225575305665201362022-02-26T21:10:00.002-06:002022-02-26T21:10:34.566-06:00Ice, and Happy MailThrough my window before dawn- crescent moon and glistening ice.Outdoors in pajamas wanting to see every thing as the sun came up. It all looks so different like this; so sparkly.The ice storm made our trees so lovely but many unfortunately were broken. We walked fence rows and at times heard the crashing of limbs in the woods around us. It was so loud... Leaon Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607074617435192744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386345464081634412.post-31044470925344033312022-02-22T17:32:00.001-06:002022-02-22T17:32:23.501-06:002/22/22 Pulling the rolling pin Michelle gave me from the drawer...rolling out sourdough and slathering on thick butter and cinnamon sugar... rolling it up and pinching it off. Thick slices left to rise again and bake up into mile high cinnamon rolls. Sweet offerings to plate up and share with hot coffee or washed down with cold milk. Dippin a worm on a Sunday Leaon Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607074617435192744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386345464081634412.post-90070009527872390432022-02-17T16:17:00.002-06:002022-02-17T16:17:57.850-06:00Thankful Thursday Random GratitudesControlled burns that bring gorgeous sunsets Daisy Doodlemy new shadowMail from the Vet..Opening it I knew it was the bill on Violet.No; it was a sympathy card signed by everyone in their office. Got to hang out with the kidlet again... -- her sweet valentines.--so much love and sass This sweet gift...-- fits perfect under the 12 oz button- highly Leaon Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607074617435192744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386345464081634412.post-48588856581060869102022-02-14T15:48:00.002-06:002022-02-14T15:52:48.796-06:00 Love PatsDocumenting on Valentine's day.Well...after our last snow was melting, the donks hung around the gate wanting out so I turned them into the back pasture. That turned out to be a mistake. Violet took a turn for the worse. She started laying down most of the time and was having more trouble getting back up. Even her facial expressions changed.&Leaon Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607074617435192744noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386345464081634412.post-88819259749635571022022-02-09T15:38:00.002-06:002022-02-09T15:38:41.369-06:00A Few More Random Gratitudes...These gifts: --This big bowl of bubbling wild goodness.-That I've managed to keep her alive for over a whole year now.--Learning what she craves and all the sourdough recipes we've enjoyed using her. My earthly Boaz... and that he loves me stillafter all these years.--A special date night... and how sweetly love and romance can grow with every passing year. --Signs&Leaon Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607074617435192744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386345464081634412.post-71984875181758117892022-02-04T16:09:00.000-06:002022-02-04T16:09:04.846-06:00Snow Day Gratitudes and Scripture Picture Random Gratitudes.... ice sleetwarm barn warm housesmoke coming from the chimney power still on when we woke up coffee .. zero sugar vanilla creamer snowday for Myguy him all to myself for 24 wonderful hours climbing ice encased fences walking hand in hand through the woods playing care free hearing ice fall homemade stewhot cornbread - Leaon Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607074617435192744noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386345464081634412.post-48707331676189632652022-02-02T17:29:00.003-06:002022-02-02T17:29:26.050-06:00Faith Journaling Hello friends,Those of you who are already under lots of snow;we are waiting for it to get to us next. My neighbor keeps texting me weather bulletins -- she getsas excited as I do when our meteorologist even hints we could see sleet. :)I think we're ready out here! The birds must know it's comin- they're all over the feeders today. In the pourin rain I got olde Violet Leaon Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607074617435192744noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386345464081634412.post-74345150866905600382022-02-01T11:00:00.000-06:002022-02-01T11:00:23.531-06:00Hello February... Desires of The Heart , What Do I Seek?It's hard to believe a whole 31 days of this year is past. Didn't we just hang a new 2022 calendar? It feels like it. I wonder how many people actually use a wall or desk calendar anymore?In this digital age... I bet wall calendar sales have dwindled. I actually love shopping for the perfect wall calendar and look forward every year to flipping it to January Leaon Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607074617435192744noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386345464081634412.post-72352197201544110322022-01-30T16:54:00.004-06:002022-01-30T16:54:56.800-06:00A Few Recent Randoms.... blackbirds like ornamentshearing him sing old lyrics I'd long forgotten listening... they come back like riding a bikecelebrating his birthdayTacos, nachos the workskids gathered around the table singing chocolate buttermilk cake and peanut butter cup ice cream - his favoritesthe love -remembering again back to the day my Mil once took me inside a very tiny country hospital&Leaon Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607074617435192744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386345464081634412.post-14775184114582320912022-01-20T12:46:00.000-06:002022-01-20T12:46:05.570-06:00Four Little Things Flora gathered for my wanderlust art class. Botanical bits to snip and tie onto sticks for mark making gesso'd book pages. They're actually still sitting in a beautiful pile on my table ... waitingfor me to come play. It was cold this morning but my hands were not.I'd just been to the coop and moved hens sitting on warm eggs.True country girl hand warmers. &Leaon Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607074617435192744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386345464081634412.post-36385201211266026552022-01-18T16:56:00.001-06:002022-01-18T17:05:25.079-06:00Things That Made Me Smile....A few fun things from the last 24 hours... So the last two mornings a flock of geese have been on our pond. Soon as they see me walk out the door they spook and fly towards one of the neighbor's ponds. I decided to walk around it this morning to see if anybody dropped a pretty feather... --not a one. Hardly any tiny down in the water either so they must have Leaon Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607074617435192744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386345464081634412.post-31177783306279181662022-01-15T20:46:00.001-06:002022-01-15T20:46:48.713-06:00Roadtrip Chasing Dreams and Random Gratitudes....Random gratitudes this week:--It was a last minute thing... I didn't think I would get to go but our Veterinarian clinichad room at the inn for our dogs. -Had my bag packed just in case and was so happyeverything worked out. -One more stop before leaving town:appointment to get our third booster shots. In and out.Well.. with the fifteen minute or Leaon Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607074617435192744noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386345464081634412.post-70841881105054430812022-01-06T15:52:00.000-06:002022-01-06T15:52:43.019-06:00The Ebb n Flow... and FriendshipsWhat a beautiful day friends!I hope it is wherever you are too. I found myself chasing the light today. It's really overcast for the most part but when I went for my walk I kept thinking of the heart Light from yesterday. A time or two it shone through treetops and barely long enough for a photo. But even still it was a beautiful day. ItLeaon Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607074617435192744noreply@blogger.com0