Daily Archives: October 28, 2015

monarch butterfly

Goodbye Summer Birds and Butterflies

Goodbye Summer Birds and Butterflies

As autumn is now here in full force I bid adieu to the summer birds and butterflies.  My favorite thing that I have planted in the past couple of years has been my front flower bed.  I can sit at my office desk and watch the birds and butterflies sipping nectar or mowing down on seed heads.

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Vegetable Omelet

Vegetable Omelet

Vegetable Omelet

Today’s lunch

omelet ingredients

Sauted onions, zucchini, kale, eggs, raw milk cheddar cheese

No one can say I am starving if they learn to eat healthy and incorporate plenty of veggies in their diet:

½ chopped onion

¼ chopped zucchini

1 stalk of kale, chopped

2 eggs, beaten

1 oz shredded cheese

salt, pepper, garlic and cayenne pepper to taste

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autumn street

Streets of Gold

Streets of Gold

autumn street

Excerpt from Stasi’s blog at Ransomed Heart – “It was…autumn.  (Surprise!)  I had gone for a walk in the woods following a path along a stream.  The aspens had turned their glorious golden hue and in the slight breeze were shedding their flower-like leaves.  The path was strewn with gold as I softly padded along.  

Well, if the streets in heaven are gold like THIS, then that will be beautiful!”  Sometimes I surprise myself.  My unconscious thoughts emerge in the most unexpected of times.  I realized that I had pictured the streets of gold in heaven as solid and hard, cold and undesirable.  But this gold – this living, moving exhibition – was filled with splendor.  Surely our divinely gorgeous and creative God will outdo himself beyond my best but limited imagination!”  It’s Raining

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french press coconut milk maple syrup

Coffee Lovers Rejoice!

Coffee Lovers Rejoice!

11 Diseases Coffee Can Prevent

The above article is good news for those of us who enjoy our coffee.  Coffee is good for us!  One thing I have done to improve the health of this cream and sugar lover is to use organic coconut milk and a tsp of pure maple syrup or honey in my coffee.  Sure it doesn’t reduce the calories but it tastes good and is a healthier substitute. 

french press coffee

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