Two Years Have Rolled By

Who'd of thought? Two years (and a day) have passed since I started "On Solid Ground" and officially became S. F.! October 1st 2013 is a day to always be remembered. ☺
It most certainly has been two lovely, brilliant, joyful, and adventurous years. :) Thank you so much, everyone, for making this blogging experience of mine a fun one! It wouldn't be the same without YOU. :)
I am so grateful to the Lord for giving me these amazing opportunities. ♥
“And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; … for ye serve the Lord Christ.”
~ Colosians 3:23–24

A collection of: past and current blog banners, past and current prophile pictures, and my 'signature image.'

 An Accounting of Numbers:
1 happy girl, 2 years, 4 designs, 4 pages, 5 awards/tags, 6 prophile pictures, 19 followers, 33 labels, 62 published posts, 370 comments, 6054 total page views.

Top 5 Most Popular Posts:
1.Drum Roll, Please  2.The Blogger Recognition Award  3.Start at the beginning, of course!  4.Sunshine Award  5.Now Summer Ends. . .

 Now, last year I hid 10 "We stand. . .On Solid Ground" images (see below) in various posts for ya'll to find. . .and only Les found them. :) So here's another chance to find all ten images and leave a separate comment to report the posts they're in. Go!
(Note: they are only in posts between October 2014 and October 2013.)

Here's the image to find:

Well, now we go marching on into the next year of this blog. May it be a blessed one for all of us.

SOLI DEO GLORIA!

Drum Roll, Please

After brainstorming, sketching, thinking, painting, and things like that, I am pleased to present to you the new design for "On Solid Ground"!

It's not what I had in mind, but I do like it and I think it turned out well. What do you think?

Also, there is currently a going on of a little updating the pages of this blog (Links to them are now on the side), incase you wanted to know. :)

Thank you for being brilliant. ♥

To God be the Glory!

When Summer Comes

Photo by Yours Truly

'Ello!
To day is the 5th of June. And summer is 15 days away. :} Lovely to think about, eh?

My dear friends Kara and SW shared their summer "bucket list" (or whatever title suits your fancy), and I thought that I might as well go along and share mine.

1. Sleep under the stars

2. Go camping more than 3X

3. Learn the guitar better, and bottom hand on the piano

4. Write a song

5. Read 10 or more books

6. Keep gratitude, prayer, quote, and drawing journals

7. Memorise Scripture verses

8. Take more pictures

9. Do something I've never done before

10. Read Little Women

11. Learn German

12. Organise

13. Go swimming!

14. Do something I have never done before

15. Participate in Elizabeth's Summer Photo Challenge.

Those are some of them. I also hope to give this Blog-iddy Blog a new design, and go through all the 'drafted' posts that I never finished. :)
I'll post again near the end of summer and share what I was able to accomplish.
Do you have any plans for summer?

Love ~ S. F

Garden Harvest

The very first "harvest" from my little garden this year. ♥

There is always

such a grand feeling

when we reap

from our garden

what we have planted

with our own hands.

Until May

Happy last day of March, my friends! What a fulfilling month it has been. Praise to the Lord!

I write this blog post to inform you lovely people that I am going to be doing a blog break in April. I will miss you, of course, but it shall be good to take a break and refresh when I return in May. There are a few upcoming changes to this blog (nothing huge) that will happen when I return--there's something to look forward to! :) Also, I have a few scheduled posts for April, so this blog won't be too lonely without me.

Until then, “May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks." (~ J. R. R. Tolkien and Gandalf)

God bless you,
Love,
S. F.

Spring 2015

Happy Spring 2015!

~ S. F.

The Authorly Bucket List Tag

Thank you, Kara, for tagging me for the Authorly Bucket List tag! To do this tag you are to, "List 3 to 7 things to work at in writing, and 3 to 7 things you'd like to try."

Things to work at...

1. Just WRITING! That is definitely something to work at. ;)

2. Coming up with how characters look. I have the basic idea for some of them, but other than that. . . ?

3. Editing. Something else to definitely work at.

Things I want to try...

1. Putting songs and poems into my stories. I like writing songs and poems, so why not?

2. Writing Non-fiction. Something I really want to try!

3. Having a character with an accent. As in, having someone from Australia or Norway.

4. Writing first person. I've tried it once (or maybe more) but I'd like to try it again.

I tag Elizabeth L. and S. W.

Now, everyone, go write!

~ S. F.

The Things That Make Me, Me

Dear readers,

Since you cannot really know who I am completely know who I really am (for not even I know myself,) I have come up wit a collection of the little things that me, me, with pictures I found on Pinterest (lovely place, isn't it?).

Here you are:

The Things That Make Me, Me:

It sure is. I would love to spend a whole day out of doors.

I love hedgehogs. SO. CUTE.

A turtle. Reading. How much better can you describe me?

It's a hobbit of mine. :)

*drooling* A shortcut to mushrooms. *drooling*

The Gothard Sisters are the best!

I love that moment!

This is brilliant and so true.

*dreamy sigh* Autumn time.

Bilbo Baggins is my favourite Middle-earth-ite.

Violets in the rain. ♥ both.

Zinnias!

Who could not adore turtles?

It's a fun life. Really. What do you do?

There you have it. A little look at me, though you knew most of that already.

If it Hasn't Been a Year Already!

October 1st 2013:

'I have a blog of my very own called "On Solid Ground". . ."I'm going on an adventure!"' ~ My journal.

Yes, dear peoples, it has been one year that I have been "officially" S. F. (I have been commenting as "S. F." since July 1st 2013, but didn't have my own personal Blogger propfile until October 1st. ☺)
Indeed this blogging adventure has been quite a fun one.


37 published posts/14 "company members" (followers)/3358 pageviews/235 comments

Pictures 1, 2, 3, 4 are mine. The last is from the Gothard Sisters.

Thank you so much, all of you my friends. You're comments have made my day and you're all the greatest! I can't really express how happy you make me. :)

14 company member! (!!!) You all are amazing.

And now, who wants to have some fun? You do. Of course you do. Come on, let's go!

Answer-----> The poll over on the side.

Find-----> I have hidden 10 of the "We stand. . .On Solid Ground" pictures in the various posts that I have posted. Go find them. Then tell what posts they're on. You have until the 5th (Leave your answers in a comment for me to not publish.) "Hurray!" for you if you do. Ehehehe. . .

This one doesn't count. :)

Tell-----> How did you find this funny little blog o' mine? What's you're favourite post that I did? What is the tenth thing I describe myself as on my "You Can Call Me S. F." page? Is this fun or am I wasting my time?

The Changes Begin

Look to the side-->
There are pages.
If they aren't there,
Here they are:
You Can Call Me S. F.
Quote Worthy
Take a look.
More to come.
Is it only me
or is this sounding
like a telegraph?

 

↑ More to come. . . ↑

~ S. F.

Go Ahead and Cry

I cut this little snip-it out of a magazine. It inspired me to write the below.

Go ahead and cry

I'll catch your tears.

Go ahead and cry.

I'm here to comfort you.

Go ahead and cry.

Even when I can't comfort you.

Go ahead and cry.

I know He will.

Go ahead and cry.

Your tears were meant to be cried.

Go ahead and cry.

I don't mind it a bit.
Go ahead and cry.

I'll catch your tears.

If I could travel...

Photo from Pinterest

...I would take the road to the land where dreams come true.
where the roads go ever on and on.
 where we all can be what we want to be.
  where we don't have to be grown up to do big things.
   where there is love for everyone.
    where we're all brave in our way.
     where we can be ourselves.
      where the people from books are our friends.
        where everyone is happy. 
Take me to that land.

Altaithe sona! (an lá tar éis)

Yes, I got that brilliant idea to say "happy Thanksgiving!" in a different language (Irish) from Elizabeth Lindsay at One Light in a Dark World.  

Well, today's the day after Thanksgiving, but any old way...

10 THINGS I AM THANKFUL FOR:

sist ers.

bl og  fri en ds. 

breath.

Jesus Christ.

home.

family.

music.

life.

books.

camera.

The list could go on-and-ON! It's kind of hard to stop. :)

Copyright © S. F. 2013

Love ~ S. F.

Starting at the beginning, of course!

"When Anne reached the school that first morning, she was confronted by prim rows 

of "shining morning faces" and bright, inquisitive eyes. She hung up her hat and

faced her pupils, hoping that she did not look as frightened and foolish as she felt

and that they would not perceive how she was trembling.

"She had sat up until nearly twelve the preceding night composing a speech she 

meant to make to her pupils upon opening the school. She had revised and impoved

it painstakingly, and then she had learned it by heart. It was a very good speech and

had some very fine ideas in it. The only trouble was that she could not remember a 

word of it. . . "  ~ Anne of Avonlea

Exactly. I'm Anne, my blog friends are the pupils and this post is the speech! I had a perfect starting post in mind...but I don't remember it.:) So I hope this is good enough.

Who am I? I'm S. F. But you can give me a nick-name, if you want. 

What do I like? TURTLES!!!!!!!, my family, writing, reading, discovering new things, nature, hobbits (and other Tolkien-things!), and etc. etc. etc.!

I look forward to new adventures in Blog land.

Love ~ S. F. 

"These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace."

John 16:33