May Christmas Stay With You

❄ Merry late Christmas, dear readers! I hope you had a joyous day. ❄

Although Christmas day has come and gone, I think one of the most important things for us to do now is for us to keep the Spirit of Christmas in our hearts. I woke up the day after Christmas and thought "now what?" There were presents to enjoy, yes, but what were the presents if I would be so soon to forget the sense of peace that came from remembering that my Saviour loved me to much to come to earth and redeem me from my sins and short comings?

O Holy night, the stars are brightly shining;

It is the night of our dear Savior's birth.

Long lay the world in sin and error pining

Til He appeared and the soul felt it's worth.

A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices

For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.

Fall on your knees

O hear the angel voices

O night divine!

O night when Christ was born

O night divine!

O night, o night divine!

May you always remember that holy night, and may we say as Mr. Scrooge did in The Christmas Carol, 

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year."

God bless us, every one!

Love ~ S. F.

P. S.

You may remember that in 2014 I started a "Photo a Day December" photo challenge. I shared the photos for the first week, but not the rest of the month. To be truthful, I didn't take photos throughout the whole month, but I do have have several that have been waiting in a draft since then and I might as well share them now. So here are some Christmas pictures for you~

Day 11: "Up close".

Day 12: "Listen". (↓Wonderful Christmas CD if you like Celtic music.↓)

Day 13: "Star."

Day 14: "Recipe". (My siblings made a Christmas cake, and I stood by taking picture.)

Day 15: "Shopping".

Day 17 & 22: "Tree" and "Lights."

 Day 18: "Want". (The Gothard Sisters new Christmas CD!)

Frosty Mornings

It's that beautiful time of year when you're greeted by a white frost almost every morning. On two of those such mornings, I ventured out and photographed some of the magical fairyland (as it seemed to be.) Here are some of the best:

Endings and Beginnings

 The old year has gone, like the dying sparks of a fire.

Now the new is here; 'tis a fire blazing bright.

Have a wonderful 2016!

Elizabeth L.'s Summer Photo Challenge

Hi all!
Happy September to you. Isn't this such a lovely month?

For the past few months I've been taking pictures for Elizabeth's photo challenge, and even though I didn't take pictures for all of the subjects, it was a lot of fun! Here are my pictures:

1. Sunset

Disclaimer: This is a Sunrise and not sunset, but somehow I haven't taken a picture of a sunset this summer (*gasp*) and I figured it was close enough. :)

 2. Reading

Both Little Women and Little Men. I love them so much!

3. What Summer Means to You

♪ "Cool 'n' green 'n' shady" ♪

4. Bubbles

5. Food & 13. Water Mellon & 16. Cool treats

Talk about 3-in-1! But it's food, water melon, and a cool treat. ;D

6. Water

7. Fireworks


9. Wild and Free

10. Fun in the Sun & 14. Flowers

I had "Fun in the Sun" growing "Flowers" in my garden.

Thanks for hosting it, Elizabeth! I hope every one's having a nice summer. Are you?

Love ~ S. F.

Little by Little

"Little by little,

One travels far."

~ J. R. R. Tolkien

 Hullo, friends! How's your summer been lately? Mine has been an exciting adventure. ♥

~ 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.

I Shall Not Live in Vain

Ever since I first heard this quote, it has been one of my favourites.

"If I can stop one heart from breaking,

I shall not live in vain;

If I can ease on life the aching,

Or cool one pain,

Or help one fainting robin unto his nest again,

I shall not live in vain."

~ Emily Dickinson

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.

Never Give Up

Edit by me • I'm not sure who took the picture (it came form Pinterest) but I thank them.

"When you get into a tight place 

and everything goes against you, 

till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, 

never give up, 

for that is just the place and time

 the tide will turn."

~ Harriet Beecher Stowe

"Photo A Day" December - Week One

As you see from the above photo, I am doing the "Photo A Day" challenge this December. It's been brilliant so far, and without further ado, here are the photos I have taken for the last ten days. . .

 Days 1 and 2: "Joy" and "Hanging" combined into one picture. :)

Day 3: "Home Decor"

Day 4: "Hand Writing".

Days 5 and 6: "Messy" and "Glitter/Bling". (Because, after all, glitter is messy.)

Day 7: "Something Sweet". (It's popcorn, I know. But it was sweet flavoured, so therefore it counts.)

Day 8: "Weather"

Day 9: "You." (My fabulous boots.)

Day 10: "Red."

That is how many I have taken, because, obviously, it is the 10th, but I will post the next batch of photos in a few days. Until then, continue to be the amazing person you are. ♥

~ S. F.
ps.-- I was my friend Kara's "Featured Blogger" which you can see here.

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.