Once and Only Once

Just a little (or rather, not very little) thought. . . 

Photo © S. F.

"Through this toilsome world, alas!

Once and only once I pass;

If a kindness I may show,

If a good deed I may do

To a suffering fellow man,

Let me do it while I can.

No delay, for it is plain

I shall not pass this way again."

~ Unknown

. . .And Autumn Begins!

Happy Autumn Everyone!

*dances around throwing red and yellow leaves like confetti*

Isn't this such a glorious season? I love it! I hope you have a brilliant autumn. ♥

With love, S. f.

Now Summer Ends. . .

Now just how did it become the last day of summer? I would like to know. It has been feeling like Autumn for the last couple of weeks, but it seems a little strange that it's going to be autumn officially tomorrow.

 As the Summer of 2015 winds down (again, HOW?!), here is what I did and didn't complete on my summer bucket list. . .

1. Sleep under the stars
I didn't sleep right under the stars, but I could see the stars though the tent roof. . . does that count? ;)

2. Go camping more than 3X
I think I did it only 3 times (in the back yard.)

3. Learn the guitar better, and bottom hand on the piano
Yes! I did semi-learn more guitar and piano (as in, I did, but I could have learned more.)

4. Write a song
I wrote poems. . .they can be a song if you put a tune to them, right?

5. Read 10 or more books
Nope. I think I read around 5 or 6.

6. Keep gratitude, prayer, quote, and drawing journals
None of the above. Oh well. . .

7. Memorise Scripture verses
I loved memorizing more of God's Words. ♥

8. Take more pictures
Now, I'm not exactly sure what I meant when I said "more pictures". . . I did take pictures, so I'll say yes.

9. Do something I've never done before
Mmm-hmm!

10. Read Little Women
And Little Men, too. Oh, that were wonderful.

11. Learn German
I don't think I learned any more words in German that what I knew before, so I'll have to answer 'nein'' to that.

12. Organise
That I did do, and of course I still have more to organise!

13. Go swimming!
Ah, the joys of swimming. . . *happy sigh*

14. Participate in Elizabeth's Summer Photo Challenge.
Thanks for hosting it, Elizabeth!

 15. Give this blog a new design.
...Yes!

16. Go through all the 'drafted' posts I never finished.
...No!

How was summer for you? If you can, sum up your summer in one word. ♥ Mine was beautiful.

Adieu, summer!

Love, S. F.

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.

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!

10 Days Until the Gothard Sister's New Album Comes Out

If you have been around for a while, you will know that the Gothard Sisters are my favourite music group. They perform Celtic music and I love them! And. . .they are releasing a new album called "Mountain Rose" on the 23rd! It's thrilling.

A description of the album. . .
"Mountain Rose was inspired by the love of simple, timeless and transcendent things - patience, courage, community, the passing of the torch from old to young, the beauty and adventure of nature, and the feeling of comfort in being with those you love as the sun sets on Summer nights. The musical album features fresh, inventive and melodic violin lines, the rhythmic drive of bodhran, djembe, percussion, Irish dance and guitar, and three-part vocal sibling harmony. . .The mountain rose may live in a harsh environment, but it survives the elements and gives hope to all who pass by and see it."

Everyday they are sharing a clip of each song (So far, they have only shared 3 and there and 12 total.) at this link: http://www.gothardsisters.com/music

Well, thank you for reading this fangirl ramble. :) I hope you are having (or have had) a delightful day.
Love ~ S. F.