What struck me this morning was the sheer radiance of the sun – not only in it’s brightness – but also in it’s warmth. I felt much like I expect a cat feels when it stretches out and purrs in the warmth of the sun! I felt myself stretch and relax – sigh with delight as I…

          A picture of winter land beauty feeds my eyes this morning – the sun is shining on the pristine whiteness of the snow covered countryside – so inspiring – so enticing – inviting in it’s purity. So different from when I viewed it a couple of days ago – as we fought our…

The wind was howling round the house this morning – blowing across the open fields – bringing the rain with it. I opened the French doors gingerly – not being sure of which way the wind was blowing. At first all seemed well and I sat back feeling blessed that I could be sheltered yet…

I just love the variety that has come into my life over the years – the places we’ve lived – the people we’ve met – the things we’ve done. OK – so I appreciate that there are people out there who prefer the ‘predictable’ – the sameness – of staying in one place – with…

Sitting in the quiet of the morning I realised that even in the quietness there are things that can distract me. My mind can wander – or be so full of things that are happening in my life and the lives of others.   I find myself ‘caught up’ in ‘life’ – call out to…

The skies are blanketed by clouds this morning – I feel almost a sense of claustrophobia – of being closed in – closed off – I miss the blue sky! Even a sky full of rain clouds often allows me glimmers of the blue sky as they scurry across – but today – the sky…

There are so many things in my life that I am extremely thankful for – in fact as I sit and think about it I am almost overwhelmed by the things that come to mind – there is so much! I could just write a list here and let you know what all the things…

We’re experiencing some rather wild wintery weather here at the moment – snow storms raging – blizzards blowing. Our house in set in the open countryside with nothing to stop us experiences the full scale of this weather – so I sit here this morning watching it all rage around me – but needless to…

Our heating has been off all this week – trust it to be on possibly the coldest few days this winter! So – as I head for my quiet place this morning complete with hot water bottle, blanket and wheat pads I decide that it might be better not to open the French doors – but…

Sitting in the quiet this morning I had a strong sense of God filling every part of me and the words of a song by John Denver came to me – ‘You fill up my senses’ You fill up my senses Like a night in a forest Like the mountains in springtime Like a walk…