Sunday Blessing

“Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.”  Psalm 127:3

Have a wonderful day!

Beautiful

I love Bleeding Hearts (inspite of the name!). About 2 or 3 years ago I planted a small Bleeding Heart by our outbuilding. I didn’t think it survived…never saw any growth that first year and then for a couple years I didn’t even see it at all; no green, no growth, you wouldn’t have even known anything was planted there at all .… until this year. The tenacity of my little Bleeding Heart plant is a picture of the resiliency  of the human heart which may be broken, crushed, down-cast, bleeding and yet survives… to bloom again.

To become a glad heart.

Sunday Blessing

 “And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given Himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.”

                                                                                                 Ephesians 5:2

New Scent

One of our newest scents: the warm, feminine, and sophisticated White Ginger and Amber. So far it is being offered in our special Bath Salt blend and our Linen & Body Spray. We will soon be offering it in lotion and ooooh, how about a Sugar Scrub???

 It is fantastic!

Memorial Day

Have a safe Memorial Day

Our Alaskan Backyard

It is hard not to have a GLADHEART when this is your backyard…

 

This is the view from atop our hill.

Sweet Hannah took this picture, it is one of my favorites, I love the look of the lacey tree leaves against the snowcapped backdrop.

Another look at our amazing view.

“Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.” ~ Psalm 63:4

Lazy Day

Hmmmm… I think today will be the quintessential summer lazy day (yes, I do know the calendar does not say summer yet, however it is supposed to be 76* today and the sun is shining, in Alaska that IS summer)… Got the girls off to Friday Fling (our local Farmer’s Market in downtown Palmer), beds are made, bathroom wiped down, floor vacuumed, and so forth. Hannah is the laundry girl today and the wash machine is whirring away. I know we are a large family but really, how can we ever keep up with the mountains of laundry we generate? Today, in addition to the normal clothing and bedding, we have blankets to launder. Blankets from a picnic last week, playing house in the woods, blankets, blankets, blankets. I have a few orders to box up and ship, a book to read to little Miss Sassafras (age 4), but that is about it. Not even dinner to cook, we are having a treat: pizza.

So today will be a lazy day spent dreaming (think Gladheart !) and sipping organic iced tea (try Newman’s Own Royal Tea). Perfect.

The sun through the trees. Picture taken by Hannah, 16 yo.