photos + video ... lilacs in bloom

Oh, beautiful lilacs... my favorite flower ever!!!

I am so excited that I even took a video of the lilacs!!! 

The sun made magical light and birds were singing... yay!

photography ... orange ranunculus

I was so happy to see these bright orange ranunculus at the grocery store the other day.
I bought them in a heartbeat! This is the first time I've bought ranunculus... they are
such a pretty flower! Nothing says spring-time like fresh, bright flowers in the house!

photography | roses

photography | lilac blooms, part two

This morning, I enjoyed a cup of hot tea on the deck, smelling the lilacs and taking more photos!

They are still so beautiful. I wish they would last forever.

Oh, I just never get tired of these little beauties...

photography | lilac blooms, part one

Lilacs are my favorite!! These are from my favorite lilac bush in my backyard.

thoughts | walking in gratitude

|  The verse above is I Thessalonians 5:18  |

I can't believe Thanksgiving is next week! Of course I love Thanksgiving for the great food and family time, but the days leading up to it are my favorite because they remind me to focus on giving thanks everyday, in all things! I love being reminded of the Lord's constant goodness, no matter what other things are consuming my mind... That always brings gratitude and joy!!

I am currently trying to catch-up on the She Reads Truth plan, "In Everything Give Thanks"...
I am a few days late getting into it, but better late than never.

From Day One... I loved this quote, "His will is not as much a path as it is a way of walking." 

It's a beautiful quote and it goes great with the theme of giving thanks in all things, because it is about being thankful along the journey. By choosing to walk in gratitude daily, we find joy! If we walk in His ways daily, we will constantly find things to be thankful for in all of life's circumstances. And  even on the worst days we can know that He is still on our side, fighting for us. That is the one thing that we can ALWAYS count on and be thankful for. He is good, in everything, all the time. I always want to walk though life being thankful and giving Him the glory in all things.

Read the day one devotion...

photography | the last blooms

I took these photos only a couple of weeks ago. I can't get over how many blooms there were so late in the season. Cosmos always seem to bloom forever... I love them!