
Winters’ Day In
Conversations on life, faith, stories, and creativity from author Talena Winters.
Pour a cuppa and stay awhile.


Following Joy
I’m slowing down on even more things… including how I market my business. And you know what? I like it.


Through the Canadian Rockies to the Pacific Northwest
Photo recap of a whirlwind weekend road trip to Seattle, Washington, with a ton of natural beauty along the way.

After the Storm (Photo Friday: Become a Gift)
I know that sunflowers think their job is to propagate their species by creating seeds. But today? It was to teach me that even when we've been hammered by life, and everything seems wretched, and we are broken all over the ground, we can still be beautiful.

Photo Friday: Grow Towards the Light
"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. It's what the sunflowers do." Helen Keller

Photo Friday: Bloom and Grow
"I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow." - Abraham Lincoln


Nature Abhors Vacuuming, So She Gardens
Who needs a gym? Five hours digging and pulling and ripping out quack grass roots on Sunday afternoon and I've barely been able to walk for the last 36 hours...

Photo Friday: Hope from Chaos
"Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit." Henry Adams. Boy, do I hope that's true, because chaos abounds right now!

All The Pretty Flowers
The weekend before last, our dear friends Mark and Colleen came down for an unexpected, but much-enjoyed visit from Yellowknife. Colleen and I took a walk in the woods, and espied some very pretty things.