#lookingforlovely

Between the cold and windy and the warm and delightful was this gem. So thankful I got out in and was able to capture it on my walk. Unexpected beauty #lookingforlovely #lovecolorado #getoutside (at Greeley, Colorado)

I received a copy of this book to facilitate my review.

Summer days are swiftly being checked from the calendar. The routined life as we know it is approaching as we begin our second full week of July. Back in May, as the school year ended, I was full of apprehension at losing my routine. Knowing the days would be filled with less of what I "had" to do and more of lounging at the pool. # But now I feel an urgency. A desire to make each day special for them even in the smallest way. If tea parties during our morning devotion makes the memory then so be it. Pre-packaged gluten free cookies and mounds of organic berries coupled with a steaming pot of tea (complete with a bowl of ice for sensitive tongues) set the mood as we begin to dive into His word. # I know without being intentional it will never happen. We will miss the spark within each day if our eyes aren't trained to spot the lovely. The gifts thrown our way in every detail of the every day. # As @christiepurifoy says so eloquently in #rootsandsky "We are learning how to tend a year by planting ourselves within its days..." Yes. By rooting ourselves down into every minute of this space we live in...searching for the awesome in the ordinary, we find the gems planted below the surface. The soil produces fruit we never thought we'd eat. # Give us this day... # #musings #findthatbeauty #thehappinessdare #onebeautifulthing #lookingforlovely #summerdiscovery #thissideofgrace

We watched as June flung the sweat from its brow with close to 100 degree temps every single day...yet July has brought with it the rains hoped for by a parched, cracked ground. It's been cooler, too - with temps shocking our tanned bodies back into light jackets and those things called socks. Like days of rest, the earth takes it in with a sigh of relief. # And we inhale the scent from this side of open windows as the faux spring rains bring in a fresh air that's been missing for weeks. They spit softly through the screens onto marble windowsills that must be as shocked as we are at this sudden change in course. # But thankful. Always thankful for the refilling of the cistern. The crevice in which we hold hope when things like much needed rains and shutting off the AC for a bit don't go unnoticed. It's those little things that really aren't so little after all... #1000gifts #lookingforlovely #findthatbeauty #thehappinessdare #thissideofgrace #rhythmsofrest