The tree’s shape is perfect, and the leaves sport a gorgeous, bright orange. This tree stands out against its still green pine tree and magnolia companions. What a treat for the eyes! Each fall presents us with the colorful delight of trees exchanging their array of green leaves for a dramatic display in a range

The display of hanging papers was impressive in size and very attractive. When you examined it closely, the reason for its attraction was not because it was made up of especially surprising shapes. Very well-conceived, it was an attractive arrangement of ordinary shapes. Pleasing to the eye, some of the shapes were inter-connecting paper rings

We had to laugh when the first thing we saw displayed at a museum display of paper artwork was a display of common ordinary paper plates hung on a wall. Certainly, not what we were expecting. A closer look revealed that a series of well executed cuts and slashes created a picture that stood out

The piñatas that hung from the ceiling in our local museum brought smiles of delight. What unusual, intriguing paper containers! The mere idea of using a stick to break open such charming creations is appalling even if it were to contained candy. Hanging at attractive angles, these paper sculptures conveyed whimsy that made us laugh

Cell phones, and other fact-finding technical methods can provide almost any type of knowledge we want. Technical advances have made such things as encyclopedias nearly obsolete. Finding the answer to questions can be easily and quickly done on our phones and computers. So, the series of big, thick books called encyclopedias which contain great quantities

Who would have guessed all the remarkable things artistic brains can manage to make from paper? Our little group went from one museum display to the next amazed by the remarkable creations. One was a giant model of a wasp nest created by Samuelle Green. After walking around the outside, we could enter it because

Grandpa crawled and climbed around the attractive playground behind his 11-month-old grandson. He ensured the boy’s safety while the little one enjoyed the combinations of slides and ladders and other attractions on the clever steel apparatus built to look like a ship. Grandma was at the bottom of each slide to meet the little one

Hugs abounded. It felt so good to be within touching distance again. Squeals rang through the house at the delight of seeing people after long separations. Non-stop conversation helped catch up after long absences. Seeing family or friends we haven’t seen in a long time brings a special depth of joy. God can use a

An unplanned, unexpected need for a hospital far from home demonstrated what wonderful blessings our country has scattered around our nation. A well-functioning medical team can bring doctors, nurses, technicians, and janitors together to reassure, to discern, to diagnose and remedy what is awry and safely send off a patient to their miles away home

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement An Amazing Climbing Tower The brightly lighted colors of the plastic “tree” beckoned children to come climb. Contrary to real trees, this tall apparatus was a safe, easy climb. The little ones scampered from one big, curved plastic leaf to the next until the next thing they knew, they