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Gretchen Ronnevik

Gretchen Ronnevik

I’m Blessed

actual farming, Blessings, cats

My kids are quickly realizing that this season in the season of Mommy gasping in delight and grabbing her camera every few minutes.  This season is so lush with color that I can barely stand it.  All the black and white months we get in the winter are the perfect foil for this season as it makes this already overload of color during the summer months seem even more vibrant.  Every other day I’m picking a crazy amount of strawberries–filling half our kitchen table in each picking.  These ripe berries are just amazing.  When I’m out in the strawberry patch, every time I move some leaves out of the way in search of berries, I’m nearly knocked over by all the red everywhere.  They are delicious, but truly eye candy as well!

Actually, I was driving home late in the afternoon last week, and was just soaking in the view of the light hitting the wet leaves that are just what I call “corduroy length” in the fields.  I cannot get the image of acres and acres of corduroy fabric out of my head this kind of year.

Anyway, I started saying, “Kids!  Isn’t that gorgeous!  Look at how the light is hitting that field!  Isn’t that gorgeous?  WE GET TO LIVE HERE!  This is just amazing!”

Then I drove the 1/2 mile home from there, grabbed my camera, and hauled all my kids back to the spot in the car to take the pictures.  I’m sure there was a collective eye roll inside the van, as they whispered, “There goes Mom again.  It’s your turn to break her lens next.”

I’m blessed.

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  1. Bekah says

    June 30, 2014 at 12:06 pm

    That kitten is adorable!
    And your pictures are lovely – definitely worth making the kids wait 😛

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  2. Anonymous says

    June 30, 2014 at 4:33 pm

    …corduroy length….

    What a perfect word picture for the just emerging crops. Love it.

    Sharon

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  3. Mom says

    June 30, 2014 at 5:21 pm

    Time to listen again to, “Where the Green Grass Grows”, since this is the time of year when you are watching your corn pop up in rows!

    I’m so glad God called you to be a farmer’s wife. He knows each of us so well, doesn’t He? Breathe in His gifts to you each day. He takes such joy in that as it is a form of praise to Him. He inhabits the praise of His people.

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  4. amy + ryan says

    June 30, 2014 at 7:42 pm

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  5. amy + ryan says

    June 30, 2014 at 7:44 pm

    Silje’s dirty fingernails are my favorite.

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