There are a couple of things I look forward to at the beginning of each month!
Compassion has been making these desktop calendars available for a while now. I love having these on my computer!
Also, Compassion puts out a prayer calendar every month. You can sign up to be a Prayer Partner, then each month, the calendar will be delivered to your e-mail.
What do you look forward to at the beginning of each month?
Just a few photos to share with you this week from the Capture Your 365 photo challenge.
ISO 100, 55mm, f/5.6, 1/200 sec
Day 138 – Fresh Veggies: Obviously, these are not fresh veggies! One of the benefits of living in the California Central Valley is how much fresh produce surrounds us. For the last couple of weeks, early on Saturday mornings, I have been out picking blueberries and cherries at one of the local U-pick farms.
ISO 100, 55mm, f/5.6, 1/6 sec
Day 141 – The Perfect Gift: Oh, my husband knows when I need a little pick me up in my month!
ISO 100, 200mm, f/7.1, 1/50 sec
Day 142 – Clouds: It has been so incredibly windy here lately, there was not a cloud in the sky to photograph on this day. But we were so close to having a full moon, so I pulled out my tri-pod and took a picture of the moon instead. The picture was kind of blah when I pulled it into Lightroom, amazing what you can do by adjusting a few settings.
ISO 100, 135mm, f/5.0, 1/800 sec
Day 143 – May Flowers: I don’t have a huge vegetable garden this year, but I have planted quite a few marigolds around. Hoping they help to keep the bad bugs away.
What did you photograph this past week? It is almost June! This would be a great time to join in the Capture Your 365 photo challenge!
I don’t know about you, but my daughter likes to wear her ‘shorts’ pretty long. Have you tried finding long shorts while shopping? It is next to impossible!! So we have come up with a solution, and it is a frugal one too.
Here is what you are going to need:
The first thing you are going to do is measure around the bottom of the pant leg and cut a piece of the bias tape about an inch or so longer. Using your pins, you are going to basically ‘wrap’ the bias tape around the bottom of the cut-off leg. I use the pins to help the bias tape stay in place as I am sewing around the pant leg.
Then at the sewing machine, sew through all layers of the bias tape and the pant leg.
Once you have sewn around the pant leg, I fold under the end of the bias tape to finish off the edge.
Long ‘shorts’ makes for one really happy teenage girl in my home!
You can really get creative with this project if you want to, but my daughter wanted just plain blue bias tape to finish off these ‘shorts’. Try different colors of bias tape, or get really creative and make your own bias tape out of fabric you have at home.
What project have you done at home lately? I would love for you to share in the comments!
Time for another week of photos to share with you from the Capture Your 365 photo challenge!
ISO 200, 60mm, f/4.5, 1/200 sec
Day 131 – A New Focus On Me: Most definitely not one I will be printing out to hang on my wall, but this was a fun one to do with a reflection of me in the glass surrounding the bobcat at the San Francisco Zoo. Do you see him up in the top left corner?
ISO 100, 50mm, f/4.5, 1/20 sec
Day 132 – A Mother’s Gift: my 2 kids, they are such a blessing to me!
ISO 100, 50mm, f/4.5, 1/4 sec
Day 135 – Be Active: So I am out on my walk one day last week and I pass by the house with the amazing garden growing in their front yard (yes, you read that correctly. They have their whole front yard filled with a vegetable garden!). The owner of the house is out front talking to another neighbor and I mention to her that I love her yard. She asks me if I would like some Swiss chard. I don’t believe I have ever had Swiss chard before, so I accept her offer. I had enough Swiss chard to share with two friends, plus enough for us to try with dinner that night. I was able to cut it all up, but Kelsey ended up cooking it for me. After cooking it in some olive oil and garlic, we all decided it had a spinach-like texture and wasn’t too bad.
ISO 100, 50mm, f/4.5, 1/4 sec
Day 136 – Peaceful Moment: This is one of the two quilts I needed to finish for the quilt raffle I am doing to earn money for my Compassion trip to Mexico. I poured myself a glass of iced coffee, put in season one of Downton Abbey, and started hand stitching the binding. Some people might consider this work, but I really enjoy the simplicity of hand work like this.
ISO 100, 32mm, f/5.6, 1/800 sec
Day 137 – Walk: Kelsey and one of her friends spent a lot of time in our backyard ‘decorating’ our brick walkway, What all do you see in the picture?
Are you participating in the Capture Your 365 challenge yet? Let me know in the comments so I can see your photos!
Have you seen the new Compassion Letter Writing Club board on Pinterest?
I was able to write a blog post for the Compassion blog to share about this new Pinterest board. That was pretty exciting for me since I have found a lot of creative paper project ideas to make for our Compassion kids on my own Compassion Pinterest board.
The focus for May on this new board is Mother’s Day, and some of the new contributors shared some great ideas with all of us.
may compassion mailing
Here is what I included in this latest mailing to my Compassion kids:
I also included a short note to each of my kids, sharing with them this verse:
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.” - Romans 5:13
I shared with them that I pray that each day for them is filled with joy when they remember how much God loves them.
Have you sent anything special to your Compassion kids lately?
