We are blessed to live where we can observe beautiful sunrises and experience the calmness and serenity life brings. The natural harmony that greets us each day refreshes nature and makes it easy to start the day with openness and thanksgiving!

Zella Zella, our black lab left home and was missing for 2 days. It isn't unusual for her to be gone for most of a day but, this time she was gone long enough we were worried something bad had happened. Thanks to God, Zella returned home safely! Our prayers were answered and we wellcomed her with open arms (just as the father did for the prodigal son).

"Total garden" is a metaphor coined by John W. Gardner in his work Self-Renewal (1965) to describe an ever-renewing, adaptable society. Instead of viewing life or society as a single, linear life span (seedling, flower, death), the "total garden" represents a balanced, evolving ecosystem where some things are dying while others are flourishing, allowing the system itself to live on." We are born to learn and grow! Self-Renewal is always possible and the "Total Garden" concep