Come away and rest a while (2015)

I have to say, this photo is probably my number one favorite. There is nothing quite like the silence that settles in with the snow. Faust Park in Chesterfield, MO 2019

Psalm 65:8 You make the sunrise and the sunset sing for joy. (Lake of the Ozarks with Jack)

An early morning walk while on retreat.

Another amazing moment! Autumn 2021 looking into the courtyard of The Conservatory on Main Street

This guy paid a visit while I was on our deck 🦉 July 22, 2023

Walkway leading to the St. Louis Planetarium in Forest Park.

The morning fog swirled in the breeze and offered this magical moment. 🍁 September 30, 2022 Weldon Spring, MO

This lovely creature was nestled in the branches at Faust Park. November 7, 2023

A view from my deck door

One of my all time favorites. I call it Autumn Whispers. I took it on the Lewis and Clark Trail.

A pleasant memory on a bitter cold day. Snowflakes decorated my car like artwork at a gallery. ❄️ photo taken on January 24, 2025

A quiet moment while I was surrounded by crowds and polka music in Hermann, MO

Christmas on Main Street

The bird sang for me 🎶 Weldon Spring

Augusta, MO

These yellow berries had something' to say! I still laugh when I remember this "ordinary" tree bursting with yellow berries at Faust Park on an early December day. I was joyfully startled when I saw them hanging out at the park. It's like they were waiting for someone to stop and notice them. Well... notice them I did! Ha!

Cali

The Chapel at Selah (Autumn Retreat 2019)

Old Town St. Charles, MO.

Before the sun cleared the fog. It was every bit as lovely as the sunshine. Just different 🌥Branson, MO

My Lilacs 🤗 I'm pretty sure this is what Heaven smells like.

Morning walk in the fog at Prayer Mountain of the Ozarks

This lovely greeted me while on a quiet walk before ladies arrived for our Autumn Retreat.

Calabasas, CA

A not so ordinary roof of an outdoor chapel on retreat ✞

Sweeeet! Look who showed up while I was resting on a church bench.

quiet.simple.beauty

Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii / sculpture by Randolph Rogers / photo taken at the St. Louis Art Museum

Another favorite. The old Ursaline Academy in Arcadia, MO.

When is the last time you gazed at the clouds and just imagined? (Sunrise view from my deck. July 12, 2024)

"The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring." Bernard Williams

A moonlit view from my front yard 2021

Misty Morning Reflections October 2022

The grounds of Daniel Boone's home in Defiance, MO

Arcadia, MO

One more Cali sunset

I grew up in the city and often dreamed of what it might be like to live in a place like this. Photo from Oklahoma May 8, 2025

Old Town St. Peters, Missouri

Same rock ✨ Different view / We have this treasure in earthen vessels that the greatness of the power might be of God and not of ourselves

Day's End ✍︎ Faith and Writing Workshop

And yet one more. How incredible to watch the moon rise above the trees. I am so glad I got my camera.

Quiet reflection before the Women's Retreat at Todd Hall Retreat Center

That's not glitter. It's the dew of Heaven. Summer 2021

Early bloomer 🌹My Garden 2021

"But Jesus would often go to some place where he could be alone and pray." Luke 5:16 Contemporary English Translation (photo from Collinsville, OK May 8, 2025)

Good Morning! Old Town St. Peters, MO

Old Town St. Charles

Time in California with my daughter before our Retreat

Sunset on the ocean... California

Manhattan Beach

Reflection....

Reflections of a rainy day. My bird bath at Home Sweet Home

Autumn in the Heartland

Hannibal, Missouri

Concordia or Hobbits? 🤷🏻‍♀️😀 July 2023

winter wonderland outside our deck door. February 16, 2024

The Lord's mercies are new every morning (Faust Park 2020)

And he walks with me and talks with me and tells me I am his own. And the joy we share as we tarry there, no other could ever know 🎶

Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) owned these books and glasses! Hannibal, MO

FLOURISH, verb intransitive flur'ish. [Latin floresco, from floreo. The primary sense is to open, expand, enlarge, or to shoot out, as in glory, Latin ploro.] from Websters 1828 Dictionary

I passed this old General Store in Dutzow on the way to take photos at the riverfront in Washington, MO. I turned my car around and came back because it caught my eye. I was totally surprised as this hay truck came from behind and passed in front right as I snapped the photo. I guess, sometimes, the best things happen while we are on the way to where we are going. I'm glad I stopped to notice. (ps, I did take a few photos at Washington but, this was my favorite.) May 31, 2025

Same tree 🌿 Different View (Weldon Spring, MO)

a Bear and a Bunny 🙂

Lewis and Clark Trail with Jack

October 2024. I left earlier than normal for work and was surprised by the morning's hello. Let's just say I was Not early for work as planned. I stayed here and drank in the moment. Sometimes... work needs to be work. This day... the moment needed to be the moment.

An Autumn Day in Weldon Spring

My Jack ❤️

Guardian of the Nest💙Bluebirds returned to nest more babies! Guardian perches nearby ready to swoop anyone who approaches. Don't even mess with Mama!

An outdoor pulpit on an Fall day stirred distant memories of forgotten dreams now lying at my feet 🍁Behold the Dream Giver ✝︎ Behold New Life ❀ Autumn Retreat 2022

From my desk to yours 🌼

A heart remains where a branch was broken ♡

Photo bombed 🙂

Misty morning prayer time before ladies arrived for our Autumn Retreat 2024.

Augusta, Missouri

Spring 2019 Concordia Seminary in St Louis, MO at a seminar with my fellow chaplains

California! Some beach. Ha. I'm not sure which one. There were many

This moment is thought provoking... Collinsville, OK May 8, 2025

Sunset in San Clemente February 2023

Todd Hall Retreat Center in Columbia, IL

Before the rain March 31, 2023

Memories in dried flowers and wicker baskets

Adorned with praise 🪴Soul Shepherding Retreat

Zia's On The Hill

Good morning ☀️

Lewis and Clark Trail

Early morning fog in Branson, MO

A rainy Spring day at Concordia Seminary St. Louis, MO 2019 a seminar with our CPE Chaplains

Faith & Writing Workshop ✝︎ Concordia Seminary St. Louis, MO

Dried flowers ♡

Weldon Spring, MO

"If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write." Martin Luther + Faith and Writing Workshop 2023

Ah! Now this is how you retreat! The dining room of the home we stayed in.

"I am the Rose of Sharon and the Lily of the Valleys." Solomon 2:1

Colors & shadows!

San Clemente March 2023

Selah Retreat Center in Arcadia, MO. This is the entrance to the first Women's Retreat that I had the honor of hosting. We had 20 ladies from 12 Christ centered churches. I am so deeply grateful.