sometimes

sometimes
it is enough
to simply hold
one of my
well-worn Bibles
and thank God
and then reread
a Psalm I’ve read
more times than
I know and still
discover something
new

From my archives

Ellen Grace Olinger

Christmas Cactus and Lake Michigan

Photos by Karl

Lake Michigan
Oostburg, Wisconsin
November 4, 2018
Photos by Karl

clouds and yet

clouds and yet
enough light
to fill a jam jar
with the last
of the carnations

Image: wpclipart

Acrostic for Library

L ove of literature
I nspires countless
B eautiful hours of
R eading many
A uthors, and sometimes
R ereading beloved books
Y early

Ellen Grace Olinger

WestWard Quarterly, The Magazine of Family Reading
Fall 2018

Karl took these photos at our Oostburg Public Library on July 1, 2018.

 

Bible Verse and Photo

” . . . whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”
Philippians 4: 8 (KJV)

Ellen Grace Olinger

Quiet View

We stopped at the park entrance yesterday, and we appreciate the beautiful plants and view.

Kohler-Andrae State Park
Sheboygan County
Wisconsin State Park System
September 8, 2018
Photos by Karl

recollections

recollections
of summers gone by
voices on the breeze

Haiku by Ellen Grace Olinger

Photos by Karl
Sheboygan Interurban Trail
July 27, 2018