Recent Art

"Friendship" postcard. Thank you to all of my friends!
Love ya.

Recent Art

Been awhile my friends. Sorry about that! Here is a "book" themed postcard I made for a recent swap. I LOVE to read!!!!!!!!

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"A Summer Secret"

"A Summer Secret"

By Kathleen Fuller

Book one in the Mysteries of Middlefield series by Kathleen Fuller. Having never read books by Kathleen Fuller before, I am happy to get to know her writing. I had no idea the book was written toward the teenage age but was fine with reading it anyway.

Amish girl Mary Beth Mullet loves to escape and get free time for herself. Living with a twin 13 year old brother and a younger one, she finds peace and quiet in an old abandoned barn. She draws and keeps a journal. Snacks, juice boxes and a blanket make it feel comfy.

Mary Beth notices some strange things in the barn. A found button, that is not like what the Amish wear, begins the mystery. She also notices some of her snacks have disappeared. Twin brother Johnny gets in on the mystery.

Meanwhile, teenage Sawyer is on the run. His parents were killed in a car accident. With no other family around, he is placed in foster care. Some parents a foster family can be though! He escapes and is on the run.

The mystery is solved and Sawyer gets to know Mary Beth and Johnny. The secret the twins hid from their parents could get them into trouble. They go sneaking around and tread on thin ice (so to speak) with their parents.

One night the barn is on fire. The secret comes out after that.

Will Mary Beth and Johnny get into trouble? Will Sawyer get caught or forever be on the run? Will the twins ever see Sawyer again?

I encourage you to read the book to find out.

Happy National Scrapbook Day!

Hope some of you got to enjoy National Scrapbook Day today! I had fun! Always good to have some scrap therapy!

Since I went to Disney on April 7-11, I worked on some photos from that trip. What fun!

This one I am not quite done with. I want to add some journaling. I will show you what I come up with once I add to it.

Hope all of you got some pages done!

Plain Paradise

Plain Paradise

by Beth Wiseman

I was so happy to review this book. I love reading about the Amish!

This is book 1 in the Daughters of the Promise series.

Linda Huyard had the perfect Amish life. Wonderful parents and two younger brothers.

Josephine Dronberger mysteriously comes to town. Josie was a scared teenager when her parents made her give up her baby girl. The baby was left with an Old Order Amish couple in Lancaster County. She desperately wants to get in touch with her daughter and get to know her.

Linda is courting Stephen. Stephen pens poems on paper and puts them in a slot on the bridge for Linda. Linda hopes that one day Stephen will ask her to marry him.

One day Josie shows up at the Huyard home. Linda's mom, Mary Ellen, tells her to leave at once. Linda can't understand why her mom would be so upset and turn that stranger away.

Abe and Mary Ellen have a secret that they have been hiding. They wondered why they had kept it for so long. The truth must come out and it will certainly hurt!

Linda has a good relationship with an older friend named Jonas. Jonas is a wise man who is very sick. Linda often pays him visits and is sad that her dear friend is so sick.

Josie gets to know Linda and her family. Linda goes to Josie's house. Mary Ellen is worried that Linda will get caught up in the English world. Stephen and his bishop grandfather also worry about Linda.

Josie is very sick and often has seizures. Her husband Robert was stuck in China. Josie ended up staying with Linda's family. While there, she learns about God and the power of prayer. She wishes her husband would believe there is a God.

Will Josie find her long lost daughter? Will she get better? Will Stephen propose to Linda? Will Robert find the Lord?

Read this book to find all the answers and more.