Christmas

What inspired me to write “The Christmas Redwood, a Forest Parable”?

Janice KirkDecember 1st, 2020|Categories: beauty, Blog, Cherish the Earth, Christianity, Christmas|Tags: bull elk, burls, cathedral, Christmas gift, cones, Creator's handiwork, ferns, field sketching, gift, Good News, Jesus of Nazareth, labor of love, Lady Bird Johnson Grove, Redwood forest, Redwood National Park, Redwoods, rhododendrons, Save the Redwoods League|

A Christmas Gift The redwood forest is a wondrous place, nearly unbelievable the first time [...]

Out Sketching. Painting En Plein Air. Agate Beach

Janice KirkDecember 30th, 2017|Categories: Blog, Christmas, Out Sketching|Tags: Agate Beach, beauty, fog bank, monochromatic, Patricks Point State Park|

Agate Beach [...]

Out Sketching. Painting En Plein Air. Death Valley Eroded Hills and Smoke Trees

Janice KirkJanuary 6th, 2017|Categories: Blog, Christmas, Out Sketching|Tags: campground, Death Valley, New Year, smoke trees, springtime, Titus Canyon, wonders|

Death Valley Eroded Hills and Smoke Trees Another favorite painting to start [...]

Christmas on the Prairie. Part 3. The Spirit of Christmas on the Farm

Janice KirkDecember 24th, 2016|Categories: Blog, Christmas|Tags: Christmas spirit, farm, featherbeds, generators, kerosene lamps, small miracles, snow, windmill, wonderberry jelly|

From the files of Don Kirk...Part 3. The Spirit of Christmas on the Farm The [...]

Christmas on the Prairie. Part 2. A Big-hearted Hotel

Janice KirkDecember 17th, 2016|Categories: Blog, Christmas|Tags: Colorado blue spruce, Frederick Farm, small miracles, snow, snowplow|

From the files of Don Kirk...Part 2. A Big-hearted Hotel My mother knows the family [...]

Christmas on the Prairie. Part 1. How far is it?

Janice KirkDecember 10th, 2016|Categories: Blog, Christmas|Tags: Anton, blizzard, Christmas, grandparents, prairie, snow, snowplow|

From the files of Don Kirk... December 23, 1943, 7:00 a.m. We are uncertain [...]