While visiting Arizona in early April I was delighted to enjoy the green, spring-like desert. I know from experience that the Arizona desert is not normally this green, making the view a real treat.

Saguaro covered hills near the Saguaro National Park.
New growth on a prickly pear cactus.
Springtime in the Desert May 8, 2023 Denise Herrick
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The last time I visited the Grand Canyon was June 2000. The temperatures were then reaching into the high 80s at the top and scorching well over 100°F at the bottom. This time around it was very different, as the top was covered in a layer of snow and only got into the 60s.

Long shadows at the south rim.
Silhouette of someone taking in the breath-taking scene from Rim Trial.

The view was just as spectacular as I remember it being over 20 years ago. To think that God likely formed all of it in just a few hours as the waters receded following the great world-wide flood of Noah’s day is amazing.

Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you know so much. Who determined its dimensions and stretched out the surveying line?

Job 38:4-5 NLT

View from part way down South Kaibab Trail.

Grand Canyon May 1, 2023 Denise Herrick
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We took a family road trip for spring break 2023. First stop, Lake Mead and the Hoover Dam. What a stunning view!

View from Owl Canyon Trailhead, overlooking Las Vegas Bay in Nevada.
The iconic view of the Lake Mead’s “bathtub ring” with Arizona on the right and Nevada on the left.
Hoover Dam’s four intake towers with the Mike O’Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial bridge in the background.
Lake Mead and Hoover Dam April 16, 2023 Denise Herrick
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Wintery Signs February 18, 2023 Denise Herrick
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Nellie Log Cabin

I recently learned that there are four different kinds of frost, each with it’s own way it forms. They go by names such as radiation or hoarfrost, advection frost, window frost, and rime frost. I guess I had never considered that there was more than one kind. No matter what you want to call it, it’s absolutely beautiful against the bright blue sky.

Manitou Water Tower

Ice Crystals January 7, 2023 Denise Herrick
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Holiday Mountain Ski Resort is opening again and everyone in our little town of La Riviere is excited to see some life returning to our valley. The official opening day is Boxing Day but today we got a sneak peek of the whole operation.

Ski Hill Opens December 23, 2022 Denise Herrick
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From the breath of God ice is made, and the expanse of the waters is frozen.

Job 37:10 NASB

You can almost hear the crunch, crunch as you walk down the path.
Standing on the Pembina River, looking up at Holiday Mountain ski hill.
Frosty Scene December 10, 2022 Denise Herrick
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The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.

Isaiah 40:8 NIV

Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are?

Matthew 6:26 NLT

Fall 2022 Highlights October 29, 2022 Denise Herrick
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Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.

Psalm 28:7 NIV

Overlooking Pembina Ave from the east in La Riviere.
Wild daisies growing on the river bank.

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

Psalm 107:1 NIV

Pembina River near provincial highway 31.

I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips.

Psalm 34:1 NIV

Thanksgiving and Praise October 9, 2022 Denise Herrick
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MB Provincial Road 201 Tour October 2, 2022 Denise Herrick
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