Sunrise Hollow

I know it's old fashioned and if I didn't read so many L.M. Montgomery books the idea would probably never have come to me. But I do, so the idea came.

Our house was built in 1860. A house like ours should have a name.

Trent hasn't done the research yet to figure out who built our home, but whoever did knew what they were doing. The location (other than being close to the road, which at the time was dirt/gravel and rarely traveled except by slow moving horse & buggies so it didn't really matter) is perfect!! The house sits in a small valley and has lots of windows. Every morning the east side of our house is greeted with a beautiful sunrise and in the evening the west side glows with the sunset. Since our children have always been early risers., the sunrise was one of the first things I came to appreciate about the house. We certainly never saw any sunrises in the city. Too many buildings blocking the view.

Our "master bedroom" is in the back of the house above the kitchen. There are 5 windows in our room. Two of those windows face directly due East. When I wake up in the morning the girls or Trent will pull back the curtain so I can see the sunrise. It's lovely. I'm not much of a singer, but I often find the words to the hymn "the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end. They are new every morning, new every morning, Great is thy faithfulness Oh, Lord, Great is thy faithfulness" on my lips on these beautiful mornings. {And on the particularly pink mornings I hear "Morning has Broken" but in my head it is always Cat Stevens singing!} I find it so easy to be full of joy while living here, in the country, in this house, at this time.


If you haven't guessed it, I have decided that our house will be called "Sunrise Hollow" from here on out. It just makes sense for this house to have a name. I like to say things like, "Are you ready to head back to Sunrise Hollow?" or "This is our first Spring at Sunrise Hollow. Look at these lovely irises that the girls and I planted today, dear." It just has a nice ring to it. The photos really don't do justice to the hot pink morning skies that we are privy to nearly every morning. How can you not believe in God when you see something like this?