Oh how deep and rich is the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgements, and His way past finding out!
Who has known His mind?
Who has been His counsellor?
Who has first given Him anything?
For of Him,
through Him,
and to Him
Are all things: to whom be glory forever. Amen
Romans 11: 33 – 36
They slipped from a thick book
Intense blue and paper thin
Cornflowers put in a book
The last week in June.
Covid 2020
Grey green branched stems when rising from the ground
If cut above a node they come again with blooms of shorter stem
If left they will reseed.
Protocyanin a pigment
Blue in Cornflowers and red in roses
Strange that!
A plant known here since the iron age and admired by my Mum-in-law.
Mum carried them down the aisle on her wedding day
Her mother's hands placed them on the three - tier cake she had baked for her daughter's special day.
Then when her groom lay down to rest five years after her
There were only 11 of us at his funeral.
His close family.
The covid rules weren't broken by the Cornflowers
They spread their blue through all the other flowers.
A natural mixinging
A celebration of life well lived with love and trust.
Paper thin Blue Cornflowers that slipped from a thick book.
Thank you for reading this post. Sandy 🙂
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Ah, both sad and lovely. Mom loved blue.
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When I was teaching and students were asked what their favourite colour was blue often came up with the highest vote. Dad loved green. Mum wore lots of different colours well.
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A heart-tugging post, Sandy 💙
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Wow. What a beautiful, heartbreaking post. I had to read the words more than once to fully savor the sweetness behind the sad.
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Yes, this was sad. He was a gentleman who desperately wanted to reach 100. He talked to everyone he met. A real character always with a story often with humour .
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