‘ Honesty has a beautiful and refreshing simplicity about it.
No ulterior motives.
No hidden meanings.
An absence of hypocrisy
duplicity
political games
superficiality
As honesty and real verbal integrity characterise our lives, there will be no need to manipulate others.’
Charles Swindoll ( Evangelical Christian, pastor, educator, author, Preacher. I was listening to him this morning. Accurately handling the Word was what he was sharing. No one can give you character and integrity through a course…he was addressing young people going into the ministry. I listened to it all. I don’t seem to be able to find it now, but it was useful.
another Zig and zag higher
in the morning light.
The ditch left far behind.
was my last post on this gigantic oak.
The wood surgeons have lessened its load with branches taken off and some shortened.
One mighty slice of a limb,
a
shelter for fungus to grow.
Some fungi that like the oak:
Oyster mushrooms, and
thick, lumpy, cream to rust capped Oak bracket,
Beefsteak fungus
red to orange , and a white to yellow overlapping cap type
named chicken of the woods
and fruiting bodies of Gymnopus fusipes.
A limb of tree on the ground had so much hidden from it
in its lofty past.
A possible home to so much.
” A slice of time has become enormous in importance, and its hidden meaning is now perfectly plain, though so complex that it can hardly be written down.”
Ben Maddow 1909- 1992 American poet , literary critic, screenwriter, and documentarian.
Ps I don’t think he thought of a limb of a tree.😉
‘ The end (goal) of art is to figure the hidden meaning of things and not their appearances; for in this profound truth lies their true reality, which does not appear in their external outlines.’
Joseph Conrad
The one that fell with such fierce winds that I was warned of its fall and not to enter the meadow.
It is now all covered in thick ivy, brambles, and a home.
The meadow today in sunny shade
Back in my garden…
I am happy today. Two of the seven year old trees grown from acorns collected in the meadow are sprouting green leaves. They are alive!
Take care,
Sandy 🙂
That is good news when trees you planted revive! I’m always excited by newly sprouted plants too especially if I thought they were dead for some reason.
I am so pleased I have repotted them separately to grow on. 🙂🙂😀 Thank you for sharing and understanding.