A friend loves at all times, and a brother/sister is born for adversity. Sometimes it is so easy to be misunderstood. Proverbs 17:17 ( with Sandy’s addition) It was January and we had been talking about wanting to move from our terrace house closer to where our son could go to school. I mentioned thisContinue reading “Remembering our first move.”
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Greys Court, The walled garden in January
While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night will not stop. Acts 1: 7 This post is a contrast in seasons of two visits, the first during the very hot dry spell we had in summer and now this one in January with frostContinue reading “Greys Court, The walled garden in January”
Winter vegetation in a summer vase.
The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good. Proverbs 15 : 3 We want to be God in all the ways that are not the ways of God, in what we hope is indestructible or unmoving. But God is the most fragile, a bare smear ofContinue reading “Winter vegetation in a summer vase.”
Skeleton leaf, lamb’s ear and flower heads
So what if you have everything you want in the world but then lose your soul. Learn of Me , for I am meek and humble and you will find rest … Mark 8 : 36 , Matthew 11 : 30 ( Sandy’s understanding) One skeleton – leafDelicately ribbed in brownA skeleton leaf caught betweenContinue reading “Skeleton leaf, lamb’s ear and flower heads”
Thyme in a tea cup.
To every thing there is a season , and a time to every purpose under the heavens… Ecclesiastes 3 : 1 Thyme is anti:- inflammatory- microbial- septic “nature has not changed. The night is still unsullied, the stars still twinkle, and the wild thyme smells as sweetly now as it did then… We may beContinue reading “Thyme in a tea cup.”
Fern in a bowl
I want to tell you this, if you sow a little you will reap a little but if you sow a lot you will reap a lot. (I know this. So what are you saying?) So give to God, not grudgingly or feeling you have to but with happiness because you love Him. 2Corinthians 9:Continue reading “Fern in a bowl”
Remembering visitors who came to our first home.
Remember to entertain strangers for by doing that people have entertained angels ….and when you talk be content with what you have it is so easy to feel jealous. Hebrews 13 : 3 , 5. ( Sandy’s understanding) Among others who visited us in our first home were aunty Pat, a friend of Mom Dorothy’s,Continue reading “Remembering visitors who came to our first home.”
A Sabbath walk and remembering
…and God will ( come close and personally ) wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there will be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither pain: because all this will be in the past . (For us who are sad.) Revelations 21 : 4 The days are short, there are puddles andContinue reading “A Sabbath walk and remembering”
The past year and a half in flowers
The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatfully rejoices; and with my work I will praise him. Psalm 28 : 7 ( Sandy’s word change work instead of song.) The Cabbage WhiteThe butterfly,a cabbage -white,(His honest idiocy of flight)Will never now, itContinue reading “The past year and a half in flowers”
Dwarf Iris bulbs with others. A sunny morning.
Jesus is sympathetic to our feelings of being inadequate because He has felt all our temptations but did not sin. In this way He can show us His grace in a time of need. Simply ask for His mercy because that is why He came to earth. Hebrews 5: 15, 16 ( Please say itContinue reading “Dwarf Iris bulbs with others. A sunny morning.”
Tortured willow and zebra rush with a short visit to Windsor.
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. Ephesians 4 : 32 To put meaning in one’s life may end in madness, but life without meaning, is the torture of restlessness and vague desire – it is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid.Continue reading “Tortured willow and zebra rush with a short visit to Windsor.”
Cardoon unpacked
Jesus says” ” Blessed are they that do His commandments that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.” Revelations 22: 14 The above quote is by Francis Spufford, an English author and teacher, who lives just outside Cambridge and is a fellow ofContinue reading “Cardoon unpacked”