I brought in three sunflowers all from one broken stem. Here they are with my tortoise signature, something I had from childhood found in a box of second hand things. I have placed close ups of these sunflowers to break up this post. A different sort of post. I start with something I have beenContinue reading “Sunflowers 2026”
Category Archives: the garden 2026
A teacup of parsley
Surely every person lives with a habitual routine moving through daily life like a shadow… And now Lord what do I wait for? My hope is in YOU. Save me from what I do wrong so foolish people don’t point it out. Psalm 39:6,7,8 ( I have made it my own looking at the Hebrew.Continue reading “A teacup of parsley”
Christmas colours and a Beech tree
A little advice from long ago: Learn to do well, seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow… Come now let us reason together says the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet,they shall be as white as snow. Be willing and obedient. Isaiah 1: 16- 18 I didn’t include 16Continue reading “Christmas colours and a Beech tree”
Beautiful
Here are some idioms: a sight for sore eyes, easy on the eyes, picture perfect. And here are some other words for beautiful perhaps ones you don’t immediately think of: mesmerizing, elegant, mysteriously powerful… A rose on a shrub they say can last three to four days for fragrant varieties and seven to fourteen daysContinue reading “Beautiful”
From the garden to two containers
First I want to share the precious relationship between Jesus the Son and God the Father in these three times Jesus spoke about it. Jesus speaking: ‘ My meat is to do the will of Him who sent me.’ John 4:34 Jesus uses hunger as a metaphor for spiritual obedience. He sees that as foodContinue reading “From the garden to two containers”