Tag Archives: nature

Green with pink

Two plants. Two different containers and a little in common. The great willow herb and myrtle spurge. Both are considered noxious weeds in the US but the myrtle spurge in the UK has been awarded the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit and is valued in dry, Mediterranean style rock gardens. The willow herbContinue reading “Green with pink”

Scabiosa atropurpurea…

…grown from seed in 2025 and blooming now in 2026. I am so pleased. To celebrate I placed them alone in a copper jug that once belonged to Mum Dorothy and Dad Brian. A well travelled vase. I will also include a photograph of where these plants have thrived in the garden. These stalks haveContinue reading “Scabiosa atropurpurea…”

Koblenz

And here is a test for truth given by Jesus: ” Those who speak their own truth look for their own glory: but those who seek the glory of God that sent them, these speak the truth and have no unrighteousness in them.” John 7: 18 Then E G White says this: “Truth must beContinue reading “Koblenz”

Andernach

David speaking: ‘The LORD is close to those who are very sad, and saves those who have a feeling of deep regret or remorse for doing wrong. Good people often have things go wrong but the LORD takes care of them through it all.’ Sandy’s way of saying Psalm 34: 18,19. Those wild flowers inContinue reading “Andernach”

Cologne Botanical Gardens.

God’s loving care when He corrects us is spoken about by Hosea who started his ministry well before 753BC. These are the words: Come, let us return to the LORD for He has torn /corrected us and He will heal us. He has smitten / told us off / reduced us and He will bindContinue reading “Cologne Botanical Gardens.”

Katwijk aan Zee Netherlands

I am first going to travel a while with the Lord’s Prayer as found in Matthew 6: 9-13 and compare what Jesus taught with what was written in the Old Testament. Isaiah is speaking to God, here he is in mid flow: ‘ Look down from heaven… doubtless You are our Father, our redeemer; YourContinue reading “Katwijk aan Zee Netherlands”

A Sabbath walk in farmland close to Leiden

Approximately 54% of the Netherlands total land area is used in agriculture, totalling about 1.8 to 2.2 million hectares. This post has five photographs and two verses expressing how the Bible, when read with prayer functions as a living word bringing change in one’s life. The cycle path and canal travel together through newly mowedContinue reading “A Sabbath walk in farmland close to Leiden”

Garden buds.

Paul tells the Christians of Philippi and anyone else who is interested this important information: My God will supply everything necessary for a faithful ministry not just financial , but emotional and spiritual. God’s supply is not limited because of His own vast resources in glory and our relationship with Jesus. Sandy’s wording. Here areContinue reading “Garden buds.”

An Iris with others.

What are the others? Green alkenet with small flowers that are not forget- me- nots. Then there is Squarrose knapweed. I don’t think I have put this in a vase before. The head is made of a cluster of bracts and the tip of the bract is bent out. Impressive in its detail. There areContinue reading “An Iris with others.”

Lines on plants…

A doxology Doxo (glory) Logia (saying) ” a word of glory” Ah, to know the love of Christ that passes all knowledge, that we may be filled with all the fulness of God. Now to Him who is able to do more than we are able to think, according to the power that works inContinue reading “Lines on plants…”

Reflective hairs

This morning in the early morning sunlight the new leaves of lamb’s ear, dusty miller, and cardoon all shone white-grey. Each leaf is new this spring as they are all perennials and no dust or grime is on any of them. Their soft texture is due to tiny reflective hairs which reduce water loss, andContinue reading “Reflective hairs”