Green

Green vase, deep green wood spurge, glaucose myrtle spurge, and grey-green cardoon. All greens.I wanted to see them together because they really don’t like the same planting areas. Let us look at each one.Myrsinites, myrtle spurge Euphorbiaceae. The leaves are spirally arranged and bluish-green. They have a white liquid when you cut the stem thatContinue reading “Green”

Camellia in an oil lamp base.

Camillia bloom towards the end of winter and what better container to put them in than the base of an old oil lamp. Bringing a little brightness to this grey day, as well as a combination to travel with. I love the Bible and have learnt a little more through this post about the CamelliaContinue reading “Camellia in an oil lamp base.”

The garlic and the rose

Here are some words about friendship. It is Solomon speaking: ‘ A person that has friends must be friendly.’ Proverbs 18:24 ‘ The wounds of a friend are faithful but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.’ Proverbs 27:6 ‘ Perfume makes you happy so does good counsel from a friend.’ Proverbs 27:9 Today IContinue reading “The garlic and the rose”

The earth, sea and sky

‘ There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul.’ Victor Hugo ‘ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made byContinue reading “The earth, sea and sky”

Religion and a turquoise sea.

This post will be in two parts. First I will start with today, the Sabbath then yesterday Friday. I couldn’t follow the sermon in Portuguese but I did get the first verse which I then used to travel with ‘ Why’. First verse Jesus speaks: ‘Remember Lot’s wife.’ Luke 17: 32 Why? Genesis 19: 16…Continue reading “Religion and a turquoise sea.”

A bunch of vegetation

Peter is speaking: ‘The Lord is not slack according to His promise… but is longsuffering to us as He is not willing that any of us should die the second death but that we all should say sorry because the day of the Lord will come.’ 2Peter 3: 9,10 It is my custom to startContinue reading “A bunch of vegetation”

…so the 2025 leaves change

‘If you have faith as big as a mustard seed, you will tell a mountain to move and it will.’ A man came to Jesus with a complaint about the disciples. He said: ‘ My son is a lunatic and they couldn’t heal him.’ Jesus said: Oh how faithless and how deliberately obstinate this generationContinue reading “…so the 2025 leaves change”

A rose and its background

Nathanael speaking:  ‘ Can anything good come out of Nazareth?’ Philip speaking: ‘ Come and see.’ Jesus looks at Nathanael and says: ‘ Look at you, a person with no cunning intelligence/ craftiness/ schemes/stratagems/ duplicity no guile’. Nathanael  speaking: ‘ How do you know me?’ Jesus: ‘ Before Philip called you and you were under the figContinue reading “A rose and its background”

Leaves and Chrysanthemums

Some on the boughs A lot on the groundAutumn meltsFungus in all shapes appearA hungry group for Autumn’s fareThere is nourishment in the leafIts colours deepen The richness of ‘joys’ as elements fill the gaps made by Spring and SummerWelcome Autumn drawn/painted  by the wind and rainMay we all capture the changes and feel pleasedContinue reading “Leaves and Chrysanthemums”

An early start…in London.

‘ Be still Sandy, and know that I am God, I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the Earth.  The LORD of many angels/ hosts is with me and you.’  ( Mine make it yours if you like.) Psalm 46: 10 We have family members who run each morning muchContinue reading “An early start…in London.”