Here are two thoughts from Paul and then Malachi: ‘ Jesus Christ the same yesterday and to day and for ever.’ Hebrews 13:8. And ‘ For I am the LORD, I change not.’ Malachi 3:6 On the 25th September 2023 I placed in this same pottery jug what the garden provided, sedum crassulacean, three chiveContinue reading “Hibiscus and Sedum Crassulacean in a jug.”
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A mended vase
This post has a prophecy from about 663 BC, a mended vase and three plants from the garden. Nahum was the prophet and his burden was to foretell the divine destruction of Nineveh, the same city Jonah preached repentance to and all were saved. This time it was very different Nineveh was captured in 612Continue reading “A mended vase”
Lemon verbena,
Rosemary, lavender and sage all in a tall glass with cold water. Which of these in hot water would be good for your stomach? I said I wanted something different, something gentle on my stomach. Travelling has its needs. She said: I have just the taste you want and it will be gentle on yourContinue reading “Lemon verbena,”
September colours
Dahlia,Sedum,Catherine rose and one water lily. I never took its tubers in for winter and it bloomed here last year 2025 I am pleased to record it here. It is planted well off the ground in the cupboard planter. One Dahlia plant with a few flowers. Then there is the well established Sedum. It seemsContinue reading “September colours”
Eucalyptus and Salvia
Jesus’s words as He ends a prayer He taught all of us to pray: I am looking at how the prayer ends. ‘ And lead us not into temptation.’ This part reads differently in the Aramaic language: ” And do not let us enter into temptation, but deliver/rescue us from the evil one (free usContinue reading “Eucalyptus and Salvia”
Oxford botanical garden in July.
This is what I wanted to see, The Merton Borders. This area in early spring was made up of small green mounds of vegetation, today it was alive with insects and tall plants casting shadows on dry paths in the midday sun. The plants are densely packed as 85% of them were established by directlyContinue reading “Oxford botanical garden in July.”
Leucanthemums and lavender, Polygonaceae and Daucus Carota
This post will use the word carry quite often so here is God speaking first: ‘ And even to your old age with your grey hair I am He who will carry you; I have made you and I will deliver you.’ Isaiah 46:4 Then Peter saying something a little different: ‘ Humble yourself underContinue reading “Leucanthemums and lavender, Polygonaceae and Daucus Carota”
Looking in the cupboard
…and unpacking something Paul said to the Galations. So how succinctly did he say this using sowing seeds as his summary of something important? Don’t be deceived God is not mocked: for what a person sows they reap. Those who sow to the flesh reap corruption, those who sow to the Spirit reap life everlasting.Continue reading “Looking in the cupboard”
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”
A stem and a bottle of water…
But first something about water and it is God speaking through Jeremiah: ‘ My people have committed two evils: They have left and forgotten Me, the fountain of living water, And They have dug out cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns that can hold no water. Jesus speaking to anyone who will hear: ‘ If anyContinue reading “A stem and a bottle…”
A green vase
Here is a quote from E.G.White who lived around about 1844 and then Micah 8th century BC. ‘ Jesus doesn’t wish for those who have been bought with His blood to become the sport of Satan’s temptations. He doesn’t want us to be overwhelmed and die. He was the one who stopped the lions eatingContinue reading “A green vase”
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”