Where shall we start? Why not with a description of a heavenly city and then visit an earthly castle. First the one that will come down from God. Its name is the New Jerusalem. Here is a summary: It’s a cube measuring 1,400 miles in every direction. Revelations 21:16 It has walls of jasper withContinue reading “Heaven and Stolzenfels Castle”
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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.”
Münster University Botanicle garden.
Just a thought I agree with: ‘ We are precious because of the value of the sacrifice made by Jesus. So don’t put a low estimate on yourself.’ What is said about this garden: ‘ Botanical Garden of University of Münster is a 4.6 hectare oasis of tranquility directly behind Münster Castle. Founded in 1803,Continue reading “Münster University Botanicle garden.”
An accident, a thunder storm and Sabbath
We were at a T-junction and slowly moving forward to the middle of a narrow two-laned road. There was suddenly a cruch of metal and a thud on my side as Bugzy’s front left side gouged out the tire of the first wheel of a truck cab. The 8 wheeled trailer then slowly moved pastContinue reading “An accident, a thunder storm and Sabbath”
Plants from past posts.
This post will have three photographs from 2026 and one from July 2021. The plants have all had their own posts and have continued to grow and change. From left to right: The yellow calendula bud is from seed originally from flowers in a 2021 post. It grew in a pot plant and free fromContinue reading “Plants from past posts.”
The pear tree and the lilac tree
Here is a conversation between Jesus and a Father of a devil possessed boy. Jesus first wants to know how long he has been like this and hears that it came to him as a child. Jesus: If you can believe, all things are possible to those (him) that believe. Father: I believe, help myContinue reading “The pear tree and the lilac tree”
Maroon, burgundy, ruby as seen in the garden and
…in a vase Acer leaves to the left from a young tree Roy planted last year. Here it is in the garden. Small and dwarfed but one day it will have its reflection in the water with the others. Then the other stems are from the Photinia, Red Robin. It is in full bloom againstContinue reading “Maroon, burgundy, ruby as seen in the garden and”
The meadow and the garden
And this is I believe: God speaking: ‘ Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear:’ and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering of the waters He called Seas: and God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:Continue reading “The meadow and the garden”
They are the same height now…
Nasturtium on the left and sunflowers on the right. First let us look at the trailing single mixed seed of nasturtium that has germinated into tall plants. The latin name ‘nasus tortus’ means twisted nose – refering to the facial reaction to their sharp taste. The leaf, seed and flower are edible and high inContinue reading “They are the same height now…”
Orange
A long time ago I bought an orange vase and a black vase from a charity shop. The lady volunteering was a landscape gardener and loved working with flowers. She went to the back of the shop brought this out and said: ‘ This and the black one will look lovely with flowers.’ At £5Continue reading “Orange”
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”
…and so I added minature daffodils and…
Here is a question and an ‘ if you do this I will do this.’ The one is from Matthew and the other from Revelation. The first is Jesus speaking: ‘Which of you by thinking can add inches to your height?’ Jesus then talks about the worry we have to take care of ourselves, food,Continue reading “…and so I added minature daffodils and…”