Herbs from the garden

God speaking: ‘Look around you. I have given you and every animal of the earth that has life green herbs to eat. These herbs carry seeds, and the trees carry fruit with seeds. These are for you to eat.’ Genesis 1: 29,30 (Sandy’s wording read it in its context and word it for yourself). ItContinue reading “Herbs from the garden”

Poem 1The hunger of spring . Poem 2 The sell by/ use by date of a plant.

Both these poems were inspired by plants . The first the Hosta comes up every year and the second I bought as a gift at the Botanical Gardens  of Ventnor. And God said: “Let the earth bring out grass, herbs producing seed and  fruit trees making fruit with a seed inside, each kind of treeContinue reading “Poem 1The hunger of spring . Poem 2 The sell by/ use by date of a plant.”

Hosta and tulips

Hidden under the tutsan shrub was a blue pot holding the new leaves of Hosta. In contrast, lying in the same pot on the mulch were these skeleton leaves. To see their fineness, I brought them inside to photograph. Their intricate structure in the sunshine didn’t disappoint. Hosta is a shade loving plant named inContinue reading “Hosta and tulips”