Each year at about this time I feature our garden pond in a post. Today, Friday I will look at photographs I took of it this past week. Sunday at 13.17 Monday at 8.23 Tuesday Why this odd oil pastel? There is an answer here amidst an introduction for someone new reading my blog: I’mContinue reading
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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”
Walking near the river Chess
This is Jesus’s continued conversation with Nicodemus. Jesus’s words are continuous with no interruption from this learned man. ‘For God didn’t send His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved. Those who believe in Him are not condemned but those who do not believe areContinue reading
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”
A jug of cardoons
Here is one affect of our heat wave amongst many. One tall stem of the cardoon broke off. I didn’t carry water for it, I thought it was drought resistant and that it was growing well in the heat. I was wrong. Sadly I took off the branch and gave the plant two buckets ofContinue reading “A jug of cardoons”
Walking through…
a warm Cotswold country side but first a thought about being wise from Paul… Let nobody deceive themselves. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this world, let them become fools, that they may be wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written God takes theContinue reading “Walking through…”
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…”
Beautiful
Here are some idioms: a sight for sore eyes, easy on the eyes, picture perfect. And here are some other words for beautiful perhaps ones you don’t immediately think of: mesmerizing, elegant, mysteriously powerful… A rose on a shrub they say can last three to four days for fragrant varieties and seven to fourteen daysContinue reading “Beautiful”
A garden in the early hours…
It was 2am it was too hot to sleep. It is said that when it is too hot our core body temperature cannot drop, which prevents us from producing sleep hormones like melatonin. Anne Marrow Lindbergh has said ‘good conversation is just as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.’ AndContinue reading “A garden in the early hours…”
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”
A cup and a plate
Here is a question asked by David in his old age through the voice of the wicked: ‘ How does God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?’ But My/ David’s question is: ‘ Who have I in heaven but You? and there is none upon the earth beside You. My flesh andContinue reading “A cup and a plate”
Day lilies
This post will travel in words first but it was what I saw that helped me write. Here they are the day lily plants parched. The long strap like leaves placing all their strength into stalks with flowers. Each stalk can carry from 10 to 20 buds which open in succession providing a steady displayContinue reading “Day lilies”