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Blooms and Scripture 10

Always a wonderful plant – it was a gift several years ago and has continued to bloom. It also has liked the abundant rain this year. The blooms open at night and wilt away the next day when the light...

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Blooms and Scripture 12

I found this plant for sale in a grocery store – not my usual place of purchase. But, it was blooming at the time, I thought it was neat, and I didn’t remember seeing one before. So, I decided to give...

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Blooms and Scripture 13

This magnolia blossom isn’t perfect but it is significant. Sharon has always wanted a magnolia tree so she could smell the blossoms. This is our first blossom from our first magnolia tree – the tree...

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Blooms and Scripture 14

One of my favorite plants. It has one of the brightest, whitest flowers. I haven’t had success with the red ones, though. Not sure what the difference is. “Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;...

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Blooms and Scripture 15

Sharon and I like to watch the English mystery TV shows (Poirot, Miss Marple, Inspector Lewis, etc.) During those I often notice the flower gardens. They’re so full with so many different plants....

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Blooms and Scripture 17

Great is Thy Faithfulness – “There is no shadow of turning with Thee” Today’s post doesn’t have many blooms either, but you shoulda’ seen it when the geranium was full and there were a million bells....

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Blooms and Scripture 18

Great is Thy Faithfulness – “Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow” Here’s another “bloom where you’re planted” example. Or a “keep trying with all your strength and break through!” The...

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Blooms and Scripture 19

Great is Thy Faithfulness – “As Thou has been, Thou forever will be.” The Stella D’Oro keeps blooming for much of the spring and summer. The continuous blooms are an excellent picture of God’s...

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Spider Web – Beautiful But Temporary

I saw this one in the garden today and had to post it. It’s one of the big garden spiders (don’t know the real name.) The intricacy of the web is beautiful, and amazing that God taught the spider to...

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Peach Tree Pruning and Cat Composting

I had to prune the peach tree a week ago. We had a few days of cold weather but several warm days had it ready to bloom. I realize that may do it for this next season but it was too out of hand to let...

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Winter is Ending – Just Like God Promised – 1

These speak for themselves with the beauty among the remnants of winter. While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease. Genesis 8:22

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Winter is Ending – Just Like God Promised – 2

Blackbirds just passing through, heading back north. It was still freezing last night but only a few hours. We’ve hit 70′s and a few 80′s already. While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold...

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Winter is Ending – Just Like God Promised – 4

I’m assuming these are a sight for winter in this field. Since our neighbor put in a pivot irrigation system a couple of years ago, I imagine he plans to move the cows somewhere else and plant...

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Winter is Ending – Just Like God Promised – 5

The garden and peach tree are in a slumber for now. The hardy weeds are coming up well by the tree though. You can’t see it, but the peach tree is budding out a bit after the earlier severe pruning....

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Got Faith? Plant an Oak Tree

I went hunting for an impressive oak tree to photograph and found this one along a stretch of highway south of Daisy, Georgia. It is impressive. My purpose for the quest was to illustrate one aspect of...

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Redbud, Clouds and Sky – What a Sight! And, Jesus – What a Savior!

While not yet a big tree, the redbud in the front yard bloomed spectacularly this year. The Lord’s Creation is spectacular all year round, but Spring is especially wonderful. The process of new life...

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Absorb God’s Word – Don’t Worry About Overflowing

Water absorbent crystals perform as the name implies: they absorb water. And they can absorb an amazing amount of water. When placed in pots with plants they slowly release the absorbed water and keep...

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God Graciously Gives the Increase

There are many opportunities waiting on God, and also waiting on us. God must be in it and God must provide the power, but we have the blessing of being involved, too And when we do work at it, we can...

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Garden, Blooms and Scripture 1

Time for a garden, blooms and Scripture update. I added “garden” since they’re not all blooms. The photo shows the new screen door I put in the blueberry frame. For several years I’ve used a “flap” of...

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Garden, Blooms and Scripture 2

The foundation of this photo is the six cups of blueberries needed for a blueberry pie. Sharon used them for the pie on Father’s Day and it’s being enjoyed much. I called it a harvest bowl when I added...

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