Archive | May 2023

fluff

The fattest and most scrumptious of all flowers, a rare fusion of fluff and majesty. The Peony is now coming into bloom.

Quote: Henry Mitchell

Photo: Marge McCoy

freedom

May30

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity,

Quote: Herbert Hoover

Photo: Kurt Doss

Happy Memorial Day!

May29

We thank God for the men and women who serve in the military. God bless you!

“And I’m proud to be an American, where at least I know I’m free. And I won’t forget the men who died, who gave that right to me.”

Lee Greenwood

Photo by Marge McCoy

Showers

May28

Lord, I hear of Show’rs of Blessing

Lord, I hear of show’rs of blessing
Thou art scatt’ring full and free,
Show’rs the thirsty land refreshing;
Let some drops now fall on me.

Even me, even me,
Let some drops now fall on me.

Pass me not, O tender Savior!
Let me love and cling to Thee;
I am longing for Thy favor;
While Thou’rt calling, call for me

Even me, even me,
Let some drops now fall on me.

Love of God, so pure and changeless!
Blood of Christ, so rich and free!
Grace of God, so strong and boundless!
Magnify them all in me.

Even me, even me,
Let some drops now fall on me.

Lyrics: Elizabeth Codner

Music: WiIliam Bradbury (1816 – 1868)

Photo: Vicki Kingma

strength

May27

Those who contemplate the beauty of the Earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.

Quote: Rachel Carson

Photo: Kurt Doss

at sunrise

May26

The world has different owners at sunrise… Even your own garden does not belong to you. Rabbits and blackbirds have the lawns; a tortoise-shell cat who never appears in daytime patrols the brick walls, and a golden-tailed pheasant glints his way through the iris spears.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Photo by Diane Domigan