So where does this talk about houses and gardens lead? Well, to the people in them. Us. Humans are hybrids, creatures of earth, also creations of heaven (So the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground, breathed life into his lungs, and the man became a living being. Genesis 2:6-8 International Standard Version) Like…
Month: July 2020
July Weather
Whether the weather be fineOr whether the weather be not,Whether the weather be coldOr whether the weather be hot,We’ll weather the weatherWhatever the weather,Whether we like it or not. – Anonymous British
Success is …
Successful gardening is doing what has to be done,when it has to be done, the way it ought to be done,whether you want to do it or not. Jerry Baker (Sounds a lot like successful living! PR) O Lord our God, let your sweet beauty rest upon us and give us favor.Come work with us,…
Prayer in a Garden
by Eva Sparks Taylor (1903-1991) Today the world seemed cruel, but evening hoursWere filled with perfume from forgotten flowers.I saw again familiar filigreeOf moonlight through my lacy Lilac tree;I heard the robins stirring in their nest;And saw the path that fairy feet had pressed;Reflected stars were in my garden pool;On my warm face the breeze…
Growing Your Own Garden
(I came across these quotes while looking for other things. I just had to share them.) Stop watering things that were never meant to grow in your life. Water what works, what’s good, what’s right. Stop playing around with those dead bones and stuff you can’t fix, its over … leave it alone! You’re coming…
More Adventures in Freedom – Revisited
(I posted this originally last October. But it fit so well into what I’ve been thinking these days, that I decided to send it out again. Adventures in the garden – for all of us!) We had not done much with our yard, having focused on renovating the house. But now it was time. First,…
… Garden …
A garden is a thing of beauty and a job forever. Richard Briers I freely admit that I am nowhere the gardener as I am the housekeeper. For one thing, gardening happens outside in the heat (forget about houseplants; I have a 100% kill rate). And gardening involves dirt. And bugs. Yet I enjoy the…
10,000 Flowers
Yet So Blessed…
The world is so full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings. Robert Louis Stevenson My grandmother liked her beverages fully iced; I imagine growing up in steamy-hot southern Illinois had something to do with it. She kept a Styrofoam container in her freezer, refilling it from…
Where, Oh Where…
Has My Litter Box Gone? Ah yes, the joys of home maintenance are shared by everyone, including the pets. In preparation for the drywall, I moved the cats’ food, water and litter box into my bedroom where the cats could hunker down. Both cats immediately found the food and water, but Zoey couldn’t seem to…