"Let not your heart be trouble, neither be afraid....
A collage of random photos were recently found on my camera, fancies that make the little things, the simple things of a beautifully created world.
"Let all that has breath praise His holy name!"
I certainly wished I had taken a photo of the pair of mockingbirds swooping to chase the garter snake away; the tenacity of that pair of birds speaks to my heart of guarding myself.
"Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you. Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure. Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.
I choose to believe the LORD sends a special treat to me in early June year after year. Again on a morning walk this terrapin was waiting for me to notice him as he crossed the street along my path. I gently scooped him up and carried him home for all of us to enjoy for a brief spell before he was released into my flower garden, amongst the tall monada and hyssop.
African violets are extremely easy to root, but one must have patience because they also grow slowly. A sewing friend stopped by my house back in late winter and handed me an assortment of African violet leaves. She assured me that in those grouping of plucked leaves were all colors and varieties of violets. I recently repotted some of the more flourishing ones and I am very pleased with their growth. I will patiently wait for future surprises.
"But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
Johnny jump-up flowers in my salad, which I found out many do not fancy, but I do!
And there are those fancies that slip our mind for a spell, which certainly was the case with the flower press we made several years ago. These particular flowers and leaves were pressed and forgotten until recently. I happened to recognize the press resting high on a cupboard in my sewing room. This has given me motivation to start my own herbarium after reading about the one Emily Dickinson kept.
"Have you made an herbarium yet? I hope you will if you have not, it would be such a treasure to you."
