Conversation with a Hummingbird
I THINK IT WAS A JUVENILE. I first spotted him procuring nectar from the profusion of purple flowers on what …
Category Archives: nature observed
Areas of Margin ~ The Garden
(One of a series of articles exploring alternatives to the daily barrage of information, images and thought-clutter that comes at …
Petals
Petals dropping off.One by one.Ground drying up.Stems becoming brittleGreen has turned to brownThe heads of flowers droopin exhaustion.Yet something is …
Loaded with Seed ~ Precursor to the Next Act
Isn’t it amazing that the delicate blooms and vibrantly colored petals of flowers can bear the scorching desert sun all …
No Rebuke to the Industrious Ant
On my morning walk up and down our private road, I observed a colossal struggle taking place on a very …
…beautiful, exquisite lovelinesses
GOD’S EXTRAVAGANCE How extravagant and how extravagantly rich God must be. He tosses the most exquisitely made blooms to the …
My Dead Rose
I have a rose bush in a pot outside the front door of my house. Through most of the summer …
Refuge
My soul has found a refuge I’m hidden in the Son The devil cannot touch me For Christ and I …
A Meditation ~ Psalm 19
(Psalm 19 is one of my favorite psalms. This psalm has two distinct sections. The first section reveals the fact …
Enjoying Time Together
This evening on the way home from the beach, my daughter and I were chatting. I can’t remember all the …
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