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Blessings from God – A Blank Canvas
God has blessed me with a blank canvas (well, blank in most respects) in part of the area where we cut some planted pines. I’ve started with a few small trees and bushes but still have more room than...
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As the Deer Pants for Water….
These kittens know what’s inside the door and that it’s time for it to be brought out to their food bowl. They jump on the door and scratch in anticipation. Squeaks, purrs, and meows fill the air. They...
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Reflecting God’s Light in a Dark World
Here are last Spring’s caladiums under the Dogwood tree. As you see, I plant the white ones with a few green veins. I like this variety because we can see them “glowing” in the shade, and they seem to...
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Making Sense of Christmas
(This post is part of the ChristianWriters.com blog chain for December – The theme is Christmas sense(s)) I struggle at times making sense of Christmas. Why did the God of Creation leave Heaven and...
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Blessings From God – Unusual and Beautiful Flowers
Enjoy the Clerodendrum from last Spring. The butterfly is folded up and hard to see, but enjoy that too. As I understand it, the bush is native to China and India. It does well under the shade of the...
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December Sunset – 2013 Rises
Here’s a beautiful south Georgia sunset in late December. Now 2013 has come in and we begin another year thanking God for the blessings He gives us and asking Him to guide us in what we do – all to His...
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Learning in Life – Watch Where Your Shadow Falls
It would have been a lovely photo of Black-eyed Susans in our backyard. But, I wasn’t thinking or noticing where my shadow fell. One point in my personal mission statement is “Pay Attention”. Obviously...
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Blessings from God – 100 Followers (Plus 3?)
I thank the Lord and all of you out there who follow this blog. We reached a milestone of 100 followers last week. It is humbling to think there are that many people who went through the time and...
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A Wicked Surprise in the Back Forty
A wicked surprise in the back forty! When I cleared out the underbrush in the area of cut pines (referred to as the new landscape area in previous blogs), I found a lot of self started pine seedlings....
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Do You Look Like Just Another Board in the Fence?
Do you stand out like a new creation? A few weeks ago I headed out to a jobsite and went by the Meldrim Sisters’ Farm. The sisters are no longer living but their legacy lives on because the house and...
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God’s Love Becomes a Forest of Beauty
Here’s a shot just down the road where the wisteria vines have spread through the pine trees. Sharon and I have watched as it expanded over many years. You can see why the vine is considered invasive –...
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The Sign (and Power) of the Cross
I saw the small cross on the side of the road ahead and my heart sank as I thought “oh no, not someone else”. It looked like one of those crosses that families and friends place in memory of someone...
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What Ingredients Create Our Spiritual Mulch?
The flower beds were a mess. Some still are since it’s a work in progress. I didn’t add any mulch in the fall, so the weeds were free to multiply and the warm winter helped them along. But, thankfully,...
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Sure Signs of Faith
Want a sure sign that Spring is here? Then, look for the budding pecan trees. They seem to be the last large trees around here (south Georgia) that bud out. Want a sure sign of faith? Then look for...
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The Parable of the Hidden Light
Now, it’s an inviting 2 rut road through the woods but a month or so ago it was more inviting. That’s when I started looking at it as I drove past on the highway. I kept thinking I needed to stop and...
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The Bird Was Watching Me
“For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird,” Proverbs 1:17 ESV Not sure if the bird is watching me (I wasn’t spreading a net, just taking a picture) or happened to look my way. But, it does...
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I Wish You Could Smell This – Sweet Savor!
A “sweet savor” isn’t a common twenty-first century phrase used to describe good smells – but it would appropriately describe the wonderful treat that greets Sharon and me when we go outside these...
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Blooms and Scripture 3
Psalms 25 (continued) “Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way. All the paths of the LORD are...
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Blooms and Scripture 5
Psalms 25 Completed “The troubles of my heart are enlarged : O bring thou me out of my distresses. Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins. Consider mine enemies ; for they are...
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Blooms and Scripture 6
Still busy these days (a good thing), but flowers are still blooming so I’ll do another round of Blooms and Scripture. I have a non existent vegetable garden this year – too many Saturdays in a row...
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