I couldn’t resist posting a few more pictures after taking my camera for a walk on this Christmas Day afternoon.
This is my Father’s world.
Today’s gift.
Category: Square Inches
The Weather
There’s been a lot of talk about the weather these days. From the west coast to the east and everywhere in between it’s been weather! weather! weather!
Realizing there’s nothing I can do about it, today, I decided rather than talk about the weather it was time to explore some of the effects of the weather.
So, on this very cold, sunny, cloudless day, with a nearby creek swollen by recent rains, I risked frozen fingers to try the ‘five shot’ challenge. Could I take five photos worthy of posting in the blog?
Here’s what I came up with…
Today’s gift.
Autumn – 2022
It sometimes seems that
The Creator of the universe likes to show off
a bit these days
Praise to the Creator
Who shows off his handiwork
In all of Creation
In all seasons
“This is my Father’s world…”
Today’s gift
Dahlia (2)
The grand dahlia experiment is about over. Last spring I planted three tubers. In September I had one flower bloom. And today, in late October, just after an evening and early morning of below freezing temps, I can report and show Dahlia #2.
It’s a beauty and worth the wait.
With the coming of frost, is the grand dahlia experiment now over? Not quite. There are tubers to harvest, divide, store and to be replanted in the spring. Each step is something new for me and an opportunity to learn about and enjoy a small part of the Creator’s world.
Today’s gift.
Why Do Hummingbirds Hum?
The afternoon settled in …
Cool, gray, empty
Looking for meaningful activity, pondering important things …
I settled in
A book at hand and camera at the ready…
Looking …
For the elusive hummingbird
And then
So, the question remains…
Hummingbirds hum because … why?
They’re happy… ?
And it’s hard to smile with that pointy beak
Echolocation…?
That’s a batty idea
Looking for a mate?
Hmmmm…
So why DO hummingbirds hum?
Anyone can tell you…
It’s because they don’t know the words!
Or maybe they do
“This is my Father’s world…
the birds their carols raise…
declaring their Maker’s praise.”
Today’s gift.
Sunrise
(I)
Aways arriving
Sneakily or boldly states
This is a new day
(II)
Each day, everywhere
A continued connection
A daily greeting
(III)
All times, all places
Every day, new beginnings
Something of eternity
Safety Net?
Shining silky cloud
Hammocked amid grassy poles
Invitingly safe
Cute
This morning’s unexpected delight.
Gray Day
In the beginning when God created, the world contained the substances and processes to produce today’s gray, foggy day. A gray day. God’s creation.
In the beginning when God created all, even the stuff of gray days, he pronounced his creation good. So, I’m not complaining. In the midst of the grayness, if one pays attention, one can find surprising moments of delight, also the work of the Creator.
In the beginning when God created, he had a plan. Today is part of that plan. Gray day or not, pay attention to the gifts the Creator sends your way.
______________ today’s gift, from God the Creator to you.
Around the Corner
The trail I walk on just about every morning is a mostly flat meandering path following a creek. There are woods, fields and marshes that change with the seasons. Today’s flowers are different from a month ago. Yet day by day things pretty much remain the same.
Sometimes unexpected things come along that surprise and delight. Like this morning. I was walking along, turning a corner that bends the path into a swampy area, when I met this curious traveler.
We stood facing each other for a few minutes, long enough for me to get out my phone and snap a few pictures. Delightful.
Today, I turned a corner that I’ve walked hundreds of times seeing the same scene almost every time, until today. A surprise. A gift. And then more.
So it is with life. We travel in our day-to-day routines. We work. We play. We struggle. We enjoy. We fret.
We worry about what’s next, what’s around the next corner. It’s impossible to tell. Yet the One who created fawns and flowers walks with us as we travel our straight and crooked paths. He tells us there’s no need to worry.
So today, praise God who has all our corners, beginning to end, in view. Praise the one who reminds us “Do not be afraid… you are mine.” Isaiah 43:1 Today’s gift.
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