
Lots of stuff for which to be thankful…



Don’t you think?



(Fill in the blanks.) I’m thankful for ______ .
Today’s gift

Lots of stuff for which to be thankful…



Don’t you think?



(Fill in the blanks.) I’m thankful for ______ .
Today’s gift
Spring, gone for now


Summer’s final flowery fling


Autumn’s seedy start




Winter’s waiting, oh yes, waiting


Still, today’s gift
Walking…






… in the rain
Today’s gift
Simple…
A – B – C
It’s yellow and black
Zipping forward… Buzzing…
Finding flowers
Mining them for nectar
Picking up pollen
Flitting backward… Zzubing…
It’s black and yellow
A Bee! See?
Simple…




Some think,
“Um, pine trees?”
Yep, they are pine trees.

Some think,
“Wow, tall.”
For sure, they are tall

Some think,
“Magnificent.”
Magnificent. No doubt.


And some think,
“Cathedral.”
A place for worship.
Indeed, a cathedral to worship
the Creator of magnificent, tall pine trees
A psalm. For giving grateful praise.
Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.
Worship the Lord with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
Know that the Lord is God.
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.
Today’s Gift
It took a bit longer to mow the backyard this afternoon. I got distracted by these beauties.


Unexpected delight
Today’s gift
*I was weeding the flowerbeds the other day. I took along my camera. Here are more ‘square inches’ of God’s creation that I found.
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No poetry
No preaching




Just the rest of the pictures
From my weeding adventure




*I was weeding the flowerbeds the other day. I took along my camera. Here’s a ‘square inch’ of God’s creation that I found.
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One day I spied … a creature
Exploring a rocky corner
Not one day
Not two days
But many days of exploring
… Searching for what?

Searching the rocks for
A bite to eat?
A place to live?
A mate?
… All the while darting all around? How?
This creature has wings
Four wings
Amber wings
Four, big Amber wings
… What about the rest of it?

This creature’s body
Has three sections - head, thorax, abdomen
It’s two inches long, black, yellow, red
With one wicked looking stinger
… Anything else?

Only the female
Lays eggs
Digs the burrow
Has a stinger to paralyze prey
… Prey, what prey? Pray tell?
Ah, the prey!
Here’s where we get the clue
It will help us name this very interesting insect
This large, flying wasp of a creature
In search of a
… cicada …
To nourish newly hatched eggs
Its name?
Cicada Killer

Doing what it was created to do
Today’s gift
*I was out weeding the flowers the other day. I took along my camera. Here are some ‘square inches’ of God’s creation that I found.
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Food (i)
We see leafy, green
We wonder what’s within
We have food for thought

Food (ii)
Carbon dioxide
Water, chlorophyll, sunlight
Photosynthesis

Food (iii)
Table of Plenty
Photosynthesis provides
Food for all

Take a Breath
Green, leafy gateway
C - Oh - two IN, Oh - two OUT
Needed breath of life

Water
Suspended, sparkling
Jewels dancing, delighting
Watering the earth

Today’s gifts