harvest ~

have a wonderful

weekend

*  *  *

There Will Be Flowers ~

(click to enlarge)

I planted, Apollos watered,

 but God was

 causing the growth.

 So then neither the one who plants

 nor the one who waters

 is anything,

 but God who causes

 the growth.

 1 Corinthians 3:6-7

*  *  *

soon there will be flowers

and color and growth

but first

came

 the planting

 

Autumn Joy ~

Autumn Joy

is the name

 of this

 particular sedum

the color will continue

to deepen until we have a

hard frost and then the birds 

will enjoy the seeds throughout 

the winter months

*  *  *

"Behold congenial Autumn comes,
the Sabbath of the Year."

John Logan

1748 - 1788

*  *  *

September 22, 2013

the first day of autumn

What Do You See? ~

(a little click will help you see)
Faith sees a beautiful blossom in a bulb,

 a lovely garden in a seed,

 and a giant oak in an acorn.
William Arthur Ward

*  *  * 

and I suspect the  squirrel

 and the chipmunk

see dinner

Luke 17:6

Winding Down ~

self-planted

 they open shyly

 quietly

attracting

 the bees

 aging daily

 working

 to provide seed

for a new season

*  *  *

"Let us dance in the sun,

 wearing wild flowers in our hair."
Susan Polis Schutz

Sharing The Goods ~

this watchful chipmunk has a 

family of little ones that live

under the front step

no doubt her many trips to the bird feeder

include taking seed home to them

*  *  *

"Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart,

 it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.”

A.A. Milne

Winnie-the-Pooh

*  *  *

giving thanks in everything

 

 

Poppy Talk ~

within the ending

a multitude of beginnings

*  *  *

I assure you, most solemnly I tell you,

 Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies,

 it remains [just one grain; it never becomes more but lives]

 by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces many others 

 and yields a rich harvest.

John 12:24 AMP

Undetermined ~

 in one small

blossom

 lies a potential

orchard

 

what small act of kindness

might you share with someone

that will bear fruit along the way

*  *  *

If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.

Emily Dickinson

*  *  *

this is the first year this

 little apple tree has blossomed

it was planted nearly twenty years ago

Transition ~

 "It gives one a sudden start in 

going down a barren, stony street,

to see upon a narrow strip of grass,

just within the iron fence, the radiant dandelion,

shining in the grass, like a spark dropped from the sun."

Henry Ward Beecher

*  *  *

The grass withers

the flower fades

but the word of our 

 God lives forever.

Isaiah 40:8

Seed-bearing ~

milkweed seed pods

*  *  *

“ The milkweed pods are breaking,

  and the bits of silken down,

 float off upon the autumn breeze,

 across the meadows brown. ”

 Cecil Cavendish

Preparation ~

before the snow

arrived

there was the gathering

of seed

we are encouraged

to consider their ways

Proverbs 30:25

*  *  *

a little click will enlarge the photos

Provision ~

this

lone

little chickadee

came

looking

for seed

earlier

this

week

during

a 

winter storm

~ ~ ~ 

he

found

what

he 

was searching

for

~ ~ ~  

never give up

The Seed ~

awaiting
a birth
place
this tree
in
the making