Sunday 28 July 2019

Peace...


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Father, Mother, God,

Thank you for your presence during the hard and mean days.
For then we have you to lean upon.

Thank you for your presence during the bright and sunny days.
For then we can share that which we have with those who have less.

And thank you for your presence during the Holy Days.
For then we are able to celebrate you and our families and our friends

For those who have no voice, we ask you to speak.

For those who feel unworthy, we ask you to pour your love out in waterfalls of tenderness.

For those who live in pain, we ask you to bathe them in the river of your healing.

For those who are lonely, we ask you to keep them company.

For those who are depressed, we ask you to shower upon them the light of hope.

Dear Creator, You, the borderless sea of substance, we ask you to give to all the world that which we need most.....PEACE.

Maya Angelou
(4th April 1928 - 28th May 2014)

Sunday 21 July 2019

Peace...


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Father, Mother, God,

Thank you for your presence during the hard and mean days.
For then we have you to lean upon.

Thank you for your presence during the bright and sunny days.
For then we can share that which we have with those who have less.

And thank you for your presence during the Holy Days.
For then we are able to celebrate you and our families and our friends

For those who have no voice, we ask you to speak.

For those who feel unworthy, we ask you to pour your love out in waterfalls of tenderness.

For those who live in pain, we ask you to bathe them in the river of your healing.

For those who are lonely, we ask you to keep them company.

For those who are depressed, we ask you to shower upon them the light of hope.

Dear Creator, You, the borderless sea of substance, we ask you to give to all the world that which we need most.....PEACE.

Maya Angelou
(4th April 1928 - 28th May 2014)

Sunday 14 July 2019

Peace...


www.allposters.co.uk

Father, Mother, God,

Thank you for your presence during the hard and mean days.
For then we have you to lean upon.

Thank you for your presence during the bright and sunny days.
For then we can share that which we have with those who have less.

And thank you for your presence during the Holy Days.
For then we are able to celebrate you and our families and our friends

For those who have no voice, we ask you to speak.

For those who feel unworthy, we ask you to pour your love out in waterfalls of tenderness.

For those who live in pain, we ask you to bathe them in the river of your healing.

For those who are lonely, we ask you to keep them company.

For those who are depressed, we ask you to shower upon them the light of hope.

Dear Creator, You, the borderless sea of substance, we ask you to give to all the world that which we need most.....PEACE.

Maya Angelou
(4th April 1928 - 28th May 2014)

Sunday 7 July 2019

Peace...


www.allposters.co.uk

Father, Mother, God,

Thank you for your presence during the hard and mean days.
For then we have you to lean upon.

Thank you for your presence during the bright and sunny days.
For then we can share that which we have with those who have less.

And thank you for your presence during the Holy Days.
For then we are able to celebrate you and our families and our friends

For those who have no voice, we ask you to speak.

For those who feel unworthy, we ask you to pour your love out in waterfalls of tenderness.

For those who live in pain, we ask you to bathe them in the river of your healing.

For those who are lonely, we ask you to keep them company.

For those who are depressed, we ask you to shower upon them the light of hope.

Dear Creator, You, the borderless sea of substance, we ask you to give to all the world that which we need most.....PEACE.

Maya Angelou
(4th April 1928 - 28th May 2014)

Thursday 4 July 2019

A bit fed up to be honest...


A couple of weeks back I managed to pick up some sort of stomach bug and felt awful for the whole weekend.  It took me quite a few days to get my appetite back (not that I'm in any danger of fading away anytime soon LOL), and I felt so tired too.  

Just as I started to get over that, Adrian came down with a cold/sore throat/cough, which we think he probably picked up from our daughter who had the same thing.  Now, of course, I too have caught the bug and once again I feel knackered without actually having done anything.  I don't have much of a "cold" as such (not yet, anyway) but by 'eck, my throat is so incredibly sore!  I really can't remember the last time I had such a sore throat, it's not something I usually get even when I come down with a cold *sigh*

I was hoping to continue working in the front garden but the weather is not playing ball either.  It seems to have been raining for days, so different to this time last year!  I suppose I should look on the bright side, though, because just imagine how much more annoying it would be if the weather was lovely and I felt too unwell to get out in the garden!

As the saying goes "this too shall pass"  😉  

Monday 1 July 2019

And the digging goes on...


...and on and on!  After weeks of procrastination, we have finally made a start on the other side of the front garden.  There is a lot of digging out to be done, but it's been really hard going out there as the ground has been trampled on so much and has consequently become rather compacted.  The plan has always been to have a wildlife pond on this side, nothing fancy or large, we just want to encourage insects and birds into the garden.


We've made good use of the tree trunks that were cut down last year.  These pieces are just a bit too difficult for us to cut into logs so we've made a border edging with them instead.  A sweet little plant (which looks like a geranium but I don't really know for sure what it is) has self-seeded into the side of the round section of trunk with the gardening gloves on them.  I admire it's tenacity and have left it in situ as it is clearly happy there, and adds to the more natural feel we are aiming for here. 


Adrian has dug out a lot of crocosmia from the wall border ~ it grows like a weed here!  We still have a good two-thirds of the border to clear but the area in front of the retaining wall is now cleared.  He has also dug a hole for the wildlife pond, but I'm not up-to-date with photos at the moment.


Meanwhile on the other side of the garden some of the plants and shrubs are growing away nicely.  I love this weigela and am thrilled that it has flowered so profusely already, despite it still being quite tiny.


And isn't this dicentra gorgeous!  The foliage is beautiful and the flowers are such a lovely colour.


All the plants in this pot came with us from our old garden.  They were in pots there too but not all together like they are now.  They took a little while to settle once I had transplanted them, but now they are romping away.  The pots they were in previously were a lot shorter than this one, and I must admit that I thought I had lost them over winter as the pots became pretty water-logged.  I think this new pot will suit them better as there is much more height there for drainage.


Mr Toad came to visit over the weekend!


I disturbed him when I was refilling the bird bath (well, technically it's a deep-ish plant saucer but the birds don't seem to care!).  I have to refill the bath several times most days as the sparrows splash around so much that the water slops out.  They make good use of it and we both love to watch them.


I've no idea what sort of toad our visitor is (actually, I'm not even certain that he is a toad ~ I guess he could be a frog!), but he was very obliging and posed quite beautifully for me to take plenty of photos 😊

Edited to add that Mr Toad is indeed Mr Frog!