"So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts toward wisdom."
Psalms 90:12; 139:13-17.
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Spring break
Time out. Yesterday I saw the first daffodils whizz by, on a hillside, as we headed north to speech therapy. Our tulips are up a couple inches. The bird feeders are busier by the day.
well...we are bhind you up here but it is coming. Our daffodials are up a few inches, which for March in PEI, is very early!! And another sign of spring...a potato sprayer out on the road yesterday. The farmers are getting restless!
hmmm..methinks you shouldn't be whizzing by the daffodils. Can you find time to sit next to them soon? I am picturing this in my mind right now: Julana hopping out of her car and dropping down to the roadside to enjoy the flowers...schedules be darned. :)
My little grape hyacinths are peeking up out of the dirt right now, and the forsythia bushes are starting to show off their distinctive yellow glow. Yay - spring is here!
Hi you! I've been thinking about you. I'm impressed you have tulips - they are rare in NZ. I've been timing out a bit myself. I'm still zonked from street ministry this week - we were out til really late (or that should be early). Stopped in to catch up with you here. Love you.
Yes, Mel. So much that we drove south for a few days, to meet them coming. :-)
Thank you, Violet. We just took a few days off to visit Kentucky, where they're about two weeks ahead of us, bloom-wise.
That's so funny, Islandsparrow--potato sprayers getting restless as a sign of spring. :-) I'm sure the farmers just west of here are feeling that way, too. I'm ready to get my hands in the dirt.
We spent yesterday morning in the historic Lexington cemetery, Sparrow. It was pretty slow. . . green and beautiful, with gardens, statues, lots of history, and encouraging verses about the afterlife.
My Kid's Mom, I miss my grape hyacinths from the old house. I haven't gotten them in here yet. Next spring. But the daffodils are out all over down here, now tha we're back. You should have them soon. We saw several long, brilliant forsythia hedges in Lexington.
Thank you for stopping in, Catez. You have to have a certain number of cold months to get tulips. New Zealand's climate may be too moderate, except up in the higher elevations. Don't know. (My sister-in-law can't grow them in Florida, the southern U.S.)
God bless you for your work with the poor over there. I'm wondering how you handle those hours, with a job. Maybe you're a lot younger than I am. :-) (I haven't forgotten N.T.Wright, but have detoured into his Simply Christian, to get a better grasp of his framework. Interesting reverberations when mingled with reading Perelandra. Overlapping worlds.)
Don't you love the signs of spring?
ReplyDeleteHope you soon have some time to slow down and smell the spring.
ReplyDeletewell...we are bhind you up here but it is coming. Our daffodials are up a few inches, which for March in PEI, is very early!! And another sign of spring...a potato sprayer out on the road yesterday. The farmers are getting restless!
ReplyDeletehmmm..methinks you shouldn't be whizzing by the daffodils. Can you find time to sit next to them soon? I am picturing this in my mind right now: Julana hopping out of her car and dropping down to the roadside to enjoy the flowers...schedules be darned. :)
ReplyDeleteMy little grape hyacinths are peeking up out of the dirt right now, and the forsythia bushes are starting to show off their distinctive yellow glow. Yay - spring is here!
ReplyDeleteHi you! I've been thinking about you. I'm impressed you have tulips - they are rare in NZ. I've been timing out a bit myself. I'm still zonked from street ministry this week - we were out til really late (or that should be early). Stopped in to catch up with you here. Love you.
ReplyDeleteYes, Mel. So much that we drove south for a few days, to meet them coming. :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Violet. We just took a few days off to visit Kentucky, where they're about two weeks ahead of us, bloom-wise.
That's so funny, Islandsparrow--potato sprayers getting restless as a sign of spring. :-) I'm sure the farmers just west of here are feeling that way, too. I'm ready to get my hands in the dirt.
We spent yesterday morning in the historic Lexington cemetery, Sparrow. It was pretty slow. . . green and beautiful, with gardens, statues, lots of history, and encouraging verses about the afterlife.
My Kid's Mom, I miss my grape hyacinths from the old house. I haven't gotten them in here yet. Next spring. But the daffodils are out all over down here, now tha we're back. You should have them soon. We saw several long, brilliant forsythia hedges in Lexington.
Thank you for stopping in, Catez. You have to have a certain number of cold months to get tulips. New Zealand's climate may be too moderate, except up in the higher elevations. Don't know. (My sister-in-law can't grow them in Florida, the southern U.S.)
God bless you for your work with the poor over there. I'm wondering how you handle those hours, with a job. Maybe you're a lot younger than I am. :-)
(I haven't forgotten N.T.Wright, but have detoured into his Simply Christian, to get a better grasp of his framework. Interesting reverberations when mingled with reading Perelandra. Overlapping worlds.)