The Garden at Sunrise

The world has different owners at sunrise ... Even your own garden does not belong to you. Rabbits and blackbirds have the lawns; a tortoise-shell cat who never appears in daytime patrols the brick walls, and a golden-tailed pheasant glints his way through the iris spears.

~Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Photo ~ Squirrel, Oldiefan via pixabay
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On Gardening

Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint,

and the soil and sky as canvas.

~Elizabeth Murray

Painting ~ Tending the Garden, Theophile Emmanuel Duverger 1821-1901

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Gardens Are For Sharing

We worked in one of the gardens yesterday, tidying up and planting some geraniums and a lobellia a dear friend left on my doorstep for my birthday. What a delightful surprise!

Gardens are for sharing, and gardeners are generous people. You can rarely depart from them empty-handed. They love to give away extra plants, a bouquet, or produce. They freely share their knowledge with anyone just starting a garden. God wants his children to have generous hearts when it comes to sharing their faith, too. By giving encouragement, love, and sometimes a challenge, we help each other grow.

Plant a row of flowers just for cutting and giving away. 

~ from Finding God in the Garden Calender

For I long to see you so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, that you may be established; that is, that I may be encouraged together with you while among you, each of us b the other's faith, both yours and mine. ~ Romans 1:11-12

Painting ~ Lilac 1901, Edmund Leighton 1852-1922

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