Ask the Animals...

"But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds of the air, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea inform you.  Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this? In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind."    Job 12:7-10

(All photos found on the internet)

Touches of Fall

I love decorating for fall! It's such a pretty time of year, leaves changing color, pretty pumpkins, and fresh crisp air.

Our cat 'Whiskers' was posing under the maple tree in our backyard yesterday and I just had to take a  picture! So I ended up taking a few more from around our home. : )

Nothing Gold Can Stay

                                                    Nature's first green is gold,                      
                                                    Her hardest hue to hold.
                                                    Her early leaf's a flower;
                                                    But only so an hour.
                                                    Then leaf subsides to leaf.
                                                    So Eden sank to grief,
                                                    So dawn goes down to day.
                                                    Nothing gold can stay.

                                                                             Robert Frost

Gardening

                                         "Gardening is the purest human pleasure." Francis Bacon

                                       
                                      (Pictures from Keukenhof Flower Garden, Netherlands)

From Psalm 104

"You cause the grass to grow for the cattle, 

and plants for people to use, to bring forth food from the earth,

and wine to gladden the human heart, oil to make the face shine, and bread to strengthen the human heart. 

The trees of the LORD are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
In them the birds build their nests; the stork has its home in the fir trees.

The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the coneys. 

You have made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting. 

  

You make darkness, and it is night, when all the animals of the forest come creeping out. The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God." 

                                                
                                                                   Psalm 104: 14-21