First Frost

 

This weekend brought us our first frost of the season.

The calendar may not show that fall has arrived but the white ground says autumn is here.

This brave sunflower is holding on hoping for a few more summer days.  Likewise the tomatoes in the background need a bit more heat to ripen.  

A frosty morning may be lovely but am hoping that warmer days will return and grant us a bit of reprieve.

To my way of thinking summertime is never long enough.  So I am off to enjoy the last moments of the season.  

See you all in the fall!

Have a blessed week.

Hugs

Debbie

"And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years."  Gen. 1:14 (NIV)

    

"Looking Up"

"Looking Up" and wishing everyone a wonderful July.   Those who are celebrating the Fourth in the USA - Have a Happy & Safe One!

"I lift up my eyes to you, to you whose throne is in heaven."  Psalm 123:1 (NIV)

Hugs Debbie

Prayers of Encouragement

Sending up prayers of encouragement for those in Texas and Louisiana who have lost loved ones, their homes and businesses.

Many of us will be celebrating a three day weekend here in the U.S.  Amidst the celebration perhaps you will take a moment to pause and "look up" for Harvey's victims.
I will join you.

"The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective."  James 5:16b (NIV)

God Bless

Debbie

Sunflower ...

 A sunflower is an inspiration.  It captivates attention.   Beginning as a tender shoot it grows tall.  The lovely head faces heavenward reaching for the light.  Bees and butterflies find rest among the unfurled petals.

 

 

  With maturity this flower learns to bend and twist providing shelter for lower growing neighbors.  

 

As summer's time starts the slow dance to autumn beauty becomes a faded memory.

 

 Growing old this plant continues giving.   The dried head yields sustenance to the birds of the air.

The sturdy stems age and begin to bough.  Remaining seeds fall downward.  They have come home for the winter.

 

When spring makes her return young sprouts will rise and life will abound.

 

 

"The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;"   John 11:25

 

Thanks for the visit - have a blessed week!