“God is everywhere and in all creation,” my friend Sara said in response to my last blog post when I shared it on Facebook. “We seek Him when we should just SEE Him.”
Nothing like a stroll in my backyard on a summer morning to confirm what she says. I like to start my day by feeding the birds (and squirrels), then feasting my eyes on some flowers. This time of year, all kinds of lovelies are blooming:
And last but not least …
Spring took its sweet time coming this year!
Where I live, we had our last snowfall on April 16. My poor jonquils in the front yard were freezing. (See photo below, center, taken a mere three weeks ago.)
Br-r-r-r-r-r-r!!!!!
But now my flowers are making up for lost time. As I said in an earlier blog entry, I guess God was teaching me patience.
The trees in our backyard are in bloom.
As are the tulips and irises.
The creeping phlox, rhododendrons and other early-spring bloomers are going to town.
Usually my spring flowers bloom in small batches: first the snowdrops and crocuses, then the jonquils, then the redbuds and pear trees, then the tulips and so on. This year, they are pretty much all blooming at once. The whole yard, front and back, is ablaze in color.
Even my favorite volunteers have come out to play.
So happy Spring, everyone! Finally …
I had really hoped by now I would be spending time in my garden and flower beds, but as you can see, I would get a bit chilly when taking a break in my backyard.
Since God seems intent on teaching me patience this spring, I decided to venture outside with a camera this morning instead.
After all, the snow was pretty. In fact, the camera didn’t even begin to capture the beauty.
And (to paraphrase Matthew 6:28) consider the jonquils in front of my house, God seemed to be saying. Most years, they would have bloomed in March and would be long gone by now.
But this year they are experts in the art of patience!
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