The Lord is sending us the blessing of rain. Weather lore or not, I think this is highly unusual for the month of July. Like the song, There Shall Be Showers of Blessing, we are getting those showers in abundance. The flowers and limbs of trees are bowing their heads under the weight of water. Which reminds […]
What Is That Sound?
·Last night a strange rumble rolled across the heavens. What was that noise? It sounded familiar. Then I remembered. It was thunder and it had been such a long time since I heard it that I almost forgot what it sounded like! The Lord sent us rain. I don’t know how much but I do […]
Stormy Weather
·The wind in the trees is whispering ominous messages this morning so I went out and snapped a photo of the crepe myrtle in front of the maple in front of the clouds. Yesterday when church was over, I looked out of those huge windows and saw it was raining! My joy overcame my sense […]
Rainy Day Ramble
·Rain! I woke to the sound of it, pouring off the eaves. Lightning flashed, thunder rolled across the heavens and I decided, as my dad used to say, it was “gettin’ up time”. So here I am, up before the birds. Are the other people on my street still sleeping? Probably so. And what about […]
Azaleas in the Rain
·A Sudden Shower There’s a scurry in the garden,There’s a rustle through the plants; There’s a scamper, scoot and scuttle Made by bustling bugs and ants The mushroom’s an umbrella For a cabbage butterfly And the pumpkin vine’s a shelter For a cricket hopping by. Then a rush of racing raindrops patter, splatter in the […]