Daily Picture : in our garden

‘Redlove’ apple blossom

does anyone recognise this flower ? 

Holy Week : Saturday

In the online Guardian this morning I read an article by Mark Rice Oxley giving several links to items of hope amid this pandemic... 

you might enjoy this link below which offers beautiful images of blossom:

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/features/blossom-watch

Interested in reading about  the hope of celebrating both Passover & Easter through video links / streaming etc ? ...then  look at  Johnathan Freedlands article in the Guardian ...

Palm Sunday

Annie Vallotten: Good News Bible

crab-apple blossom in bud, back garden

cherry blossom: out of the window

Lynn Unger

Pandemic

What if you thought of it
as the Jews consider the Sabbath—
the most sacred of times?
Cease from travel.
Cease from buying and selling.
Give up, just for now,
on trying to make the world
different than it is.
Sing. Pray. Touch only those
to whom you commit your life.
Center down.

And when your body has become still,
reach out with your heart.
Know that we are connected
in ways that are terrifying and beautiful.
(You could hardly deny it now.)
Know that our lives
are in one another’s hands.
(Surely, that has come clear.)
Do not reach out your hands.
Reach out your heart.
Reach out your words.
Reach out all the tendrils
of compassion that move, invisibly,
where we cannot touch.

Promise this world your love–
for better or for worse,
in sickness and in health,
so long as we all shall live.

Lynn Ungar serves as a minister for the Church of the Larger Fellowship, an online congregation for Unitarian Universalists and other religious liberals.  Her first book of poetry is entitled, Blessing the Bread.  Unger lives in San Francisco, CA.            

from     journeywithjesus.net

Open Studio / Open Gardens Sat 21st May 11-5pm

I'm amazed by the abundance of blossom
and surprised by how few bees & butterflies there are this year
considering the amount of pollen, nectar and glorious scent around the garden.

 

Our Almond tree was covered in white blossom during January

but sadly this photo says it all...

 heavy night frost:
poor blossom didn't have a chance !

But soon the whole garden came alive
with beautiful bluebells
purple iris, far too early
masses of cherry blossom, damson & pear

but sudden warm spell...
far too hot for comfort,
everything opened too fast;
petal-filled pathways...

Will there be anything left
in two weeks time ?

Will this delicate white clematis
joyfully encircling tree-trunk
still be there ?
Or apple blossom and blueberry bells?

Ah, but there will be some new arrivals;
just look at these...

and there's always the STUDIO...
Don't forget...

We will be opening
on Saturday 21st May: 11-5pm
as part of
WIVENHOE OPEN GARDENS WEEKEND

Come...& see... & have a cuppa tea !