by Carole Duff | Jul 7, 2025 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
My cucumbers were failing to transform. Lots of vine growth and blossoms, but only one cucumber so far. And, I’ve been told, if you can’t grow cucumbers, you might as well give up gardening. Well, I am not much of a gardener but do like growing things. So, to...
by Carole Duff | Jun 23, 2025 | Faith, Family, Nature |
He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in. Isaiah 40:22 NIV The circle, without beginning or end, represents God’s eternal nature,...
by Carole Duff | May 19, 2025 | Faith, Nature |
Extra cheese or features, extra special treatment or upgrades, extra work hours or party favors. According to Merriam-Webster, “Extra implies excess, surplus, something additional beyond what is expected or necessary. In Latin, extra means ‘outside’ or ‘beyond’…” A...
by Carole Duff | May 5, 2025 | Faith, Nature |
As a gardener, I have nothing to prove: although I enjoy growing things, I’m just not very good at it. Some herbs and plants do well with vagarious me plus the soil, water, and sun here on the mountain, but others, such as the scraggly rosemary in the middle picture,...
by Carole Duff | Apr 28, 2025 | Faith, Nature |
We might get rain later this week— the thirsting cucumbers, lettuce, Chard, kale, and tomato plants, plus the bean seeds underground and herbs in pots could sure use it, which in its spontaneity is far more effective compared to my routine hand watering. And so, I ask...
by Carole Duff | Apr 21, 2025 | Faith, Nature |
Lord knows, nothing can’t live without rain, and we need it. Although there’s moisture in the air this cloudy morning, no rain is forecast until maybe this weekend. But God knows our needs and provides in His way and in His time. The word “without” in scripture...
