Friday, June 24, 2022

How Fitting!

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    The Birth of St John the Baptist Pietro Liberi "How fitting that it should be on this, the Feast of the Nativity of St. John, who e...

Hawk in the Bird Bath - Butterfly on the Chaste Tree - What a Day!

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 The Chaste Tree produces an oil that sells on Amazon. A butterfly was moving around the flowers today. I made an effort to give the birds f...
Thursday, June 23, 2022

Back to Nature Mansions Carved Out of the Virgin Wilderness.
Give Creation Gardening a Try - And a Lower Budget - By Million$

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The Wall Street Journal has a hilarious article about people wanting to get close to the Creation (or nature, as they spell it). They do not...

Hymn - I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say

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"I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say" by Horatius Bonar, 1808-1899 Tune -  Vox dilecti  - linked here 1. I heard the voice of Jesus...

Hymn - From Eternity, O God,

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"From Eternity, O God" by Caspar Neumann Translated by August Crull, 1845-1923 Tune -  Liebster Jesu  linked here 1. From ete...

Hymn -- Brief Life Is Here Our Portion

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Tune - Ewing  - linked here Same tune as Jerusalem the Golden "Brief Life Is Here Our Portion" by Bernard of Morlas, 12th centur...

Hymnal - And Wilt Thou Pardon, Lord

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Tune - St. Bride - linked here "And Wilt Thou Pardon, Lord" by Joseph the Hymnographer, c. 800-883 Translated by John M. Neale...

Christina Jackson Memorial and Garden Photos

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 Title Page of the Original King James Version of the Bible - facsimile.  The facsimile edition is on a book stand from Alec Satin, Lutheran...

Hymn - And Wilt Thou Pardon Lord

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  Joseph the Hymnographer Tune - St. Bride - linked here "And Wilt Thou Pardon, Lord" by Joseph the Hymnographer, c. 800-883...
Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Quasi Rainwater for the Garden

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I used up the last drop of genuine rainwater yesterday, keeping the Coconut Daisies alive. Each rain forecast now gets more distant or less ...
Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Growth Comes from Labor and God's Design

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Heirloom is a beautiful colored rose with a powerful, legacy fragrance, enough to make me cough. Someone came by to load a bike on his truck...

Augustana College Graduate the New Bishop for Northern Illinois

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New President of Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois By  KWQC Staff Published: Jun. 20, 2022 at 2:31 PM CDT | Updated: 11 hours ago ROC...
Monday, June 20, 2022

Switch to the Medicinal Value of Fresh Fruit, Vegetables, and Greens.
What I have Learned from Eat To Live

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  This Eat To Live book was in my library, unread.   The End of Heart Disease gave me insights about blood pressure and cardio issues. I h...

Petal to the Meadow

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I wanted to start with someone having a hissy over my spelling. They will email each other, "Did you see that on the blog? He cannot sp...
Sunday, June 19, 2022

Aphids and Lightning Bugs Are Out and Feeding

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The wild strawberry is the most flexible and useful ground cover, also serving as food for birds and critters, creating a green mat enhanced...

Morning Edition - The First Sunday after Trinity, 2022

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The First Sunday after Trinity, 2022 Pastor Gregory L. Jackson  Vimeo player is below when activated: Bethany Lutheran Church,  10A...