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Friday, 6 July 2012

LWR DOES SOME DRILLING

We have been breaking up a path at the back of the house - guess who lent a hand?

What a lot of work

No time for a rest LWR

Come on LWR do your bit!

Robert continues.........

POPPIES IN MY GARDEN

Poppies for rememberance!

These poppies are all in my front garden

Wednesday, 4 July 2012

These scenes are of some farm animals on a Cheshire Farm. Until recently the farmer had a herd of friesian cattle but they have now been sold to a farmer in Devon as it would have proved too costly for the farmer to update his milking parlour in accordance with EU Regulations.

O LOVE OF GOD HOW STRONG & TRUE (MORNING HYMN)

View from top of Beeston Castle

Beeston Castle

O Love of God, how strong and true;

Eternal and yet ever new;

Uncomprehended and unbought,

Beyond all knowledge and all thought!

O heavenly Love, how precious stilll,

In days of weariness and ill,

In nights of pain and helplessness,

To heal, to comfort, and to bless.

O wide embracing, wondrous Love;

We read thee in the sky above,

We read thee in the earth below,

In seas that swell and streams that flow.

We read thee best in Him who came

To bear for us the Cross of shame,

Sent by the Father from on high,

Our life to live, our death to die.

We read thy power to bless and save

E'en in the darkness of the grave;

Still more in resurrection light,

We read the fullness of thy might.

O Love of God, our shield and stay

Through all the perils of our way'

Eternal Love, in thee we rest,

For ever safe, for ever blest.

(Horatius Bonar 1808-89)

Tuesday, 3 July 2012

MORNING PICTURE - NICE

I have chosen a photograph taken in Nice for my morning picture today. We were fortunate enough to be able to visit there several times a few years ago. The following hymn is rarely sung these days but I found it in my old Methodist Hymn Book and the words are still relevant today.

The star of morn has risen:

O Lord, to Thee we pray

O uncreated Light of Light,

Guide Thou our way.

Sinless be tongue and hand,

And innocent the mind'

Let simple truth be on our lips,

Our hearts be kind.

As the swift day rolls on,

Still, Lord, our guardian be;

And keep the portals of our hearts

From evil free.

Grant that our daily toil

May to Thy glory tend;

And as our hours begin with Thee,

So may they end.

(Anonymous) tr by Greville Phillimore 1821-84

Sunday, 1 July 2012

UPDATE FROM LITTLE GREY RABBIT

Hello, I hope you are all well. It has been very wet this weekend but the sun did manage to show itself occasionally. Yesterday it was the carnival in Kingsley and there were many scarecrows positioned around the village. Today we had a celebration at our local Methodist Chapel, our oldest member had her 102nd birthday this week and a special lunch was held for her today.

My rambling roses are a real show at present, Rambling Rector and Pauls Himalayan Musk are very prolific, I hope to put some photos on the blog later this week.

Last weekend we held a large book sale at the chapel and I have spent most of the past week delivering surplus books to local charity shops as it was decided not to store any in the gallery any longer.

I can't think of any more news now. If anyone from the walking week at Treloyhan Manor reads this and knows Edna's telephone number or email please let me know as she kindly sent me some photos via email but I inadvertently deleted them and wasn't able to reply to her as I didn't have her address or phone number.

I finish tonight with the first verse of a hymn I have come across in my new hymn book:

Thanks for friends who keep on loving

finding ways to help us grow;

celebrating our achievements,

sharing in our pain and woe.

God is glimpsed where love is faithful;

mirrored here in time and space

Thanks to God for friends who love us;

Christ revealed in every face.