WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12TH, 2014
8 DAYS UNTIL SPRING!
Sunrise:7:44 am
Sunset: 7:33 pm
Life is a Special Occasion!
Hallmark
Spring is in the air. Today serves as another reminder spring has almost sprung – it’s Plant a Flower Day! Depending where you live, why not grab up a few of your favorite flowers or bulbs and get gardening? If the climate is still too cold, why not start a few seeds indoors or in the greenhouse instead? In honor of this fragrant and colorful holiday, today is the day to get down and get a little dirty! It’s time to get your green thumb on!
If you can't see the Bright Side, polish the dull side
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Earth laughs in flowers.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Flowers truly are something we should appreciate. Flowers have a sort of power to them. Flowers have an immediate impact on happiness and flowers have a long term positive effect on moods. Flowers are a wonderful way to bring happiness, and lift ones spirit.
Color is important in a black and white world. God knew humans needed a little variety of color in life. He is the Masterful artist of colors.
Fresh colorful flowers in the home are therapy which creates happiness and positive feelings. While my flowers may not be fresh, the are colorful. Right now while we still have snow on the ground, I’ll take my flowers where I can find them. The pictures today are flowers around my house last spring ! What a blessed memory they are!
This morning a whole lot of our snow has melted and it is raining. But they say we’ll be getting 8-12 more inches of snow today so it looks like we’ll be snow covered once again. Take good care everyone!
We all have some kind of purpose on this earth,
It's not to hurt people or tell them their worth.
Everyone was put here with an equal chance,
Take a look around you, take a good long glance.
Some were meant to heal, and some to teach,
Some are used to build, and some to reach.
You may not know your purpose just yet,
God will tell you, when he knows you are set.
Don't rush your fate, it has already been planned.
And God will always be there to lend a helping hand.
You will go through times that are really rough,
But you will always have someone, when the going gets tough.
Don't judge others, for when you do,
There is always someone else, judging you.
Think about things before they are said,
Say your prayers before going off to bed.
Take time just to sit, and observe all things,
A flower and it's petals, or a bird and it's wings.
For when you just look at what is around,
A new aspect on life could be what you have found.
Live for today, live one day at a time.
Live for yourself, and for God, that's no crime.
For when you do all these things to make your life great,
You will find your way to the pearly white gate.
Author Unknown
COUNTING MY GIFTS
Flowers don't worry about how the're going to bloom. They just open up and turn toward the light and that makes them beautiful.
Jim Carrey
I have counted at least 3 things every day that I'm thankful for this past year and have now reached my 1000 gifts. I'm not stopping, but will continue on counting. There is always, always something to be thankful for.
1478. for the awesome power of a flower
1479. for bright and beautiful colors
1480. for the fragrance of spring
Enter into His courts with thanksgiving — and in His presence is fullness of Joy!
PRAYER FOR OUR TROOPS
Please pray for God's protection of
our troops and HIS wisdom for their
commanders.
Lord, hold our troops in
your loving hands.
Protect them as they protect us.
Bless them and their families for the
selfless acts they perform for us
in our time of need. I ask this in the
name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior.
AND bless our Police Officers, Firefighters
and Paramedics and EMT's
GOD BLESS YOU ALL !
If you've never been thrilled to the very edges of your soul by a flower in spring bloom, maybe your soul has never been in bloom.
Terri Guillemets
A little smile, a word of cheer,
A bit of love from someone dear…
Love,
ma
4 comments:
Just 8 days! Time to plant the peas, but how? Love seeing the flowers even if from last year. I'm thinking when we do get ours, they will be the most beautiful ever.
I like the plant a flower day! You are so right, Ma, with the beauty flowers give to our world!
betty
I adore flowers, MA, and can't wait to get out there & plant some.... but alas, winter storm "Vulcan" struck our area of northwest Indiana with a vengeance last night & today so there will be no planting today, that's for sure. But it's coming... our days for planting & playing in the dirt are coming. As it does every single year. On that we can count, praise God! :)
~Andrea
XOXOXO
You have your daffodils to look forward to... mine have already come and gone... now my tulips are coming up... Just a bit more snow and then you'll have spring... 81 degrees here today and before you know it, it will be summer and a 110... :)
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