What a huge variety of flowers we have in our garden. Peter just can't help but pull out the camera and snap a few, some repeats and others just found. Some are self-sown and others part of a plan. The amazing variety of design points to a divine creation by a supreme intelligence and just for the enjoyment of it and sharing this enjoyment. So much colour.
This is a wonderful rendition of the Book of Ruth cut into four segments through a single church service which shows just how much eight families plus a whole lot more children can have fun and learn about an important book of the Bible. It is about time we released this story. The children are all adult now and not easily recoginsed. The videoed performance can be seen HERE. Enjoy.
This seemed a good time to gather into one place some pictures of the birds that live in our local wetland. Some are harder to photograph like the wren above, flitting about, never stopping for more than three seconds. The star attraction has been the black swans and their growing cygnets. After that comes Roberto, the single goose residing there with a few psychological issues, then the moorhens, Eurasian coots, ducks of various breeds, parrots as well and a lone heron which stands aloof in a sage-like pose most of the time. Then there are the new coot chicks to enjoy. Oh so small. We look about for each bird in turn when we visit our wetland, mentally ticking them off, glad to see that they are all doing well, until we meet again.
Spring is in the air! The passing rain showers and increased sunshine has caused a real increase in every part of our yard, the weeds alongside our more useful plants. It is always fun to get up close with the macro lens to catch the creative magic that is otherwise hard to notice. They're all taken on one day except for the thirsty insect. Enjoy.
This is something that can enliven us by its majesty: our local wetland coruscating as the morning breeze ripples the surface of the water. The Free Dictionary defines coruscate as: to give forth flashes of light; sparkle and glitter: diamonds coruscating in the candlelight; or to exhibit sparkling virtuosity: a flutist whose music coruscated throughout the concert hall. The video we made catches the sounds of the birds and some of our comments. The camera panned and zoomed in to encapsulate the magic of what the wind and water are doing with the sun’s rays. Enjoy the video here.
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