I Love Lilies!

Can I share some of my favorite lily photos with you?

I love lilies!

 "Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow;

 they neither toil nor spin;

 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field,

 which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven,

 will He not much more clothe you,

 O you of little faith?"

 Matthew 6:28-30

 

Flowers from my Garden

Well, I promised a look at the flowers I've been growing this summer...

I'm not sure of the name of this one,
but I think it's a pink peace lily.

This is a New Guinea Impatience that my daughters got for my birthday.
The flowers are so brilliantly pink!

I love the purple cone flower.

For the shady spot under my peach tree,
it's hard to beat regular impatience.

This spider wort keeps sneaking in among my daisies.

This is actually celery stalks going to seed!

I think this is a pumpkin of some sort.
I grew it from seeds collected from our harvest display last fall.

Blossoms from my Kentucky Wonder Pole Beans!

Daisies...

Why did I put this one in?!!!
Because I've been having a fight with the moles this year.
I've tried many ways of getting rid of them,
even flooding their tunnels with the water hose!
Do you have any suggestions?
If so, please leave me a comment!

This is one of my favorites...
the "Star Gazer" lily...
The fragrance it gives off is so beautifully strong
that it is almost overwhelming!

I thought this lily was a star-gazer,
it smelled just like one,
but I didn't remember planting bulbs that matched this description.
When I looked it up, I found it was called a
"Snow Princess Stargazer".

I think King Solomon must have liked lilies,

When he decorated the temple, he had lilies engraved into the pillars.

Also in the Song of Solomon, he compares his beloved to a 

lily among the thorns and speaks frequently about gardens.

It seems that much of his wisdom had to do with plants and gardening!

(1 Kings chapter 4)

God also must like gardens,

because that's where He first "planted" man!

Genesis 2:8

To me, gardening is relaxing,

and makes me feel close to God

as I work with Him in getting plants to grow and enjoy their beauty.

I put together a little "Lily Album" on my FaceBook page.

Click HERE if you'd like to see it.  

Just click on each photo to move through the album.

Thanks for dropping by!

To see my latest Name of God on Rocks, click HERE!

Last Lily of Summer

I love lilies,

and I was so sad to have them finish their season.

This is the last blossom. 
I took a picture of it a few weeks ago.
A horticulturist friend of ours gave me a start
of it about ten years ago.

These were some of my first lilies to bloom.



Next came the peach colored ones...



But this one is one of my favorites.
It was developed by a professor from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.

The professor gave a start of it to my sister-in-law,
who in turn gave me a small slip of my own. 
 This beautiful black day lily is a tiny delightful reminder
of the wonderful giving heart of my sis-in-law.
I'm sure this beautiful flower is of no comparison
to the blooms and blossoms she is now seeing in heaven!

I took this photo using lilies,
  trying a little water drop photography
with them as I was working on my
Rock4Today post a couple of months ago.
(Rock4Today is my blog that features the Names of God on Rocks!)

My MOST favorite lily is the "star-gazer" lily,

but unfortunately my bulbs didn't produce

any blooms for me this year.

My calla lillies didn't perform well either.
This was the only one that bloomed!

The lilies remind me of the verses in the Bible
where Jesus tells us to "Consider the lilies",
and says if He takes care of them,
He will surely take care of us!

By the way,

the winners of my July Give-A-Way have been contacted.

They have responded with their addresses,

and their prizes have been mailed! 



Consider the lilies…



If God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, o you of little faith?

Matthew 6:28-30



Spring is springing!

"To everything there is a season..."
Ecclesiastes 3:1

"Consider the lilies of the field..."

"If God so clothes the grass of the field...
will He not much more clothe you?"
Matthew 6:28-30

"While the earth remains,
seedtime and harvest, ..."

"...Winter and summer,
and day and night shall not cease."
Genesis 8:22

For a look at one of my favorite names for God

painted on rocks, click HERE to go to Rock4Today!

Linking with Katie Lloyd for Scripture and a Snapshot.