Consider the Lilies

Category: Water

  • The floods recede

    Not even 30 days ago, a now-famous hurricane named Irene turned into a tropical storm and left behind a lot of water.  So much water that little brooks turned into raging rivers, and rivers burst out of their normal boundaries.  The water levels advanced, furiously, to the point of swallowing fields and farms, burying roads,…

  • Lessons in Gardening: John 15

    OK, it’s mid-August. I wish my daylilies looked like this picture.  But unfortunately that is not the case.  It’s been a hot and dry summer, not a lot of rain, and much of my perennial garden reflects these inhospitable growing conditions – brown, dusty plants in the garden instead of colorful, vibrant, flowering stalks. In…

  • Water

    What could be better than writing about a cold, thirst-quenching glass of water on a hot and muggy day like today?  Drinking in the cool liquid, of course!  Water is so essential – next to the air we breathe water is critical for bodies to live.   From the earliest beginning of civilization, men have…