There is a tiny gland sitting deep in the centre of your head just underneath the brain, weighing no more than 1g in weight and no more than 1cm in size, (about the size of a kidney bean), that has functions affecting nearly every part of the body. It’s absence of failure to function correctly…
Paul writes in Romans 12 of how we are all part of one body, no one part more important than the other, and in 1 Corinthians 12 of how we are one body made up of different parts all reliant on each other. Eyes and ears, arms and legs. I was challenged recently to write…
The last tree in this series is the Stone Pine – not a common garden tree, in this country. They commonly grow in Mediterranean countries. If you have visited Rome you will have seen them in gardens and along roadsides; tall trees with a pine leaf canopy at the top. The young plants – like…
The Judas tree (Cercis Siliquastrum) is actually a beautiful tree when in bloom. There are two varieties, one with white flowers and the other with dark purple-pink flowers. It has gained its colloquial name from the myth that this is the species of tree that Judas hung himself from after betraying Jesus in the garden…
The second tree in this series is the Giant Redwood or Sequioa – the largest tree in the world! (Not this one!) Apparently, they are an endangered species according to the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of nature) with fewer 80000 remaining in its native California. So with 2 in our back garden, perhaps we…
At our recent Circuit Prayer meeting we thought about trees and how they can help us in our faith. Yesterday was Mothering Sunday when we remember all those who “mother” us. The first tree I want to use is the bay tree. This photo is a bay tree in my back garden. It is an…
I was fortunate to be able to visit a second exhibition whilst we were at Tate Britain. Lee Miller was a successful American model in the 1920s, used to being in front of the camera. However, in later years she took up photography herself and became known for her surrealistic images. During WW2 she was…
My husband and I recently travelled to London to visit the Tate gallery. We particularly wanted to see the “Turner and Constable” exhibition, celebrating the 250th year of their birth. Both men had artistic rivalry, often known as “fire and water”. Turner’s style was seen as using more poetic, dreamy, and abstract light, whereas Constable’s…
We have recently had “issues” with our domestic plumbing, and I’m hoping that by the time this TFTD is published the “issues” will be resolved! The story starts many years ago, possibly even before we moved into the house 27 years ago. We had to call on the “Drain Doctor” around 7 years ago and…
Following on from last week’s TFTD about rocks, this Thought also involves rocks. The seawall on the coastal path south of Port Macquarie has paintings on the rocks. Most of these appear to be personal memorials to loved ones. However I came across this rock with the inscription “maybe you’re the lighthouse in someone else’s…