Today we bring you our 500th Thought for the day since we started in March 2020. Thank you to everyone who has contributed during the last 18 months. Romans 5:4“Perseverance, character, and character, hope.”  Today I finished the ironing!  It had started as a small pile, just a few clothes. “Not worth getting the ironing…

If you are fortunate to have a garden, however large or small, during these times of pandemic, you have probably spent more time in it than usual. You may have noticed the creatures that share your garden with you, who either have made it their home, or are passing visitors. Observing these creatures, their habits…

Psalm 1 v 3.That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in seasonand whose leaf does not wither, whatever they do prospers People who don’t want to wait 4 decades for a globe Norway maple to grow in their front  garden can buy a 30 foot specimen from a New York nursery…

I heard somebody talking in an interview on television recently about the Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna, arguably one of the best racing drivers of all time.  He had a formula one career spanning ten years and until 2006 he held the record for the most pole position starts, he raced in 162 world class…