Week 16

     I had hoped that by the middle of April, I would be posting some spring flower photos, but we are having a late spring in Southwestern Ontario.  The following are photos from the ice storm that we had last week on Thursday, April 11th and Friday, April 12th.  The ice coating everything was pretty at first, but when branches started breaking and some areas started to lose hydro, then the fun started to wear off!  Fortunately the temperature went up enough in the afternoon that the build up of ice stopped before any more damage was done.  In fact, within an hour of the temperature just going up one degree, all the ice had dropped off of the trees.

                                                                          Looking across to our neighbours backyard and beyond - April 12, 2013

"And who do you think is the father of rain and dew, the mother of ice and frost? 

You don't for a minute imagine these marvels of weather just happen, do you?"

Job 38:  28 & 29 The Message

                                                                Weeping Mulberry Bush looking like it is literally "weeping" - April 12,  2013

"Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning"

Psalm 30: 5(b) NKJV

                                                                                                   every twig covered in ice - April 12, 2013

"...He crowns you with love and mercy -- a paradise crown.

He wraps you in goodness -- beauty eternal..."

from Psalm 103: 4 & 5 The Message

                                                             The little berries covered with ice looked like jewels - April 12, 2013

"Gold there is, and rubies in abundance, but lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel."

Proverbs 20:15 NIV

                                    Looking through the ice-covered patio door to a tree in our backyard - April 12, 201

     "We don't yet see things clearly.  We're squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. [in this case, ice]  But it won't be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright!  We'll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he know us!
     But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation:  Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly.  And the best of the three is love." 

I Corinthians 13: 12 & 13  The Message