We have a large patch of English thyme just beyond the porch where Jan and I have our morning coffee. It forms the border of a path that curves between two of our flower beds. For the past few weeks, bees have been swarming over this patch of thyme as it has burst into blossoms. They are busily gathering its pollen and carrying it back to their hive. It may eventually become the thyme honey ...
Continue Reading → ShareFrancis Bacon was not only Lord Chancellor of England under King James I, but in 1625 wrote the essay Of Gardens. He begins, “God Almighty first planted a garden,” and then he writes, “indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which buildings and palaces are but gross handy-works…”
By mid-July, most of our gardens are in full production. I subscribe to a recipe newsletter that recently ...
Continue Reading → ShareIt was good to be home last Thursday and to be with everyone at Saturday’s Food Truck fundraiser as well as in Sunday’s worship. I had a wonderful time walking a large section of the North Wales Pilgrimage Path along the Llyn Peninsula in Wales from Bangor to Aberdaron – a distance of about 70 miles in five days.
The Llyn Peninsula is one of the areas where Welsh-speakers predominate. It was a curious experience to be ...
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