More Spring Snapshots

On Sunday - hostas beginning to unroll their large green leaves in the sunshine

A two toned tulip... Isn't it sweet?

Our garden shed at a distance

Beautiful pastel petals of Phlox from Wednesday

One of the flowers carefully unfolding...

Forget-me-nots, so intricate in design

Forsythia showing it's beautiful green leaves. Not too many yellow flowers appeared on their branches this year. Maybe due to several nights of hard frosts?

Although we've (thankfully) had rather mild New York winter... It is always a very long, plant-less season. What a blessing to breath the scents and see the colors of nature all around our landscape.

A beautifully landscaped spot at our neighbor's... Can you see the flowering tree in the background? So lovely! :)

A blue jay watching a starling nearby... 

Yesterday evening's moon behind a hickory tree just starting to green up.

Sun setting in the west...

Beautiful sunset from Wednesday night. The soft blue sky with gentle whisps of white clouds and yellow sunlight are so peaceful to look at. And so reassuring too.

1 John 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hast bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God...

I'm so thankful God planned a way for us to be adopted as His children, since before we were born. He provided a way for us to be saved from our sins and reconciled to Him through Christ. He always knew we (who believe) would accept His truth by faith, believe His truth. We are so richly blessed in Christ, beyond what we could ever imagine. 

Ephesians 1:3, 5, 6, 12 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ... Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved... That we should be to the praise of the glory of his grace, who first trusted in Christ.

God bless! Danielle

Wildflowers and more

These flowers are my favorite so far this week... Low growing wildflowers in the woods. So pretty!

A tiny creek running in our woods after a day or two of rain...

A close up of a dandelion

Trees in the hedgerow behind the field. They're trying to show a little green!

More violets... Against a backdrop of a large clay pot.

Our tulips opened up this week! This one is pictured against a backdrop of snow flowers, although their little white snow flowers haven't appeared yet.

A shaggy bark hickory tree. I love it's tiered, peeling bark...

This robin turned it's little beak toward me just long enough to snap one clear picture.

Sometimes I wonder if squirrels fall asleep upside down like this... They rest so still on the side of a tree.

A little woodpecker was hopping around the tree with our neighbor's land in the backdrop.

This is the last picture I was able to take of the little fox pups. They have since left their den... I wonder if they are now out living in the surrounding hedgerows and creeks?

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you are having a great week! God bless, Danielle

Wildlife Pictures

A blue jay in the woods...

This Spring we've had a mother fox with 9 pups (at least that's what I counted once) near our woods behind the barn. Since they are wild animals, I took these close up pictures with the zoom on my Canon camera... I was standing a good distance away from the den. The picture above is from a couple weeks ago. Oh, the babies are so cute!

The mama sitting in the field, watching all that's going on around her...

From earlier this week... Don't the nursing pups look like furry little bunnies?

One of the fox pups sitting on the top of their den... They had been scurrying around, jumping and pouncing on one another. I think this one was getting a little sleepy.

A little pup sitting quietly, at least for a moment or two... 

I've been singing this song along with my guitar all month - What A Friend We Have In Jesus. I love that one. It's message reminds us to take all our troubles to the Lord in prayer. It's message never grows old for me. God wants us to keep praying to Him, and seek His strength and help every moment of the day. Sometimes I pray, Lord please help me to pray more! I know He hears me and will help me.

Philippians 4:6-7,13 Be anxious for nothing, but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus...I can do all things through Christ which strenghteneth me.

I hope you have been having a great week! Thanks for stopping by today. God bless, Danielle