‘Jacana Bird’ photo by Chris Eason CC BY 2.0. The African Jacana bird, (See photo above), is nicknamed, ‘The Elegant Lily-Trotter’ and the ‘Jesus Bird’ because it is indeed ‘elegant’ and spends most of its time walking on lily pads and floating plants which gives it the appearance of ‘walking on water’, just likeContinue reading “THE ELEGANT LILY-TROTTER!”
Tag Archives: nature
THE TAILOR!
The Tailor Bird is a master craftsman! Believe it or not, it sews leaves together with its beak! (See photo above). This photo is a screen shot of a short YouTube video by the same title. I recommend that you watch it now just to quickly see how remarkable this little bird is! (See link below). P.S. He hadContinue reading “THE TAILOR!”
YOUR FRIEND!
‘Atlantic Horseshoe Crab’ photo by Caldari, CCO, via Wikimedia Commons. You’ve got a friend in meYou’ve got a friend in meWhen the road looks rough aheadAnd you’re miles and miles from your nice warm bedYou just remember what your old pal saidBoy, you’ve got a friend in meYeah, you’ve got a friend in meTheme songContinue reading “YOUR FRIEND!”
RUSH HOUR!
‘Tiger Beetle’ photo by Thomas Elliot on Unsplash. The Tiger Beetle in the photo above moves so fast that it temporarily goes blind!Does that tell you anything? Is it perhaps an admonition from ‘The Book of Nature’ that we all need to SLOW DOWN! Isn’t it true that we get moving so fast in ourContinue reading “RUSH HOUR!”
GIVE THANKS!
Photo Montage created by my son Nick! God has given us life, a body to live in…with the ability to experience love, joy, peace, goodness, faith…hearing, sight, touch, smell, taste. The ability to speak, feel and remember. The ability to give and receive the love of friends and family, of dogs, cats, parakeets, parrots.Continue reading “GIVE THANKS!”
GOD LOVES YOU AND!
‘Wilson’s Bird of Paradise’ photo by J.J. Harrison CC BY-SA 4.0. There is nothing you can do about it!!! This is my pastors favorite saying. We hear it every Sunday! It is true! God uses every possible way to help you know this is true. One of my favorite ways is to see His loveContinue reading “GOD LOVES YOU AND!”
FLYING FISH??
‘Flying Fish’ photo by John Cobb on Unsplash. Sort of! I was fortunate to have the opportunity to join the Merchant Marine in the 70’s.We were sailing in the South China Sea when, much to my surprise, I saw fish flying through the air around the ship. I couldn’t believe my eyes! Actually, they were gliding in theContinue reading “FLYING FISH??”
THE KILLDEER!
‘Killdeer Bird’ photo by Rhododendrites is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 The beautiful Killdeer Bird pictured above named itself with its shrill, piercing call that sounds like kill-dee!It is our friend because it eats bugs, especially those nasty grasshoppers, but also because it is the perfect metaphor for the following scripture:‘Greater love has no oneContinue reading “THE KILLDEER!”
THE BUTTERFLY!
Photo by Yuichi Kageya on Unsplash Have you ever seen anything more wonderous and beautiful than a butterfly? It presents to us the most powerful metaphor about redemption from ‘the Book of Nature’ that I am aware of!!! The butterfly begins its life as a caterpillar, a worm. Imagine being a worm! Moving slowly over a leaf, eating, eating,Continue reading “THE BUTTERFLY!”
ALI!
‘Peacock Mantis Shrimp’ photo by Dan Schofield is licensed under CC BY 4.0. The Peacock Mantis Shrimp is beautiful! (See photo above). But beware, their nick name is ‘thumb splitter’ because they have two club like appendages on the front of their body called ‘dactyl clubs’ they use to punch their prey. If mishandled, they will punch youContinue reading “ALI!”
MISLETOE!
Free image from PxHere Our favorite Christmas parasite!! How in the world did a parasite become our Christmas kissing plant? Apparently, someone was hard-up for decorations and noticed the green foliage and white berries and brought it in their house. (And started kissing). Mistletoe is a parasitical plant that attacks living trees. You’ve probably seen them attached high upContinue reading “MISLETOE!”
THE MILD-MANNERED HONEY BADGER!
Honey Badger by Arno Meinties Wildlife is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Well, not really…Honey badgers are fearless, fierce, feisty little mammals about the size of a small or medium dog. They are very fond of honey-bee larvae and been known to dive head-first into a beehive tolerating hundreds of stings from the angry bees. Hence theirContinue reading “THE MILD-MANNERED HONEY BADGER!”
GIVE THANKS!
Photo Montage created by my son Nick! God has given us life, a body to live in…with the ability to experience love, joy, peace, goodness, faith…hearing, sight, touch, smell, taste. The ability to speak, feel and remember. The ability to give and receive the love of friends and family, of dogs, cats, parakeets, parrots. He hasContinue reading “GIVE THANKS!”
CHARLOTTE!
Orb Spider photo by Robert Anasch on Unsplash What do you think about when you see a spiderweb? Do you see a geometric wonder like King David who wrote, ‘many, Lord my God are the wonders you have done.’ Spiders don’t have a lot of fans, unless you consider Wilbur of ‘Charlotte’s Web’ whose friend CharlotteContinue reading “CHARLOTTE!”
WAXWING!
‘Waxwing Bird’ photo by Ilya Yuru on PxHere. This beautiful Cedar Waxwing bird pictured above has something to tell us!Don’t eat the berries!!! This is astounding! It is just as Job said! ‘Ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you.’ Job 12:7. To think that we haveContinue reading “WAXWING!”
THE INVASION!
‘Poison Hemlock’ photo by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Public Domain on Wikimedia Commons. We are being invaded! There is an article entitled, ‘Don’t Touch These Plants’, on the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service web site written by Courtney Celly. She gives us fair warning not to touch certain plants, plants that are invading our country!!! Namely, the GiantContinue reading “THE INVASION!”
YOUR FRIEND, THE BAT!
‘Fruit Eating Bat’ photo is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International.Bats have been nicknamed ‘The heroes of the night!’ They offer us nighttime pest control and take the nightshift as pollinators! Every night, bats eat their body weight in insects! That’s thousands of bugs which help protect our forests and farmer’s crops from pests. I’ll bet youContinue reading “YOUR FRIEND, THE BAT!”
THE ANT!
Ant photo by Peter F. Wolf on Unsplash. Did you ever follow an ant? These little buggers travel far and wide in search of food! They store the food during the spring and summer so that their colony ‘family’ will have enough to survive the winter months. They live together in harmony, each little ant doing what it isContinue reading “THE ANT!”
NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR!
‘Social Weaver Bird Colony Nest’ photo by Axel Tschentscher, is licensed under CC BY 2.0. The ‘Book of Nature’ has many inspiring examples of critters living in proximity to each other for protection, care and nurturing of one another and breeding. In fact, as I think about it, most animals, birds, insects and fish live inContinue reading “NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR!”
BIOLUMINESCENCE!!!
Bioluminescent Plankton photo by Joanne Paquette, South Coast Beach Australia. I was a good Presbyterian, but I did not know the Lord! In my 20’s I had the opportunity to join the Merchant Marine and travel halfway around the world three times on merchant ships. We were in the South China Sea. It was dark and I noticedContinue reading “BIOLUMINESCENCE!!!”
REFLECTIONS!
Photo by Ruth Lawson, Image licensed through 123RF Limited. Isn’t the photo above astounding!!! It is a photo of Lake Matheson in New Zealand taken by Ruth Lawson. It shows a spectacular reflection of Mt Cook and Mt Tasman in the still water of the lake. Reflection is God’s invention! Reflections are in every corner of the world, inContinue reading “REFLECTIONS!”
