"Withoutdoors" Wednesday

This picture is of my daughter Laura Beth, smelling my roses.

Last summer I was asked to help out at my sister Renee's work. She works for a company that plans meetings for her boss to come and speak at conventions for the leaders in the hotel business.

I was in charge to organize someones desk, and to find out why she was so unorganized. This lady gave her notice to leave, so the time of was the essence. Not even her boss knew exactly what she was doing? Anyway, they needed someone right away to oversee her position because, everyone else in the office had so many duties to attend to.

Renee asked if I could help her out. I said sure, this will be fun for a change, and my husband does work at home, I'll do it. But it was hard to be in an office all day. I was happy to help out but unhappy. I couldn't figure out why I felt so closed in, then it hit me, I missed my garden.

At home, I work in and out of the home. I walk to and fro from my kitchen to my garden, all day long. I was free. I have a hammock for when it's time to read. There is even a trampoline outside for a jump or two. I could watch the hummingbird fly or the chickadee talk to our dog. In other words, I could stop and smell the roses, anytime I wanted to.

Since yesterday, was "T" day, I thought of today for Wednesday, to be "Withoutdoors".
My gardening day. My day to walk the dog, my day to enjoy outside especially since it is not raining today.

We do not have a gardener for the "E" word, EXERCISE for my darling hubby and myself.

I will be weeding, pruning, bending, pulling while throwing the ball around with our doggy, "Louie". I will be exercising, and James will be out there too.

I love being at home, free to walk with God and His creation, Withoutdoors.

Lift up your eyes from where you are and look north and south, east and west. All the land that you see I will give to you. (Genesis 13: 14-15)

I am very thankful for my garden. Thank you God.

Bloom for your KING!

QB

My Back Garden

There really had to blessings in this life and my day bed outside and veranda are it! Here is where my husband and I will read our books and have coffee together. My back garden is big for Southern California. When I am out in our garden I feel a constant state of JOY. God desires to give good gifts to His children and my garden is one of them.

Here's my cat Shadow being lazy in my back garden. She has been in our family for twelve years. We have another kitty, her name is Cat and we have a dog named Louie. Shadow just stays up under the awning relaxed while Louie our dog whines to get at her. She is so funny up there with her legs hanging down.

Bloom where you are planted. I'm going to plant myself right on my day bed outside, and read "Deception" by Randy Alcorn

QB

LOVE-IN-A-MIST

Love-in-a-Mist is a hardy annual with very fine, threadlike foliage and charming 1.5-inch flowers at the end of each branch. An excellent cut flower it also forms interesting horned seed capsules, which are beautiful in dried arrangements. Comes into bloom very quickly.

I'm going to plant these seeds my husband brought home for me. Tomorrow, I will plant them in good soil for my garden to have love in the mist. I love my husband and I love the name of these pretty flowers.

As I said before I am new to the blog world, so please stand by, I'm going to try and see if I can get a picture from the Internet. Yeah, I did it!

Bloom for the Lord,

QB

Cactaceae

A few days ago my husband came home with an Epiphyllum from a friend at the office.
I planted it in my shaded area in my garden. Epiphyllum means "upon the leaf" in Greek. There are 19 species of epiphytic plants in the cactus family. These are native to Central America. The stems are broad and flat. The flowers are large white to red. The fruit is edible very similar to the pitaya fruit. Epiphyllums are very popular house plants. Kingdom: Plantae, Family: Cactaceae. An easily cultivated, fast growing epiphyte, needs compost containing plenty of humus and sufficient moisture in the summer. Should not be kept under 12 degrees Celsius or 53 degrees Fahrenheit in the winter. Can be grown in semi shad or full sun. Extra light in the early spring will stimulate budding flowers in late spring or early summer. I will post a picture when I get my film developed.

I am getting ready for a tea party this Saturday of twenty to twenty five lovely ladies for my friend Gigi. She has a design class where her students design a dress from the creations of famous artists. There will be a fashion show in October.

This morning after I watered my garden, I read: Isaiah 58:11
"The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose water never fail."

Then in Isaiah 5:7
"The vineyard of the Lord Almighty is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the garden of his delight."

This verse made me jump for joy, like johnny jump ups. My garden delights me so when I work hard in it and when I'm anxious to wake up each morning for some delight of a new flower. We are His garden of delight. I must remember this today and perk up even though I'm going through some hard times with family. I want to be His garden of delight.

Bloom for the Lord,
QB

Meandering In My Garden

Today in my garden, my darling husband and I had breakfast out on our patio. After our coffee, I fed my roses and my fruit trees. I love being in my garden and watching all my plants grow. A few months ago I planted seeds around my shaded area and they are starting to show through, soon there will be a variety of different flowers showing their happy faces. My darling Laura, planted some sunflowers seeds a few weeks ago, they sure are growing in fast. I need to water my grass a few more times this afternoon, so I can fertilize my grass early tomorrow morning. My Lavender smells nice and I'm trying to get Jasmine to grow for the sweet smell. I love a variety of fragrances in the garden, that's why my nickname is Queen Bee. I'm meandering in my garden smelling the sweet fragrances God gave my flowers.


Song of Solomon 4:16 "Awake, O north wind, And come, wind of the south; Make my garden breathe out fragrance, Let its spices be wrafted abroad. May my beloved come into his garden And eat its choice fruits!"

This is my first post, I do not know how to add pictures yet. I will learn because I want to share my garden with you.