It's not what I had envisioned at all.
Immobile on a holiday Monday and wincing with every little turn of the back muscles.
Felled by the simple act of filling the kiddie pool with tap water, one (too heavy) pail at a time.
But look, not all is lost.
I am fixed to a comfy outdoor chair on the front porch.
Sans hurry and hassle, I've been able to spend time putting the final touches on my first ever blog book and I can pause randomly to marvel at the gardens before me with warm summer breezes on my face.
Moments ago, during one such break noting the brilliance of the purple petunia's cascading out of the urn, a very odd looking oversized bumble bee with an equally oversized beak suddenly appeared out of nowhere, relieving that same profusion of purple from some of its nectar.
I am amazed. A bumblebee behaving like a hummingbird.
A quick google confirms that that is precisely what it is.... a hummingbird bumblebee. The smallest bird in the world with a maximum length of 2.5 inches, is often mistaken for an insect.
Delighted to have witnessed this pleasure amidst the pain. That is a wonder-full treat!
Amazing Joanne!! Hummingbirds are my favourite and I've never seen or heard of this kind...how amazing you were able to capture that video...isn't our God so awesome and mighty? Take care of that back and hope you're feeling much better really soon. Cynthia
Hey Josie, we were also delighted to watch this amazing creature in our backyard. We thought it was a baby hummingbird, but when we googled it, a picture of a hummingbird moth came up that looked exactly like it? Either way if it's a moth or a bumblebee it would be considered an insect then no? I'm going to do more research. Yes our God continues to amaze us. Pauline
“A faith that moves mountains is a faith that expands horizons, it does not bring us into a smaller world full of easy answers, but into a larger one where there is room for wonder.” ― Rich Mullins
“I believe what I believe is what makes me what I am” ― Rich Mullins
“In friendship…we think we have chosen our peers. In reality a few years’ difference in the dates of our births, a few more miles between certain houses, the choice of one university instead of another…the accident of a topic being raised or not raised at a first meeting–any of these chances might have kept us apart. But, for a Christian, there are, strictly speaking no chances. A secret master of ceremonies has been at work. Christ, who said to the disciples, “Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you,” can truly say to every group of Christian friends, “Ye have not chosen one another but I have chosen you for one another.” The friendship is not a reward for our discriminating and good taste in finding one another out. It is the instrument by which God reveals to each of us the beauties of others."
C.S.Lewis
(see also Acts 17:26-28)
"It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased."
- C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory, and Other Addresses
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Among the many things I enjoy in this life - one activity that surpasses most is teaching choir each week to about 100 students.
I cannot imagine my life without it and hence, never do.
That is so cool, Mom!!! Sorry your back is worse today:(
ReplyDeleteAmazing Joanne!! Hummingbirds are my favourite and I've never seen or heard of this kind...how amazing you were able to capture that video...isn't our God so awesome and mighty?
ReplyDeleteTake care of that back and hope you're feeling much better really soon.
Cynthia
Hey Josie, we were also delighted to watch this amazing creature in our backyard. We thought it was a baby hummingbird, but when we googled it, a picture of a hummingbird moth came up that looked exactly like it? Either way if it's a moth or a bumblebee it would be considered an insect then no? I'm going to do more research. Yes our God continues to amaze us.
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