Wednesday Victuals...

On Pilgrim's Farm...
there always seems to be something to feast on...

whether it be with the mouth or the eyes

and it is now the season for sorrel aka roselle hibiscus

we've been harvesting a few bucket loads

and still the bushes are growing out more

more sorrel juice, please

which is okay with us...

because we dry most of it anyway for use throughout the year...

and some we make into concentrate juice for tea making

and this next bunch coming up on the bushes will be made into jam...

which I hope to post on

my husband sits for a couple of hours and cuts out the seeds...

which go into a bucket for later sowing for next year's harvest

after I have made bottles of juice from many of the calyxes...

I put out the rest for drying and give the used ones to the chickens...

along with some other tidbit treats

our 15 little chicks have been growing quite nicely...

the mama hens have been weaning them off in the last few days...

and they are now pullets and cockerels

more eggs, please

the baby bull born September 2012 is just about as big as his mama...

she is the cow in the front

we enjoyed her milk for several months and now...

she will be giving us another calf in another few months

and I'm looking forward to her milk, again

more milk, please

my rose bushes are busy lately, too

and because I love to feast my eyes on pretty flowers...

I will snip a few off to set around the cottage shelves and tables

I do so love to fiddle with pieces of natural bits to stuff around the flowers

the fibers around the roses are from off the trunk of our coconut trees

because curried onions are so good...

I've been making gluten-free pita bread to wrap them up in for breakfast

I hope to post on how to make this in a future post

and in the meantime...

On the last day, that great day of the feast,

Jesus stood and cried out, saying,

"If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink".

John 7:37

May your day or night find victual in the grace of the Lord.

Just to Say...

Thank You!!

to all who follow, comment and visit...

your noticing my blog is like a bouquet of lovely flowers in my day

May your day or night bloom as a bouquet of flowers in God's grace.

Garden Girl, Posey...

and her newest hibiscus

Posey needs a little cleaning

but, she's too busy delighting in her frilly hibiscus

and she wanted to share it with you all

May your day or night bloom so delightfully in the Lord's grace.

Hiding It...

Look closely...

and you'll see what I'm hiding

it's big, black and holds over 400 gallons of water

a rain barrel that catches the water for our garden...

and sits comfortably at the corner behind the cottage

it holds no real appeal to the eye...

just precious water for my kitchen crops

I planted a purple trumpet vine almost a year ago

and it grew like a weed

covering the top of my potting area net covering

and has made it's way towards the rain barrel...

reaching out with it's tendrils, grasping the top and sides

and is now starting to give the barrel a pretty covering

so I'm not reminded always that the big tank is there

this vine flowers often

and now I don't mind the tank so much because...

these blooms have flower power

May the Lord bloom your day or night with His grace.

Mussaenda Sweet...

The mussaenda shrubs at Pilgrim's Cottage are in full bloom

the bracts have become showy in white and calcutta sunset in our garden

the star flower in it's orange color sends a faint sweet fragrance

from Pilgrim's Cottage and Farm...

to you

May your day, or night be fragrant with God's grace.

What Grows Under Godzilla...

We call our behemoth of a bamboo tree...

Godzilla

She sits at the edge of our vegetable garden at about 40 feet high and just as wide

under Godzilla along the fence grows a passionfruit vine

at only a few months old...

the vine is starting to flower

beautiful flowers

that start as this bud

and open to show just how lovely...

the Lord God paints His earth

even the back doesn't hide it's lovely fringe

and if you look closely towards the petal near the bottom center...

you can see a tiny creature of a spider...

hiding under the fringe

a rose and 7 buds for you

May God's grace bless your day, or night.

For You...

from the woods

May the grace of God go before you 

A Splash in the Eye...

Being partial to soft colors...

it's not often I bring in the more dashing, bolder colors...

to decorate the cottage

however...

when my husband brought over a sprig of red bougainvillias...

from down in the bush...

well...

the color just caught my attention...

like a splash in the eye

so, I snipped a few purple flowers from off a bush by the cottage...

put them all into a green bottle...

and sat the bottle on the veranda ledge

perky, with a little cheer

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May your day, or night have some perky cheer in it.