My Beloved

Deut 33:12 says, "Let the beloved of the LORD rest secure in him, for he shields him all day long, and the one the LORD loves rests between his shoulders."



It is so pretty out side, with all the fall colors. Every fall I think my God is such an amazing artist. All the colors He puts in place just for us. Sunlight catching the yellow leaves, the trees just glow with color. Sometimes I catch my breath at the beauty. Did you know God does the same when He see's you, as you rise each morning.  As He takes a breath, He says " that is my creation, how beautiful they are".  Do you believe that about yourself, that the creator of the world, looks upon on you, and only sees beauty? We are his beloved, and we need to grab a hold of that and walk in it. Meaning, when the lies coma and say your less, or ugly, or dumb, reject that lie, and say " No I am my God's beloved". "I am beautiful in His eyes". In this life, in this world that is all that really matters.

Jack o lantern planter

Nothing says “fall” like a pumpkin, so what could be more perfect to use for a fall container? If you’d like to make one of your own, here are a few things you need to do to make your pumpkin planter last.

To keep your pumpkin looking good for as long as possible, don’t plant directly into it. Instead, plant up a plastic nursery pot and slide it into the pumpkin. Take an 8-in. plastic pot along when you chose your pumpkin to be sure it will fit.

Once you’ve got your pumpkin, cut an opening in the top large enough for the pot to slip through. Scoop out the insides and cut a 1-in. drainage hole in the bottom. Then seal the pumpkin by spraying the inside with Wilt-Pruf^®, especially the area around the hole. This will help keep it from rotting. Now you’re ready to plant.

These kales, pansies and cape daisies all do well in cool fall temperatures. First, place a little potting mix in the bottom of the pot. Most pumpkins won’t hold a very big pot, so to fit in as many plants as possible, flatten each root ball before you tuck it in, then fill in any spaces with more mix. Once everything is planted, water the pot and let it drain completely before you place it in the pumpkin.

 

If George Bush was an idiot. . . .

 

 

 

If George W.  Bush had been the first President to need a teleprompter
installed to be  able to get through a press conference, would you have
laughed and said  this is more proof of how  inept he is on his own and is
really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes?

 

If George W. Bush had said to the media that he had just finished visiting 57

states and had a couple left to go, without a teleprompter, would you not

make him look like an idiot?

If  George W. Bush had spent hundreds of thousands of  dollars to take Laura
Bush to a play in NYC, would you have  approved?

If  George W. Bush had reduced your retirement  plan's holdings of GM stock
by  90% and given the unions a majority stake in GM, would you have
approved?

 

If George W. Bush Choose not to ignore The National Day of Prayer

but embraced Ramadan with a Whitehouse dinner, would you approve?

If  George W.  Bush had made a joke at the expense  of the  Special
Olympics, would you have  approved?

If  George W. Bush had given Gordon  Brown a set of inexpensive and
incorrectly formatted DVDs, when  Gordon Brown had given him a thoughtful
and  historically significant gift, would you  have approved?

If  George W. Bush had given the Queen of England an  iPod containing videos
of  his speeches, would you have thought this embarrassingly narcissistic
and  tacky?

If  George W. Bush had bowed to the King of Saudi  Arabia , would you  have
approved?

If  George W. Bush had visited Austria  and made  reference to the
non-existent "Austrian language," would you   have brushed it off as a minor
slip?

If  George W. Bush had filled his cabinet and circle  of advisers  with
people who cannot seem to keep current in their income taxes, have

Marxist, and terroristic backgrounds.  would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had been so Spanish illiterate as  to  refer to "Cinco de
Cuatro" in front of the Mexican ambassador when it   was the 5th of May
(Cinco de Mayo), and continued to flub it when he   tried again, would you
have winced in  embarrassment?

If George W.  Bush had mis-spelled the word "advice" would you have hammered
him for it for years like Dan Quayle and potatoe as proof of what a dunce he
is?

If George W.  Bush had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel  to go plant a
single tree on Earth Day, would you have concluded he's a hypocrite?

If George W.  Bush's administration had okayed Air  Force One flying low
over millions of  people followed  by a jet fighter in downtown Manhattan
causing widespread  panic, would you have wondered whether  they actually
get what happened  on 9-11?

If George W.  Bush had failed to send relief aid to  flood victims
throughout  the Midwest with more people killed or  made homeless than in
New Orleans ,  would you want it made into a major ongoing political issue
with claims of  racism and  incompetence?

 

If George W. Bush had created the position of 32 Czars who report directly to
him, bypassing the House and Senate on much of what is happening in America,
would you have approved.

If  George W. Bush had ordered the firing of the CEO  of a  major
corporation, even though he had no constitutional authority  to  do so,
would you have  approved?

If  George W Bush  had proposed to double the national debt, which had taken
more than  two centuries to accumulate, in one year, would you  have
approved?

If  George W. Bush had then proposed to double the debt again within 10
years, would you have approved?

 

If George W. Bush promised government transparency and yet will not even for 72 hours

publish a healthcare bill on the internet so the Americans can have a peek of a bill that will

take 20% of our economic budget before passing it behind closed Whitehouse doors.

Would you have approved? 

 

So, tell  me again, what is it about Obama that makes  him so brilliant and
impressive? Can't think of anything? Don't  worry. He's done all  this in 9
months -- so you'll have three years  and seven months  to come up with an
answer.

The world is blind when it comes to the truth to get their agenda.

Be Bold With Tulips

Bright Colors, Big Numbers Ensure Impressive Displays

By David Grist

Our Perennial Tulip Collection is a of 50 bulbs, enough to create a drift that's 2-3 square feet.

Another tulip for reliable repeat is the emperor or Fosteriana tulip. This planting features three varieties.

Here's the thing about tulips: You need to plant a lot of them to make a beautiful display. Think hundreds, not dozens. Come spring, you'll be delighted, especially if you live in a climate where winter lingers too long.

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In my small garden, I plant at least 500 tulips every fall. After they bloom, I pull them up to make way for summer annuals. Here's the other thing about tulips: They're best the first year. In subsequent years, the show diminishes. It's no surprise. Tulip bulbs want cool, moist springs and hot, dry summers, which is not what they get in most parts of the country. Yes, there are perennial tulips and species tulips that return reliably for many years. Stick with those if you don't want to recreate your display every year.

But, if you're up for some fun, find some space in your garden and start browsing for tulips. Start with Dutch Gardens estate collections, which are large quantities of bulbs. It might sound like a lot of work, but mass plantings are fairly simple. Here's how you do it:

Figure out where your drifts are going to be. I try to make each drift 2-4 square feet. In my garden, there are several areas that get planted with annuals, so these make ideal spots for drifts of tulips. Just as the tulip display ends, it's time for the annuals to be planted. I also plant a few drifts at the back of the perennial border. The flowers are visible in spring, but, when the post-bloom tulip foliage starts to get ugly, the perennials block it out. These drifts are often made up of perennial tulips, and they thrive happily for years and years.

Buy bulbs based on the square footage you have to cover. I plant 15-25 bulbs per square foot, which means they are pretty close together. You can be more thrifty and plant them further apart, but I think the tight spacing ensures that the drift will look bold and abundant.

For each drift, dig a planting trench that's 6-8" deep. Keep in mind that a curved shape will be more natural-looking. When you see the volume of soil that comes out, it might feel more like you're doing an excavation than gardening. True, but it's the most efficient way to get the bulbs close together. Tip: shovel the excavated soil into a wheelbarrow; it's so much easier to backfill the trench.

Once the trench is dug, pour in the bulbs. Arrange them randomly, pointy end up. To create a natural looking drift, avoid positioning the bulbs in precise rows. Pour the excavated soil back into the trench, rake it smooth and pack it down by walking on the planting area.

That's it. The point is to do it big. Make bold color choices. Go ahead, plant a mixture of hot-pink and orange tulips. That's what spring is all about.

Trench-style Bulb Planting

1. Dig a trench, saving the soil in wheelbarrows and or tubs (for easy backfilling). 2. If using more than one color, mix the bulbs in a tub to ensure random distribution of color. 3. Position the bulbs 3-4" apart, pointy side up. 4. Backfill with soil, rake smooth and pack lightly by walking on the surface.