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  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 19,757
    edited July 2011

    Here's a Columbine that I took last night. NO special FX involved!!!!

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  • Eph3_12
    Eph3_12 Member Posts: 4,781
    edited July 2011

    looks like a little woodland fairy dancing!

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  • lynniea
    lynniea Member Posts: 611
    edited July 2011

    Made it through my MRI not to bad one more tomorrow PET scan that one is not bad at all.  Hoping for great results.

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  • kcl65
    kcl65 Member Posts: 1,156
    edited July 2011

    Sending thoughts and prayers for good results for you Lynniea.

    Faithroad ~ so glad you are doing well and that you are so happy with your decision... praying for a speedy recovery for you!

    Barbe ~ The columbine is beautiful, I have never seen one before, thanks for sharing!

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  • lynniea
    lynniea Member Posts: 611
    edited July 2011

     Thanks KC I will let everyone know when I get the reports.  Hope all goes well to.

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  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 19,757
    edited July 2011

    kcl, you've probably seen one, but from the top. I like to take pictures of flowers from weird angles - like the back!! The Columbine is Colorado's state flower.

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  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited July 2011

    I took this photo of my gladiolas using "solarize" effect.  Not quite the same, but they sure glow.

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  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 19,757
    edited July 2011

    VERY cool!!!! I wonder if my Nikon has a 'solarizing' effect!!

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  • KAJDerby
    KAJDerby Member Posts: 310
    edited July 2011

    faithroad - continuing to pray for your healing.  PTL He answered your prayer so specifically about deconstruction.

    Meece-LOVE the photos and the flower photo is beautiful.

    Barbe-I never knew what a columbine was!  Thank you for sharing!

    Happy late Birthday Eph!!!!  We have something in common!!

    Joni-love the pic of the ministry.  We have dear friends in Haiti.  He is from Haiti and she is from Alabama, but was willing to marry a man called back to his own people and country.  Haiti has been a work in progress long before the earthquake.  The earthquake surely made the work more difficult in one way and better in others.

    Lynniea-praying for your results.

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  • kcl65
    kcl65 Member Posts: 1,156
    edited July 2011

    Barbe, I am so bad with names of flowers, so I may well have seen them! :) I love the angle you took the picture from, it made the flower look like a fairy.

    Great effect Meece! Lovely photo!

    Saw this verse on biblegateway.com today and thought I would share it.

    “What a God! His road stretches straight and smooth. Every God-direction is road-tested. Everyone who runs toward him Makes it.” Psalm 18:30 MSG

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  • Eph3_12
    Eph3_12 Member Posts: 4,781
    edited July 2011

    Amen!

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  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited July 2011

    I brought this photo just for, Seyla, although we can all enjoy it I thought it would have a special place for her.  I went out in to my greenhouse this aftertnoon and found that I should have a fragrant surprise awaiting me tomorrow...

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  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 19,757
    edited July 2011

    Oooooo...the 'bump' pot??

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited July 2011

    OOOH Meece Thanks for thinking of me.

    Plumerias are so beautiful. I cant wait to see the full product tomorrow.Smile

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  • Faithroad
    Faithroad Member Posts: 432
    edited July 2011

    grace - thank you for your prayers, I don't know where I'd be without people prayers.  I'm feeling a little better each day. Slept most of today, I guess I needed to catch up.

    kc - I love the Psalm you shared!!!  Thank you!

    Meece - Cool photos!!!! 

    Blessings to you all here in the garden!

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  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited July 2011

    No, Barbe, not the bump-pot.  This is from a cutting I brought back from Hawaii in 2009.  This is the first time it has bloomed.

    Faithroad, take care and relax as much as you need.  

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited July 2011

    Meece...How did you do it since they dont allowed any plant form leaving Hawaii?

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  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited July 2011

    You buy the ones in the ABC stores.  They are already inspected and bear the stamp of the State of Hawaii Agriculture Dept.  There are also nurseries that have sections with plants which are already approved for taking out of state.

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited July 2011

    Are they seeds/

    Can I grow them indoor?

    Sorry for so many questions but I wanna bring some back when I go.

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  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited July 2011

    No they are cuttings.  Plumerias can get quite large, they are a tree, but I have a neighbor who has one in a pot in her bathroom.

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  • faithandfifty
    faithandfifty Member Posts: 10,007
    edited July 2011

    Gardners I come in tonight in need of collective prayer.

    This has been a hard day.

    I have just learned, via my parents, that my older brother (who is a life-long single man, somewhat of a hermit of a person) was in a serious fire in his home at the beginning of the week. He has been in intensive care since the fire on July 3rd. They have him in an induced coma all this time.

    They have just now been able to determine his identification (by locating his cell phone in the remnants of his place) and were able to ascertain how to get ahold of my parents.

    He has some sort of machine directly into his lungs to help w his breathing. Apparently the smoke inhallation/damage is of the gravest concern at this time. They hope/plan to have an 'operation' (term?) to remove the lung/breathing machine and go with a trach. My parents were able to approve that intervention on his behalf this afternoon. They would like to do that procedure on Mon if all continues as planned.

    He lives in southern FL. My parents are in Augusta & have their own health concerns. We're up here in northern WI.My neice Kelly, (the one recovering from thyroid cancer -- that we prayed for a while back) is getting married in two weeks. That's my sister's family.

    Presently there is nothing 'to be done' for my brother -- other than prayer.

    I've just gotten off the phone w my mom and I'm sure I'm in something akin to shock.

    The other major need of prayer is my daughter, Sarah, (mother of the 3 WonderPeeps). She called early this afternoon in the midst of a hypo-glycemic attack. I quake at this situation. I can't even type out that story as it is too close to my heart and I might come unhinged in sharing the details. She seems to be 'ok-ish' tonight. Sun she had an episode and Scott was there and called the squad. I don't think he'd seen her that bad before. Scott is now on a mission -- so she's there on her own.

    It's times like this, I realize how far in over my head, this life here on Earth can be. I need your prayers on my behalf -- for my where withall in the face of these various stories that I can't actually impact directly.

    Thanks for your continued presence here. I knew that I had an immediate place of refuge.

    xx00xx00xx00xx

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited July 2011

    Oh Faith....I'm so sorry for everything that happened to your family.

    Sending Hugs from NY my sister. Wishing a good recovery for your brother.

    ♥♥♥♥

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  • pejkug3
    pejkug3 Member Posts: 902
    edited July 2011

    Praying for your family, Faith........

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  • 3jaysmom
    3jaysmom Member Posts: 4,266
    edited July 2011

    prayers for your family faith...3jays

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  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited July 2011

    Prayers coming your way, Faithie.  It is such a test of our faith to have these things occuring at a place where we cannot have direct impact on them.  It pretty much forces the issue that we have to unclench our fists and let go of trying to control things, and give them over to Him.  I know you will/have, but I will be praying for your peace and for the health of your family members.

    (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((FAITH)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

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  • chrisct
    chrisct Member Posts: 2,662
    edited July 2011

    (((((((((((((((((((((FAITH))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

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  • Eph3_12
    Eph3_12 Member Posts: 4,781
    edited July 2011

    Deb, these are lyrics from Matthew West's song, "Strong Enough"  They are specifically for you whenever you check in here again, but best of all-they are for all of us.

    Love,

    Joni

    STRONG ENOUGH

    You must
    You must think I'm strong
    To give me what I'm going through

    Well, forgive me
    Forgive me if I'm wrong
    But this looks like more than I can do
    On my own

    I know I'm not strong enough to be
    everything that I'm supposed to be
    I give up
    I'm not stong enough
    Hands of mercy won't you cover me
    Lord right now I'm asking you to be
    Strong enough
    Strong enough
    For the both of us

    Well, maybe
    Maybe that's the point
    To reach the point of giving up

    Cause when I'm finally
    Finally at rock bottom
    Well, that's when I start looking up
    And reaching out

    I know I'm not strong enough to be
    Everything that I'm supposed to be
    I give up
    I'm not stong enough
    Hands of mercy won't you cover me
    Lord right now I'm asking you to be
    Strong enough

    Cause I'm broken
    Down to nothing
    But I'm still holding on to the one thing
    You are God
    and you are strong
    When I am weak

    I can do all things
    Through Christ who gives me strength
    And I don't have to be
    Strong enough
    Strong enough

    I can do all things
    Through Christ who gives me strength
    And I don't have to be
    Strong enough
    Strong enough

    Oh, yeah

    I know I'm not strong enough to be
    Everything that I'm supposed to be
    I give up
    I'm not stong enough
    Hands of mercy won't you cover me
    Lord right now I'm asking you to be
    Strong enough
    Strong enough
    Strong enough

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  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited July 2011

    Wow!  That is a song that hits the nail right on the head.  Thank you, Joni.

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  • Faithroad
    Faithroad Member Posts: 432
    edited July 2011

    Faithie - Praying now.....

    Eph - Great song....

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  • mumito
    mumito Member Posts: 4,562
    edited July 2011

    Faith just logged on in Germany sending prayers for your brother and your family.((Faith))

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