WREATHMAKER

  For The Beauty Of The Earth For the beauty of the earth, For the beauty of the skies, For the love which from our birth Over and around us lies, Lord of all, to thee we raise This our grateful hymn of praise. For the beauty of each hour Of the day and of the night, Hill and vale, and tree and flower, Sun and moon and stars of light, Lord of all, to thee we raise This our grateful hymn of praise. For the joy of human love, Brother, sister, parent, child, Friends on earth, and friends above, Pleasures pure and undefiled, Lord of all, to thee we raise This our grateful hymn of praise. For each perfect gift of thine, To our race so freely given, Graces human and divine, Flowers of earth and buds of heaven, Lord of all, to thee we raise This our grateful hymn of praise. For thy Church which evermore Lifteth holy hands above, ...

This weekend we celebrate Thanksgiving in Canada.            I hope all of you have a wonderful, thankful day!                        Our family is especially thankful... For many weeks our Grandson has been suffering pain in his hip and leg...doctors, physiotherapists, acupuncture, etc., ...none of it helped..many scary possibilities were put forward...many people praying.... Finally last Monday, a diagnosis...a benign tumour, painful, but operable...                         Rejoicing here!! " Now thank we all our God. With hearts and hands, and voices Who wondrous things hath done, In whom His world rejoices,  Who, from our mothers' arms Hath blessed us on our way With countless gifts of lo...

I am so surprised at the number of views (7300) and downloads (1200) my webshots album of fall flowers has received this week alone. One of the photos was chosen by webshots as "photo of the day", a few days ago, which generated all the interest. I am indeed flattered and pleased. Every year, I decorate the church for Thanksgiving ,which in Canada is celebrated on Sunday, not Thursday as in the USA. That particular day we also celebrated communion, so some of the photos show part of the communion table as well. The webshots album can be found at: http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/560966198rZjorn

It was good to have fresh flowers from the garden to decorate the church this year, Usually frost has killed them by this date.