365 Day 62 Night Jonquils

I have had a headache for more than 24 hours now. I don’t know if it is the change in the weather or my lack of sleep, but I have decided to try and simplify things a bit to find some relief.

So, back to finding beauty in the ordinary. (Is there such a thing as ordinary?)

Tonight, after staying indoors all day with a tension headache, I decided to go night-hunting for some lovely Jonquils. Janey and I headed out to the far end of the pasture where Jonquil hill  is still bursting with color and song, even at night. It was comforting to cut flowers in the cool night air, with the subtle sweetness of the Jonquils lingering. Janey lay down at my feet and the only sound was the snip-snipping of my scissors as I carefully cut the flowers at the bottom of their stems. I remember doing this as a little girl. In fact, Jonquil gathering is one of my favorite childhood memories. I had forgotten that until tonight. We would put food coloring in their vases and watch with delight as the flowers drank the color into themselves.

I had plans for these blooms tonight. I wanted to photograph them using my off camera lighting in the darkness. They have so much detail that tends to get lost in the brightness of day. On my kitchen table in the softer lighting I could see their delicate features more readily and photograph them. Aren’t they lovely? They seem more melancholy here, but still so beautiful. The deeper shades of their character are showing through. They are ever cheerful, but they seem more vulnerable in this light.

Yes, I am still talking about flowers. They tell me things about God and myself all the time. Today they are saying life can be difficult but we still carry the glory. We still shine because the light within us is not our own. We carry the light of God, and he is never weary. Therefore we must continue to open; we must continue to bloom.

Still blooming.

Isaiah 40:28 ~”Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.”

Psalm 27:1~ “The Lord is my light and the One Who saves me. Whom should I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life.”