Photo was taken at Altamount, Millstreet, Co.Cork (Irl)

The leaves seem to be longer on the trees this winter compared to other years. I’m sure the first hard frosts will bring them down quickly. But when the sun shines, the trees look fabulous at the moment in all their golden colour. The leaves in our picture today are from an oak tree. They seem to be taking their time in the transition from autumn to winter.

Thought on Monday – November – 04/11/2013

The following prayer was used this weekend at the Cork Beekeepers Association combined tree planting and harvest of thanksgiving ceremony

God of all blessings, source of all life, giver of all grace, we thank you for the gift of life and for the breath that sustains life. We thank you for the mystery of creation, for the beauty that the eye can see and for the joy that the ear may hear. We thank you for the food of this earth that nurtures life. We thank you for the love of family and friends and for those special people who offer us hope for the future.

We thank you for our bees and the wonderful work they do in keeping balance and harmony in our countryside. We thank you for the season of summer just gone. We thank you for lots of sunshine, lots of flowers, lots of pollen, lots of nectar and thankfully lots of honey. Keep our honeybees safe this winter, protect them from disease and bring them safely through to spring. Finally we thank you for this day, for life and one more day to love. We thank you for your presence and your promise to be with us each and every day in all we do. For these and all our blessings, we give you thanks, eternal and loving God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen