This beautiful photo is from Pixabay and it’s a welcome visitor in our garden all year round. It is a very small bird and if you are in doubt as to whether it is a wren – then its pointy tail is always the giveaway sign that it is. In proportion to its size, the wren has the loudest song of any bird.
On This Day
On February 22nd 2011 An earthquake measuring 6.3 in magnitude strikes Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 181 people
On February 22nd 2021 the US death toll from COVID-19 passes 500,000, higher than US deaths in World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War combined
Birthday’s Today
Tommy Bowe (Former Irish Rugby Player is 40
James Blunt (Singer) is 50
Julie Walters (Actress) is 74
Saint For Today:
The Saint for February 22nd is Margaret of Cortona
Interesting Quote for Today
“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” ~Confucius
Did You Know
Did you know that wrens suffer badly in cold weather, when prolonged snow cover can deplete populations by as much as 25%.
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Thought For The Week
I have lovely displays of daffodils in my garden at the moment, many of them in pots and window boxes. I also share a photograph of some of the daffodils. They are rich and lush with beautiful yellow colours. I am sometimes asked how I get such a spread. This is what I do, and I do it faithfully every year. Once they have flowered, I give them plenty of Gee Up which you can get in any good gardening centre. And what is Gee Up? It is simply horse manure!!
Over the following weeks after they have flowered the ‘Gee Up’ nourishes the bulbs below allowing them to regenerate and store energy for the following spring. Because they have regenerated, the colours are fabulous.
I like to think that Lent is a bit like ‘Gee Up’. It nourishes and slowly releases all its goodness, not just in one day but over many weeks. Lent is not a one or a two-day event. It is for many days over six weeks. It is a journey, done slowly and patiently. Instead of trying to do everything, it is good to do the small things and do them well.
Lent is nourishing your spirit. Lent is not about shouting from the rooftop what you are doing, but doing it quietly, gently and slowly. Lent like ‘Gee Up’ works wonders.
It is a slow release of goodness and of love and of blessings. I hope this is your experience of Lent too this year.
(Thought For The Week is updated each Monday)
