grey days

There was a bit of a grey day on the weekend...the rain was still hanging around...
but there were a couple of bright spots...
the poinciana was looking particularly very pretty as the sun shone on it

the Christmas bells and crepe myrtle on Sunday...

and some wonderful white lilies...beautiful...
not to mention a nice friend and family...fun to see the little ones again, after their first few days at school!

The white lily reminds me of my mother,
 and also reminds me of
 Ann Voskamp's take on the God made a Farmer from the Superbowl ads.

God made a Mother

Her weekend Links post looks pretty good too: 

Weekend links

Ann Voskamp writes her blog A Holy Experience,
 on being a Christian wife and mother in her role as a farmer's wife in Canada.


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