Wildflowers

As a little girl growing up I liked to pick flowers for my Grandma.  I enjoyed picking the violets and dandelions that would grow in her yard.  The problem was I would pick them with very short stems, but my Grandma would gladly accept my fistful of short stemmed violets and dandelions and put them in a glass of water and they would live for a couple hours. (and yes, purple violets and yellow dandelions look great together.)

I haven't picked wildflowers in a long time, but I love going on walks and taking pictures of them. 

Earlier this summer we had the opportunity to take a walk in a restored prairie.  The flowers were amazing!  Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera but it was so much fun to look at all the different flowers and listen to the birds singing.  It was so peaceful!  

We also had the opportunity to take a trip to northern Minnesota this summer.  While we were there Martin and I took a walk in a bog.  Now that may not sound exciting to a lot of people, but it was so much fun.  Martin is very patient and would wait for me as I took pictures of flowers, but it wasn't long until he was taking pictures of the lady bug on a flower that my camera couldn't focus on.

Later in the day as we were walking back to the cabin a butterfly had landed on a flower and Martin had his camera and started taking pictures of it for me.  It was so exciting to see not only the butterfly on the flower but three bees as well! 

We are surrounded by God's creation and it is beautiful!  We need to take time to enjoy it!  The scenery of a mountain range is grand, but take a close look at the flowers on the side of the mountain.  They are amazing! 

"And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day."  Genesis 1:31

Yes, it is very good!  So take a walk and enjoy the colorful flowers and listen to the birds singing!  Take time to appreciate what God has done.  Experience the beauty of His creation!  It is very good!