Creatures – Page 7 – Skelton Sketches

Taking in some hills…

Posted on December 5, 2013April 29, 2017 by lindaskelton

I was quite taken with Texas’ hill country…

It’s especially delightful by bike with camera in hand. Care to come along?

Exotic wild antelope grace the grassland, unhindered by the fences over which they effortlessly bound.

The Black Buck Antelope is native to Nepal and India and was introduced to Texas in 1932.

This old burro trotted up to say ‘hello’—like a good native Texan.

But road kill has never been so exotic!

…an armadillo, of course.

I think I could live here!

But for now, we’re limited to a visit…

And one last sunset…

in God’s Hill Country…

–LS

From the rising of the sun to its setting,
the name of the LORD is to be praised!
Ps.113:3

Whimsy and Woe in the Garden

Posted on May 30, 2013April 29, 2017 by lindaskelton

I suppose every garden this side of the New Jerusalem is destined to have both whimsy and woe…

I love having a rooster minding the henhouse again…I glance out in the yard and there he is standing sentinel.

And freshly potted plants need a spot of whimsy too…

Baby spiders hatching remind me of Charlotte’s Web and I just watch in wonder at their profusion!…

But there I draw the line; a profusion of marauding slimy slugs is somehow not as delightful…

Especially here…

The potato patch is apparently the place to be:

Whoa…hang on!

And that’s life in the garden, for now.

–LS

Preparing for Winter…

Posted on September 27, 2012April 29, 2017 by lindaskelton

Did you know bears eat grass? Neither did I but there they were, Mama and her quadruplets. This year’s litter was a big one, probably because practically everyone in our neck of the woods has fruit and/or nut trees in their yard! Plenty to support a burgeoning populace of black bears. Well, not really. What ever happened to man having dominion over every living creature? (Gen.1:28) Now we give them our parks and our food too. Hmm. It’s novel the first time or two but these chaps will be foraging for my fruit next year… sigh. In the meantime they’re getting ready for winter…

[Bear photos compliments of Jim]

And so am I. Soaking up the sun and the silence every chance I get… treasuring this rarest of Septembers—a gift of summer’s sun and warmth extended—and glad for the invitation to retreat with my Maker on this his footstool.

Thus says the LORD: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool…” Is.66:1

“Be still, and know that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!
The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah” Ps.46:10-11ESV

–LS