{"id":8592,"date":"2016-04-10T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2016-04-10T13:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/?p=8592"},"modified":"2016-04-10T09:00:19","modified_gmt":"2016-04-10T13:00:19","slug":"bucks-county-april-wildflowers-happy-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=8592","title":{"rendered":"Bucks County April Wildflowers. Happy Sunday!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8594\" style=\"width: 914px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bcwf2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8594\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8594\" data-attachment-id=\"8594\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?attachment_id=8594\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bcwf2.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bcwf2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Bowman&#8217;s Hill Wildflower Preserve, Bucks County PA&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bcwf2.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bcwf2.jpg?fit=904%2C509&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8594\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bcwf2-1024x576.jpg?resize=904%2C509\" alt=\"Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve, Bucks County PA\" width=\"904\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bcwf2.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bcwf2.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bcwf2.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bcwf2.jpg?resize=904%2C509&amp;ssl=1 904w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bcwf2.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bcwf2.jpg?w=1808&amp;ssl=1 1808w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bowman&#8217;s Hill Wildflower Preserve, Bucks County PA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;If your eye is generous, your whole being is full of light!&#8221; Jesus<\/p>\n<p>This is a panel of some of the April wildflowers we found on our unscheduled stop at Bowman&#8217;s Hill Wildflower Preserve in Bucks County Pennsylvania. We will not see our Maine wildflowers, with the possible exception of Trout Lily, for another 4 weeks at least&#8230;six for some\u00a0of them, so it was a real treat to be in the woods this early with blooming wildflowers. I am certain by the end of April, if Bowman&#8217;s Hill is any example, that the woods of Bucks County are carpeted with wildflowers.<\/p>\n<p>We have here, clockwise from the upper left&#8230;Bluebells, Marsh Marigold, Bloodroot, Dutchman&#8217;s Breeches, Wood Poppy, and Spring Beauty. They were all taken with the Sony HX90V, processed in Lightroom, and assembled in Coolage.<\/p>\n<p>I find it difficult to understand how anyone can look a the abundant beauty of spring wildflowers and not see the work of God who creates in love&#8230;who loves to create. Even before Jesus broke into my life and demanded that I take notice, I went in awe of the beauty of spring. Awe must have its origin&#8230;if we call it Nature&#8230;or if we call it The Universe&#8230;we are already attributing intelligence and creative love to something bigger than ourselves&#8230;something that is so big that it encompasses all that is, including us. It is only one more step to calling what we feel in awe of &#8220;God.&#8221; And if God then the author of all that is, who moves by the spirit to give us life. And, in my experience, if God, then the father of Jesus Christ, who gives us new life when the troubles of this world, and our own failings, have dulled and deadened us. I can not see the wildflowers of spring without awe&#8230;without praise&#8230;without the joyful response of my spirit to the spirit of God moving in love in the world.<\/p>\n<p>May your eye be generous and your being full of light. 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