Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Lilies of the Field

"...Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." Matthew 6:29-30

It has been a busy couple of weeks. Last week I was Camping Mom as we prepared for and went camping in Wadi Dana (a future post--more flora pics, of course) and this week I am Baseball Mom raised to the third power with three children playing on three different teams, one son assistant coaching, and dear husband, coaching (loves it) and serving as the Baseball Commissioner. But, as I mentioned here when it is spring in Jordan, there is no time to waste; one must get outside and drink in all the beauty of creation before it takes on its summer form: dry,brown, and hard. So, between phone calls, emails, a trip to the music conservatory, correcting Latin, and trying to prepare for a class, I called to my youngest child to take a brief walk with me; I thought I had spied a few clumps of lilies in a field at the end of our block.





Asphodeline lutea


As we came up over the raised, barren part of the field, the part that could be seen from the road, we were amazed to behold the lower part of the field, filled with beautiful lilies, Asphodelus aestivus and Asphodeline lutea, to be exact.

Family~Liliaceae
Asphodeline lutea and Asphodelus aestivus


Though the Asphodels are lilies which are commonly found in fields and in the countryside, I had never seen such a mass of them in the suburbs. Alas, these too will likely eventually be uprooted as new buildings are going up all the time in our neighborhood. Youngest daughter suggested that we dig up some lilies to replant in our garden in an effort to preserve their beauty. Not a bad idea.

Though it was only about 20 minutes, our time in the field, marveling and enjoying the beauty of God's creation was the highlight of our day. We even met a nearly meter long gray grass snake on our visit to the field and just missed stepping on it, which gave youngest daughter an exciting story to tell her brother upon our return home.

4 comments:

kinzi said...

Desertmom, these are beautiful! Imagine, such beauty so close to home. Thanks for being so diligent with the camera and prose!

Di said...

LOVE your pictures. What kind of camera did you end up getting?

As I type that I realize I probably never sent you pics of our beach days. PLEASE nag me. I forget EVERYTHING these days.

Enjoy your spring days,
Diane

Sir David M. said...

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