While welcoming the news that we are no longer officially in drought, we are aware that the weather conditions have brought hardship to many, especially in flooded areas. The strong winds over the weekend have caused quite a bit of damage in our own garden including, sadly, the loss of a lovely copper beech tree, probably about a hundred years old. Fortunately it fell without damaging anything else and it lies magnificent in death, awaiting the tree surgeons. 
Quote of the week: "Let us suppose that God is like an immense and beautiful dwelling or palace and that this palace, as I say, is God Himself. Could the sinner, perhaps, so as to engage in his evil deeds leave this palace? No, certainly not; rather, within the palace itself, that is within God Himself, the evil deeds committed by us sinners take place. Oh, frightful thought, worthy of deep reflection, and very beneficial for those of us who know so little. Let us consider brothers and sisters the great mercy and compassion of God, and be extremely thankful to Him. The greatest evil of the world, is that God,our creator, suffers so many evil things from His creatures within His very self" INTERIOR CASTLE point 3
