Location NY Botanical Gardens - Rose Garden.   May, 2025.   God's Awesome Creation. Photos by AOB Creations.

"Hanami or Flower viewing involves  visiting places where sakura are blooming."  (Wikipedia - Cherry blossom)

Have you ever visited the cherry blossoms in the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens or Central Park in New York City?
Now I know why people flock to Washington DC for the Cherry Blossom Festival.  I searched for scripture that aligned with my experience and decided to use Isaiah 55:12.

The "crowds" came to admire and bask in the beauty of the cherry trees.  "Yoshino" cherry trees, prunus serrulata and then rhododendrons. (Wikipedia Central Park Reservoir).  I travelled, to a specific area near the Central Park Reservoir, with a friend who had never experienced this engagement with this beautiful gift of God's awesome Creation!  It became a pilgrimage that was well worth the journey. 

#God'sawesomeCreation #cherryblossoms #hanami #CentralparkNewYork #parks #rest  #writinginspiration

Recording of the Book reveal for the book: "Encounters and Reflections II".  We hope you enjoy it!

"God is our refuge and strength, a helper who is always found in times of trouble...Stop your fighting  -- and know that I AM God."  Psalm 46 (HCSB)

The joy of the Lord is my strength." Nehemiah 8 verse 10.
*In photograph - An individual enjoys a floor fountain.

“And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.”. Gal. 6:9.
Artist Courtenay Kusitor's sculpture: Teapot has a title: "Pour into yourself as well as others.".
​This is a wonderful motto and plan for this new month of September!