May 2011

Dear Friends

May is often a lovely month especially in this County. Wherever we look we can see the stunningly beautiful apple blossom and a myriad of crops and flowers growing like mad as they prepare to come to full bloom and fruit.

To me it is a long way from the depths winter. Remember those days when it was -18 and deemed that we would be frozen for ever. Most of us were tucked up in our warm houses but the plants and trees had to brave everything outside.

It is little short of a miracle to me that even under the most of extreme conditions nature maintains itself and is able to grow and start again.

May is the time after Easter when we too remember new life as revealed in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Life had seemed very dark to those who were left after Good Friday but Easter Morning and His subsequent appearances proved to the World that there was and is hope and new life.

The world can still appear dark at times but I hope and pray that new life blossoms forth in your lives as we enjoy the Joy of May.

With my love