Colin Browne

Thanks for the video. It is a beautiful plant. Even the leaves are pretty. Compare the plant to the Crowned crane in our country. It regularly feeds on open spaces in our suburb and they breed close to the marshes where we have a bird watching stand.
A similar bird, the Hoopoe feeds on insects on lawns in our suburb.


 

By a stretch of the imagination Mel. As can be seen in the pictures below, even Google doesn't know what a bird of paradise looks like. They've even included a Lyrebird.
While on birds, in an article on evolution, a scientist admitted that there's no link from animals to birds, He said they could only have been created.
In the new cleansed earth, all flying creatures will be 'Birds of paradise'.

Hi Colin and Queen Esther,
Nice evolution from old books to beautiful birds and plants.
I started to doubt myself but I found the link with the plant I mean.  I think it is the same plant.  Here it is:
http://www.theflowerexpert.com/content/aboutflowers/exoticflowers/heliconia
 

Had Adam and God’s covering cherub remained perfect, we would have eventually known the proper use of all plants, and also which may not be consumed.

This is when it will be destroyed, Armageddon.
 
 

Hello Queen Esther, have a look at this fantastic spanner set made in Germany. It goes up in fractions of an inch. Has a feeler gauge as well as a small screwdriver. The Bible is 24cm top to bottom and the screwdriver set is 11cm wide. My youngest son's present.

The plant you love is the orange variety of the genus. Here is a link to others:
https://www.google.co.za/Strelitzia+plants+pictures=1498798134819


Seems we share a love for plants - Happy viewing.

The town of East London in South Africa is precisely at the beginning of the sub tropical area up to Mozambique. It's where plants of the Strelitzia family and ferns begin to grow. This explains why we have drastic changes of weather.
 

Here is something to interest you. In Germany and elsewhere it's either Winter or summer. (Gen. 8:22) But in our part of the Eastern Cape we have a unique weather system because we often experience four seasons in one day! In fact, one holiday resort, "Four Seasons" takes advantage of this. We can wake up to an icy morning, which later becomes warm. A few hours later temperatures may climb above 30 degrees. Which is why most residents say that they will never move away.
There are many hotels which share that name: https://twitter.com/FourSeasons?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author
 

WOW...  das ist ja nett Bruder Colin, haha   Ja, mit dem Translater geht das prima !  Danke, für diese schöne Idee...  I use daily the google translater for working here. Mostly for Spanish to English. Yes, the technology is sometimes super !
I come back later,  now different duties !  Wish you a great day in far away south Africa. ???

Hallo an euch dort in Deutschland. Dank moderner Technik ist es so einfach, Briefe an Menschen anderer Sprachen zu schreiben. Schauen Sie! Obwohl ich nur Englisch und Afrikaans fließend zu sprechen, sende ich eine Nachricht an Sie in deutscher Sprache.

Und Sie werden tatsächlich saugen die Milch der Nationen und die Brust der Könige, die Sie zu saugen. (Jesaja 60:16)

Dies ist wahrscheinlich, wie Sie auch kommunizieren. Colin Browne

Hallo an euch dort in Deutschland. Dank moderner Technik ist es so einfach, Briefe an Menschen anderer Sprachen zu schreiben. Schauen Sie! Obwohl ich nur Englisch und Afrikaans fließend zu sprechen, sende ich eine Nachricht an Sie in deutscher Sprache.

Und Sie werden tatsächlich saugen die Milch der Nationen und die Brust der Könige, die Sie zu saugen. (Jesaja 60:16)

Dies ist wahrscheinlich, wie Sie auch kommunizieren. Colin Browne

Here is something to interest you. In Germany and elsewhere it's either Winter or summer. (Gen. 8:22) But in our part of the Eastern Cape we have a unique weather system because we often experience four seasons in one day! In fact, one holiday resort, "Four Seasons" takes advantage of this. We can wake up to an icy morning, which later becomes warm. A few hours later temperatures may climb above 30 degrees. Which is why most residents say that they will never move away.
There are many hotels which share that name: https://twitter.com/FourSeasons?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author
 

Temperatures you saw were probably day time, and Cape Town has a different climate to ours. It's 15 degrees this morning and the forecast high is 29 degrees (in mid winter) because we get what is called 'Berg winds'. (winds that get hotter as they blow down the sun warmed earth)
East London S.A. was also home to German immigrants in the early days. There is a memorial for them opposite the aquarium. They set up towns here like Hamburg, Berlin, etc. See this website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stutterheim
Many of the descendants of the early settlers still carry German names. Thank you for suggesting other forums. This one is enough for me. Although retired my time is mostly taken up by study and reading. I'm almost finished studying August 28-September 24, 2017. It's better to be ahead because we receive so much spiritual 'food', once are behind it will be hard to catch up. (Psalm 72:16) Reading and meditating on the 'Scriptures Daily' is also very important because it helps us start the day in a spiritual mood.

Temperatures you saw were probably day time, and Cape Town has a different climate to ours. It's 15 degrees this morning and the forecast high is 29 degrees (in mid winter) because we get what is called 'Berg winds'. (winds that get hotter as they blow down the sun warmed earth)
East London S.A. was also home to German immigrants in the early days. There is a memorial for them opposite the aquarium. They set up towns here like Hamburg, Berlin, etc. See this website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stutterheim
Many of the descendants of the early settlers still carry German names. Thank you for suggesting other forums. This one is enough for me. Although retired my time is mostly taken up by study and reading. I'm almost finished studying August 28-September 24, 2017. It's better to be ahead because we receive so much spiritual 'food', once are behind it will be hard to catch up. (Psalm 72:16) Reading and meditating on the 'Scriptures Daily' is also very important because it helps us start the day in a spiritual mood.

Hello sister, I'm in East London, not to be confused with the United Kingdom. In the early days South Africa was controlled by the UK. Our city lies at 28 degrees longitude and 38 degrees latitude. We are warmed by the down flowing Mozambique current. But there is also the counter cold Agulhas current flowing from Cape Town side. Depending on whether there's a west wind blowing which pushes the Agulhas current away, the sea is warm. When the East wind blows the cold water is pushed toward our coast.
Thank you the link which provided more information on 'The making of the King James Bible' It's been copied and added to my notes about the Jacobean Era. A horseman sent all the way from England to Scotland was kicked in the face by his horse and he arrived full of blood, only to find that King James was still in bed.
I suppose there will still be enough gas and vehicles after Armageddon to use for a few decades, after which we will have to wait and see.

It was an earlier message sent. At this moment it's 6:30am.

In my younger days I sometimes surfed in 10 degree water in a wet suit. One hardly feels the cold while young. When I woke this morning the temperature was again 10 degrees - in my room, so I typing this with two frozen fingers. It's only as I grew older that I realised how much time was wasted which could have been put to better use.
It's unlikely that I will surf again in Jehovah's new earth. It's a passing phase which  I do not recommend to any young brother. I almost drowned once, and there are also other dangers such as sharks, drowning and injuries.
Some years ago at a surfing spot I watched a young man die when he lost blood after an attack by a great white shark. I stopped surfing and gave the booklet, "When someone dies" to his mother. Recently I took the revised copy.
 
 

We’ve been talking about our society’s older books. We are thankful that these have explained Jehovah’s original word from Moses’ time. The faithful and discreet slave deserve praise for explaining the things hidden to the wise and intellectual ones, but revealed them to us as "young children". A very important book was the first Bible we received. It was the green backed bound books we received in five parts during the early 70’s. I had mine bound by a local newspaper.

Yes it's difficult for you to convey your thoughts to English. As you said, the correct way is, to say, "We now have new light on the matter" Prov. 4:18.
Where I'm living, it's 10 degrees centigrade this morning and my fingers are frozen.
One of the old books I remember was made for publishers, "Equipped for every good work."
It was good news for us this time when our society explained "This generation." Before that we couldn't understand. But we maintained "A waiting attitude" knowing that Jehovah would give us 'new light'.
 

I've never even seen a printing error on our society's literature, only one mistake (In an 'very early' book) which was later corrected in a Watchtower issue later. Wikipedia pages once had many mistakes, but these were mostly user input.(Recently users need to login to add or edit)
According to this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion
there are over 10,000 religions. Which is why our society published the book "What has religion done for mankind". When we went from door to door in early days most people would tell us that they "had there own religion" Having no idea of what people believe in other faiths besides Christianity, the book mentioned in this paragraph was primarily designed to inform us as God's people, but also the public. It was not really a mistake to show the world the truth. The Jain 'religion' wear masks to avoid inhaling flying insects. We can now tactfully ask them, "What about the millions of creatures you trample on just taking a short walk". 

Yes, I do have a computer, and I'm still in the field ministry group. So, I only kept the more recent books, IE: Isaiah's prophecy, Pay attention to Daniel, God's word for us through Jeremiah, The Bible God's word or mans and the latest, Worship the only True God. I also have the 1973 Comprehensive Concordance which I consult almost daily.
It will be nice to know how many other of our spiritual family have the latter book.
The cover is dark red.
 

Good morning from this side of our earth.
I never saw any of those books. At 87, I'm in the upper layer of fossils.

I'm the only JW at this home among a mixture of other faiths. Some sisters regularly read to residents. The first was the entire 'Jesus the way, the truth, the life' book. Other ministers and priests also come to feed their flocks, but on different days. The book 'God's Kingdom Rules' paragraph 16 assures us that we will have everlasting security. All national barriers and passports will end.
Imagine how nice it will be to walk among wild animals and even sleep in the forests. (Eze. 34:25)
 

Yes, I do have a computer, and I'm still in the field ministry group. So, I only kept the more recent books, IE: Isaiah's prophecy, Pay attention to Daniel, God's word for us through Jeremiah, The Bible God's word or mans and the latest, Worship the only True God. I also have the 1973 Comprehensive Concordance which I consult almost daily.
It will be nice to know how many other of our spiritual family have the latter book.
The cover is dark red.