Dedicated to the Preservation and Restoration of the Whole of Creation: Humans - Animals - Environment
"And God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good.
And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day" (Genesis 1:31)
(Garlic Mustard (Alliaria officinalis) - 06) These brightly sunlit flowers blind the camera from seeing details. The garlic mustard has long been used as a condiment or salad green. Unlike other members of the mustard family (Cruciferae), the garlic mustard emits a garlic odor when crushed, which led to both its common name and scientific name (allium is the Latin word for garlic).
(Garlic Mustard (Alliaria officinalis) - 07) Each flower of the garlic mustard has four petals in the form of a cross, one pistil, and 6 stamens.
(Garlic Mustard (Alliaria officinalis) - 08) This photo gives us a closer look at the detail of a garlic mustard leaf.
(Garlic Mustard (Alliaria officinalis) - 09) The individual flowers of the garlic mustard are each about 1 cm. in diameter. The single pistil is easy to identify, but we have found that spotting the six stamens is more difficult.
(Garlic Mustard (Alliaria officinalis) - 10) Even in this close-up photo, it is still difficult to see the six stamens.
Presented here are just a few of the countless components of God's creation. Just as we cannot have human and animal life without water and plants, neither can we have lasting peace without love and compassion. It is our hope and prayer that this series will motivate people to live and act in a cruelty-free manner; that we would no longer hurt or destroy each other, the animals or our environment.