This is based on an actual incident that took place in our garden autumn 2000. Very few plums ripened that year and when I went to pick one somewhat carelessly I did not notice that a wasp was already on the far side of the plum. I got stung by this wasp which had got drunk on plum juice.
I have to thank Karl Barth for this one.In his introduction to the epistle to the Romans he says that he was searching all on his own in his study during the writing of the commentary seeking to discover what Paul was writing about.It was almost as if he was in a dark bell tower and he reached out to steady himself only to find he was holing onto a bell rope and the bell was ringing out all over Germany- he had rediscovered justification by faith.
Hence-
I was sitting in a small church ;looking out at the garden waiting to preach in a few minutes time when all of a sudden the yellow rose released its five of its petals.
In London at Baker street underground station a character actor dressed as Sherlock Holmes stands all day long for tourists to photgraph and to direct them to the nearby Sherlock Holmes museum.
In hot weather several different actors take turns to do this.
After passing through the station at 11.00am and back again at 1.00pm I noticed Sherlock looked much younger in a very short time ( it wqas of course a different person!)!