Tuesdays with a Twist #702

Welcome to Tuesdays with a Twist #702!

ENJOY!

REMINDER that this week I removed the "likes" in hopes of making linking up quicker (please let me know in the comments if it worked)

Before we get to the blog hop today - 

During the month of October, I will be featuring a sweet potato post from the past:

Curried Sweet Potato Croquettes

 

Checkout wonderful seeds at Mary's Heirloom Seeds 

click HERE to shop for the best seeds

Or click picture below:

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Also, checkout one of my Bags/Purses available at Zazzle:

Evening Sun Mix Sunflower Tote Bag
by GodsGrowingGarden

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Good Morning and Welcome to another No Rules Party!

Angie @ God's Growing Garden

My Features this Week are:

1. "Elegant Autumn Living Room Branch Tree" by Debbie-Dabble Blog

2. "Soft Seeded Durban Naan" by Esme Salon

3. "Caramel Apple Spiced Gooey Butter Cake" by Cindy's On-Line Recipe Box

If you've been featured I'd love for you to grab a button.

The party starts every Tuesday at 7am EST and will continue until Saturday at 11:59pm.  Feel free to stop back any time and "like" your favorites.  Please visit other blogs if you have a moment. 

Share older posts as well as new ones.  No limit on links!

*Pictures should be your own* 

By linking up you give us permission to use these photos

 (with proper link backs) in our features.   And now for the party!

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Grow your own!
Many wonderful garden products from
 "Mary's Heirloom Seeds"!!
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You're the STAR - Week#1 GARDEN (October 2026)

October - one of the most beautiful months - ENJOY.

Thank you again for joining us!

There are many ways to follow me:

Angie @ God's Growing Garden

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Before we continue onto the Linky party I wanted to share from my blog:

Saving Sunflower Seeds for Eating

WELCOME to the first week of the October 2026 "You're the Star" Blog Hop!

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WELCOME to GARDEN feature week of the October 2026 "You're the STAR" blog hop!

Meet all of your Hosts

This week is GARDEN feature week
Swing by the Hosts blogs:

Angie @ God's Growing Garden
Colleen @ Butterfly in the Attic

Michelle @ Moms Are Frugal

Lisa @ At Home With Lisa

Kris @ Kris and Larry . com

This is a month long Linky party featuring YOU!

There will be 4 different features each week and 4 different feature categories.  Just to be clear - this is NOT a themed party - you may link up ANY family-friendly blog posts any day of each month. 
The "theme" occurs in our weekly features:
WEEK#1 GARDEN - gardening, homesteading, recycling, outdoor activities &/or preserving (this can include any type of green living,  repurposed ideas, outdoor concerns, posts relating to farm animals etc all while remaining family friendly)

(These features were chosen from the September 2026 "You're the Star" blog hop)

My End of Summer Vegetable Garden by Amy's Creative Pursuits

Midwest Gardening: A Summer of Records & None Good by Old New Green Redo

Arugula & Fig Salad by Carol on the Lake

Onion Gratin (onion slices, parmesan crust) by Scratch Made Food

If you've been featured then please grab a STAR button below:

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All Hosts/CoHosts will post this blog hop on every Monday of each week.
Please link up your family friendly blog posts below!
It wouldn't be a linky party with YOU!
(IMPORTANT NOTE: by linking up you understand that you might be featured next month and if so, we will use some of your photos from your post - rest assured - we will always link back to your lovely blog.  We might also share your fantastic posts on social media.  Also, you may link up as many family-friendly posts as you like & YES - other blog hops &/or giveaways are welcome {giveaways and blog hops will NOT be featured though}  Thank You & ENJOY! )

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Old Fashioned Sunday Hymn Sing #153

Welcome to the 153rd Old Fashioned Sunday Hymn Sing!

I miss the old hymns that I remember from my childhood - there were no drums, no electric guitar and no mind numbing beat. It was just voices and maybe a piano or an organ. The choir led the congregation in singing - and the words of these hymns are poetic. I realize that there is a need for the modern "seeker oriented" worship music - but it is also necessary to have deeper songs (no offense intended to anyone who prefers the newer church songs).

I decided to have an "Old Fashion Sunday Hymn Sing" once a month on this blog.

I personally do NOT have a great singing voice - I used to play the guitar & piano but my voice is NOT an instrument. That's the great thing about this digital hymn sing, you can warble along without being embarrassed or without offending anyone else.

The hymns that we will be studying are taken from an old hymnal from a Baptist church that is no longer in existence - "The North American Hymnal" published in 1956 by "THE ROGER WILLIAMS PRESS"

I will also try to find a version of the featured hymn on "YouTube" to share with you each month.

Today's featured hymn is "Master, the Tempest Is Raging" and the author is Mary A. Baker.  This author is special to me because she has a link to Michigan.  She was born in the state of New York but then had to move to Michigan when her mom remarried.  Mary's father passed away when Mary was only 7 years leaving her mom a single mom with three young children.  Mary's mom was again widowed when her second husband passed away and Mary's mom was then a single mother of five children.  When her mom married a third time, Mary and her sister stayed in Kalamazoo, Michigan while her mom and siblings moved back to New York.  Mary never married but she eventually moved to Chicago and she was known for active work in the "temperance cause" and for her hymns.

click HERE to view "By Your Faith #2 - Ye of Little Faith"

I have included two videos of this hymn (after the lyrics below).  The second video is an a cappella version of this song.

Enjoy!

Turn with me to number 328 in your hymnals and let's sing:

Master, the Tempest Is Raging

written by Mary A. Baker (1832-1925) & composed by H. R. Palmer (1837-1907)

1.Master, the tempest is raging!  The billows are tossing high!  The sky is o'er shadowed with blackness, No shelter or help is nigh;  "Carest Thou not that we perish?"  How canst Thou lie asleep, When each moment so madly is threat'ning A grave in the angry deep?
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2.   Master, with anguish of spirit I bow in my grief today;  The depths of my sad heart are troubled;  O waken and save, I pray!  Torrents of sin and of anguish Sweep o'er my sinking soul!  And I perish!  I perish, dear Master;  O hasten, and take control!

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3.   Master, the terror is over, The elements sweetly rest;  Earth's sun in the calm lake is mirrored, And heaven's within my breast.  Linger, O blessed Redeemer, Leave me alone no more;  And with joy I shall make the blest harbor, And rest on the blissful shore.

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Chorus

"The winds and the waves shall obey Thy will.  Peace.....be still!"

Whether the wrath of the storm-tossed sea, Or demons, or men, or whatever it be, No water

can swallow the ship where lies The Master of ocean and earth and skies;  They all shall sweetly obey

Thy will;  Peace, be still!  Peace, be still!  They all shall sweetly obey Thy will,

Peace, peace, be still!

A special thanks to "Pure Worship Sounds" for sharing this with us!

A special thanks to "Acapeldridge" for sharing this with us!

Other Hymns on this blog:

Majestic Sweetness Sits Enthroned

Sweet the Moments, Rich in Blessing

Spirit Divine, Attend Our Prayer

Behold A Stranger At The Door

Holy Bible, Book Divine

O Jesus, I Have Promised

Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken

Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me

Where He Leads Me

We Gather Together To Ask The Lord's Blessing

Bread of the World in Mercy Broken

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SOLAR POWER Sunflower Variety

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

SOLAR POWER Sunflower Variety

In case you missed it - a few days ago I explained why sunflower season here on God's Growing Garden was delayed this year.  Usually my sunflower posts start at the beginning of September but I had a late start and then we had a big storm (click HERE to read "Sunflower Season & the Storm").   I grew three varieties this year (actually, I grew four but the fourth was a joke - I'll explain in a different post).  This is the second sunflower post of 2026.  Today I am featuring: "SOLAR POWER" Sunflower variety.

This is a beautiful variety - it looks like an electrical circuit of orange being turned on by the sun.  Each flower was just a little different with the extent of that inner orange brightness.

Before showing the featured pictures, I wanted to remind you why sunflowers are my favorite flower.  Sunflowers always turn towards the sun - you can literally see them gently turning throughout the day to follow the sun.  To be very clear - I am NOT a "sun" worshiper.  However, I am a "Son" worshiper:  Jesus Christ, the Son of God and I strive every day to grow and turn towards Him in every aspect of my life.

  

ENJOY the following pictures!

All photos were taken by me (Angie Ouellette-Tower) and the sunflowers were all grown in my garden.
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ENJOY!

Sunflowers from 2026:

Taiyo Sunflower

Solar Power Sunflower

Sunflower

Sunflowers from 2025:

Skyscraper Sunflower

Arikara Sunflower

"Saved By The Blood of Jesus" RED Sunflower
Wrong-Name REDS #1

#2 Wrong-Name REDS

Sunflowers from 2024:

Ice Cream Sunflower

Indian Blanket Sunflower

Earthwalker Sunflower

Sunflowers from 2023:
Shock-O-Lat Sunflower

Astra Rose Cream

Red Sun Sunflower

Hopi Black Dye Sunflower

Sunflowers from 2022:
Mongolian Giant Sunflower

Velvet Queen

Tiger's Eye Mix Part1

Part2 Tiger's Eye Mix

Rouge Royale

Sunflowers from 2021:
Firecracker Sunflower

Chocolate Sunflower

Dwarf Teddy

Giant Teddy

Sunflowers from 2020:
ProCut Gold F1 Sunflower

The Wrong Seed Sunflower

Ring of Fire Part#1

Ring of Fire Part#2

Sunflowers from 2019:
Dwarf Evening Sun Mix - Part 2

Dwarf Evening Sun Mix - Part 1

Tall Evening Sun

Procut "Dark" Plum Sunflower

Procut "Light" Plum Sunflower

Sun-Fill Purple

Sunflowers from 2018:
Orange Mahogany Sunflower - Part 2

Orange Mahogany Sunflower - Part 1

Lemon Queen Sunflower

Procut Bicolor Sunflower - Part 2

Procut Bicolor Sunflower - Part 1

Sickly "Sonja Branching" Sunflower

Sunflowers from 2017:

Bugs & the Magic Roundabout Sunflower

Magic Roundabout - Part 2

Magic Roundabout - Part 1

Peach Passion Sunflower

Sunflowers from 2016:

Vincent's Choice - Part 1

Vincent's Choice - Part 2

Tithonia Torch - a.k.a. Mexican Sunflower

Sunflowers from 2015:

Tiny "Giant Sungold"

Strawberry Blonde#2 - The Best

Strawberry Blonde#1 - Loved By Insects

Red Hedge

Jade Sunflower

Sunflowers from 2014:

Prado Sunflower

Sunflower Disaster

Sunflowers from 2013:

Giant Gray Stripe Sunflower - Part 1

Giant Gray Stripe Sunflower - Part 2

Giant Gray Strip Sunflower - Part 3

Soraya Sunflower

Italian White Sunflowers

Starburst Blaze Sunflowers

Sunflowers from 2012:

Mammoth Sunflowers

VanGogh Sunflowers

Floristan Sunflowers

Cherry Rose Sunflowers

Monet's Palette Mixture Sunflowers

Sunflowers from 2011:

Sunflowers, Black Velvet Queen

Sunflowers, Autumn Beauty

Sunflowers, Royal Flush

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