This is a wonderful compilation of some of Lilias' most memorable insights paired with her watercolors, most of which have been hidden in obscurity for a century. The exquisite paintings and deeply inspirational writings in A Blossom in the Desert are drawn from the extensive body of work Lilias Trotter left: devotional books and leaflets, journals and letters, and thirty astonishingly beautiful page-a-day diaries. Lilias believed God has two textbooks-Scripture and creation-and she studied both.