Love is patient, love is kind, It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 1 Corinthians 13: 4-7 Today we have a sparkling cover of frost with bright sunshine in a blue sky. The salt trucks were out on the motorways lastContinue reading “The first frosts and a find.”
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A book and a flower…
but let us first look at the anatomy of a background. The flower is Eriocapitella hupehensis or simply Japenese anemone, the background is watercolour cold press 300g/m² Winsor Newton left to get damp and a few spores to form. I then used watercolour paint to convey the stage the flower is today after a dayContinue reading “A book and a flower…”
Garlic, vines and flowers
It will be in that order. Garlic then vines and lastly our garden flowers. Why? Coming home makes me curious. Having seen the fat purple hard necked garlic in the French vegetable market in Royan, I had a question. What had happened to ours? The garlic which on our return from one of our tripsContinue reading “Garlic, vines and flowers”
Chrysanthemums and home.
Know that LORD he is God: He has made us, and not us making ourselves, we are His, like sheep in a pasture… Be thankful to Him. From psalm 100. A psalm of praise. We are home and welcomed by pink chrysanthemums with bright yellow centres. Their stems are longer this year and all theContinue reading “Chrysanthemums and home.”
Travel without Bugsy
Since our first three nights in France we haven’t been able to use Bugsy. This is how it happened. We were leaving the village of Vertuel when the clutch stuck to the floor. Complete failure. Bugsy was taken away on a flat bed to be repaired.Our decision was to continue travelling in the area usingContinue reading “Travel without Bugsy”
Still in France
Noticing is part of how I photograph. We have been in France for nearly three weeks here are some thoughts about noticing: Swan heads carved on a chair in a chateaux. Streets of houses either beige, fawn, brown, taupe, grey or even white often shabby sheek. Houses in the glow of a setting sun. TheirContinue reading “Still in France”
The changing coast
The writing of the waves on the land A repetition of lines Until the rhythm changes Then the loud voice becomes softer The urgency decreases The splash becomes a trickle less white with the break Then quiet! A retreat a going out with the tide An outside inside experience So much like the mind movedContinue reading “The changing coast”
Lacanau
I want to start with a photograph of significance. This has a lot to do with the fine vineyards growing around here. Mile after mile of them. Intensively cared for in so many ways. Today I saw a group of five workers pruning and tieing up thin branches. Latitude 45, the 45th parallel north entersContinue reading “Lacanau”
Citadel of Blaye
But first something I have been thinking about. What is a prophetic law suit? They say there is a prophetic law suit by God in Deuteronomy 32 and then Isaiah uses a similar format for one in Isaiah 1. Then there is something similar in Micah 6: 1-8 and Hosea 4: 1-3. Some say theContinue reading “Citadel of Blaye”
Just the sea
Jesus’ universal salvation time –travelled here eternally. Somewhere,someone ever appreciates. These thoughts came from these writers 2Timothy 1:9, 1 Peter 1:19,20 and John writing Rev 13:8. The Atlantic ocean as it was this Sabbath about 40 miles from Bordeaux. Our church member recommended it as a better place to go than to a city park.Continue reading “Just the sea”
Royan
Before I share this place of interest here is something from Proverbs I got interested in. It is writing possibly not done by Solomon unless he is using a pseudonym. The name of the writer is Agur ( collector or gatherer) and his father was Jakeh ( pious / obedient) and he is addressing twoContinue reading “Royan”
Five fine places on the River Charente
First let us travel a little with a few words of Jesus speaking: ” But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much willContinue reading “Five fine places on the River Charente”