Jesus speaking: ‘ Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth.’ Matthew 5:5 ( meek – someone who shows patient restraint) The pale blue line with wiggles is the Basingstoke canal linking to London. Opened in 1794 to carry flour, timber, coal, etc. to the big city. What we need to admire isContinue reading “A Sabbath walk from Winchfield Hurst”
Category Archives: vegetation, nature
Miniature daffidols
Dissolve The garden has miniature daffidols. They have bloomed together here and there in clumps. I brought five flowers inside to paint. My fascination for seeing colour once applied and watching it dissolve out of my control took over, and I enjoyed this time. Dissolved but thereThey are thereThey will always be thereThey were paintedContinue reading “Miniature daffidols”
Two twigs of Viburnum tinus
Looking closely It is how things come together that make one smile. A piece of cliff rock once washed over by the Atlantic Ocean when lying next to a Scandinavian pottery vase on my table looked good together. Then the Viburnum tinus that has struggled with disease is now really disease free this spring, soContinue reading “Two twigs of Viburnum tinus”
The frost on the first daffidol 2025
Religion Saint John was living on Patmos as a prisoner for his faith in Jesus when He wrote this either during the reign of Nero AD 54-68 or that of Vespassian AD 69-79. John is speaking: ‘ And there was war in heaven: Michael ( Jesus) and His angels fought against the dragon ( theContinue reading “The frost on the first daffidol 2025”
The first daffidol 2025!
Paul speaking: ‘ There is no temptation you have let take you that isn’t common to man/woman But God is faithful, who will not let you be tempted above what you are able; but will with the temptation also make a way of escape, that you will be able to bear it.‘ 1 Corinthians 10Continue reading “The first daffidol 2025!”
The tulips, cardoon, and three trees.
Jesus speaking: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a man who planted good seed, but while he slept his enemy came and planted weeds among the wheat. They all grew together and the servants said,’ we thought you planted good seed, but look at all the weeds. Where did they come from?’ Jesus continuing theContinue reading “The tulips, cardoon, and three trees.”
A tree in decline…
Solomon speaking: ‘ A joyful heart is good medicine.’ ‘Learning without wisdom is a load of books on a donkey’s back.’ Zora Neale Hurston It was while photographing trees that I was stunned to see this one. It had been fine for many years but here it was: Vegetation cut back it stood alone andContinue reading “A tree in decline…”
From sedum to a…
The first lines of Psalms 121: 1,2 ‘I will lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.’ And so we cut the sedum back after all the indecision of the early autumn when it was leaning on the chivesContinue reading “From sedum to a…”
Vegetation and inspiration part 2
Jesus speaking: And I when I am lifted up, I will draw all people to myself. John 12:32 From Reuven Rubin, an AI given name of a famous artist, I sketched a vase Reuven Rubin had painted. Put some leaves in a jug, noticed how different the back of each leaf was to the front,Continue reading “Vegetation and inspiration part 2”
Vegetation and inspiration
Religion God speaking: ‘ I AM THE LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.’ So AI, what is God’s glory? It is the manifestation of God’s nature attributes perfection. It is a central theme that is woven throughout the Bible. AI seemsContinue reading “Vegetation and inspiration”