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TREES AS METAPHORS FOR LIFE, GROWTH AND DEATH.
My grandfather had a saying, ‘I am nearer God’s heart in a Garden than anywhere else on earth’. In many ways I think this is true, God walked and conversed with the first man and woman in the Garden of Eden. There is a peacefulness among trees shading you...
PEEPING THROUGH MY TREE HOUSE WINDOW – The Blessings of Trees
Image by Patty Jansen from Pixabay Oh how my eyes just drank in the sight of those beautiful colors! In fact, I copied a painting in the Queensland Art Gallery of people sitting under a jacaranda tree enjoying tea, so that I could keep this little snapshot memory for...
MY TEARS ARE COLLECTED IN A BOTTLE
On a visit to Pennsylvania the friend I visited would collect water in containers at the local spring. I was fascinated by this; as we searched for the spring which was hidden away alongside a small road. We carried our empty containers down to the collecting...
THE BOUNDARIES ON YOUR TRIALS HAVE BEEN SET
One of my favorite places to visit when I lived in Cape Town was Blouberg Strand. Most of the iconic photos of Cape Town have been taken from here as you look across the bay onto the table like profile of Table Mountain with its cloth of cloud hanging over the side....