Various posts featuring an eclectic collection of images.
Whatever comes," she said, "cannot alter one thing. If I am a princess in rags and tatters, I can be a princess inside. It would be easy to be a princess if I were dressed in cloth of gold, but it is a great deal more of a triumph to be one all the time… Continue reading THE SECRET PRINCESS – a modern fairy tale
In each of us lie good and bad, light and dark, art and pain, choice and regret, cruelty and sacrifice. We’re each of us our own chiaroscuro, our own bit of illusion fighting to emerge into something solid, something real. We’ve got to forgive ourselves that. I must remember to forgive myself. Because there is… Continue reading CHIAROSCURO
It's a bizarre but wonderful feeling, to arrive dead center of a target you didn't even know you were aiming for.” ― Lois McMaster Bujold Serendipity is a wonderful thing isn't it? It's been three years since we decided to live here in the Western Cape and yet sometimes it still doesn't feel like my… Continue reading SWEET SERENDIPITY
Endless conversation about change is the barrier to actually committing to doing something and then acting is what is required" - David Jakes Guess what's as rare as Rocking-Horse poo? People who say they are going to do something and then actually do it! I recently spent a fabulous, albeit hectic week in the "Big Smoke" with one… Continue reading RARE AS ROCKING-HORSE POO
“You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you.” ― Frederick Buechner Hello peeps, long time no see. The reason… Continue reading THERE’S A FAMILY SIZED HOLE IN MY HEART…
Glint of brightness on a barely there chain. Patch of sunlight on a yellow wall. The loneliness that separates every living creature from every other living creature. Sorrow inseparable from joy. Because - what if that particular goldfinch (and it is very particular) had never been captured or born into captivity, displayed in some household… Continue reading THE GOLDFINCH – flippin’ good book on my shelf
Color directly influences the soul. Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the hammers, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another purposively, to cause vibrations in the soul.” ― Wassily Kandinsky, Concerning the Spiritual in Art Autumn is visiting us here at… Continue reading SUNDAY MORNING COLOURS
It's been slim pickings as far as finding pets to photograph the last few weeks and my inspiration has dried up a little, so what better way to boost it again than to do something creative but in an entirely different field. Enter stage left, my old pine desk. I bought this desk over 20… Continue reading ANNIE SLOAN CHALK PAINT DESK MAKEOVER
What are little boys made of? What are little boys made of? Frogs and snails And puppy-dogs' tails, That's what little boys are made of." My final port of call and the main reason for me visiting Johannesburg was my dear friend Natachia and her twin boys Tristan and Tyler. I take my hat… Continue reading HE AIN’T HEAVY…
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