Sophronia

A few more "old" posts reworked and improved.....

Job5:7
"Yet man is born to trouble,
As the sparks fly upward."

Church in Hydra, Greek Island

"For all people walk
each in the name of his god,
But we will walk in the name
of the Lord our God
Forever and ever."
Micah4:5

oUr PlAce

"He's not without charm sir."
"Has someone else declared his intention for you?"
"No sir".
"Then , what is it?"
"I do not trust him , sir."
"What do you distrust?"
"His nature sir, like many charming people
he conceals an almost absolute dependance
on the appreciation of others."
"And what is the terrible ill in that?"
"His sole interest is in being loved sir,
not in loving."

Excerpt from the film "Mansfield Park"
based on the book by Jane Austen.

"Direct my steps by Your word,
And let no iniquity have
dominion over me."
Psalm 119:133

House in Vienna

"It is better to go to the house of mourning,
than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men;
and the living will lay it to his heart."
Ecclesiastes 6:2

Sea Creature

"Kiss the Son, lest he be angry,
And you perish in the way,
When His wrath is kindled but a little.
Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him."
Psalm 2:12

Madeleine

"Behold, the former things have come to pass,
And new things I declare;
Before they spring forth
I tell you of them."
Isaiah 42:9

Mrs Milliforne's Jug

"Vanity of vanities," says the
Preacher,
"All is vanity."
Ecclesiastes 12:8

BaThRooM ButtErFly

Proverbs 21;5
The plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty
But those of everyone who is hasty,
surely to poverty.

Eskdale sketch

"But now, thus says the
Lord, who created you, O Jacob,
And He who formed you, O Israel:
"Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by your name;
You are Mine."
Isaiah 43:1

Blue Moon Stroll

Psalm 102;28
"The children of Your servants will
continue,
And their descendants will be
established before You."

Sunflowers in Vegetable Garden

In France the fields of sunflowers are very beautiful,
the flowers face toward the sun as do these in our little vegie patch.

"The sun shall not strike you by day,
Nor the moon by night."
Psalm 121:6

HouSeS in HiPPy

Associate with men of good character
if you esteem your own reputation;
for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.
inaccurate quote
Washington, George

"Woe unto them that join house to house,
that lay field to field,till there be no place, that
they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
In mine ears said the Lord of hosts, Of a truth many houses
shall be desolate, even great and fair,
without inhabitant."
Isaiah 5:8,9.

Gardening

"Obsolescence is built into computers. That's why it is so hard to preserve any of this digital
material. It rots. It leeches. It decays. On the other hand, paper, which seems so fragile and transient, can last for centuries." Rachael Buchanen
From an article, "Paper Trail: All That Is Digital Melts Into Air." The Age 7/1/12

"A prudent man conceals knowledge: but the heart of fools
proclaims foolishness."
Proverbs 12:23

Greta Lucilla

Exodus 20:15
Thou shalt not steal.

Sackville-West a quote altered slightly;
Travel is the most private of enjoyments.
There is no greater bore than the travel bore.
There is not the least interest in hearing
what he has done in Hong Kong."

Paris s'il vous plait

if you should ever go to Dubai
stay in the Old Quarter
and make sure you try the dates
they must be the most delicious
in the world.

"There is that speaketh like the
piercings of a sword: but the tongue
of the wise is health."
Proverbs 12:18