Tuesday, 11 October 2011

Picture of the Week - Street Entertainers

Street Entertainers in Covent Garden

Covent Garden is always very lively, with so much going on, performers and entainers, stalls, and luscious smells....
This Centurion was most expressive

Monday, 10 October 2011

365 Days of Colour - Flower of the Day 132 - 138

Day 132

Reflection
Everything in its season

Quote
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favourable. Seneca


Scripture
Aim for perfection, listen to my appeal, be of one mind, live in peace.  and the God of love and peace will be with you.  11 Corinthians 13:11

Day 133

Reflection
Everyone who truely knows you believes in you, do you believe in yourself?

 Quote
Art has been defined as a neurotic who continually cures himself with his art. Lee Simonson

Scripture
My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish...John 10:27-28

Day 134

Reflection
Miracles are all around

Quote
I honour health as the first Muse. ---Ralph Waldo Emerson

Scripture
The Lord redeems the soul of His servants; and none of those who take refuge in Him will be condemmed..Psalm 34:22

Day 135

Reflection
Shine a light, sometimes miracles do not look like we think they should look!

 Quote
Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal....Ralph Vaull Starr

 Scripture
God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should change His mind.  Does He speak and then not act?  Does He promise and not fulfill?  Numbers 23:19

Day 136


Reflection
Expect a miracle

 Quote
Artistic growth is, more than anything else, a refining of the sense of truthfulness. The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy: only the great artist knows how difficult it is....Willa Cather

 Scripture
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you  James 4:8

Day 137

Reflection
You will soar like the eagle

Quote
Learn something new. Try something different. Convince yourself that you have no limits...Brian Tracy

Scripture
God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus..
Philippians 4:19

Day 138

Reflection
There is a time and a place

Quote
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear....Ambrose Redmoon

Scripture
...He giveth to all life, and breath, and all things...Acts 17:25

Friday, 7 October 2011

Picture of the Week - Our 8 legged friends.....


There seemed to be an increase in our friends who have decided to take over the garden with all this warm weather we have had during the week.  This one decided to weave its' web across most of garden, had to relocate it 3 times but it kept coming back to the same spot.  I had never seen one being made before!

 

Monday, 3 October 2011

365 Days of Colour - Flower of the Day 125 - 131

Day 125 

Reflection
You light up the room, don’t hide....

Quote
To the extent a person makes, invents or thinks something that is new to him, he may be said to have performed a creative act. ... Margaret Mead

Scripture
He gives strength to the weary, and to him who lacks might He increases power...Isaiah 40:29


Day 126

Reflection
You have the ability to step out, and soar....

Quote
There is real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment. ... Norman Vincent Peale

Scripture
The Lord’s hand is not so short that it cannot save; neither is His ear so dull that it cannot hear... Isaiah 59:1


Day 127

Reflection
Are you spending too much of your time with naysayers

Quote
Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy....  Rabbi Abraham Heschel

Scripture
For thou dost light my lamp; the Lord my God illumines my darkness. ...Psalm 18:28

Day 128

Reflection
Living in truth....everyday

Quote
One sure-fire way to stay creative: force yourself to learn something new. ... Harvey Mackay

Scripture
Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you. ..1 Peter 5:7

Day 129

Reflection
How much time have you invested in your dream?

Quote
Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm. ...Robert Louis Stevenson

Scripture
You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. ..Psalm 32:7

Day 130

Reflection
Make a start today, it’s never too late

Quote
One looks at life as a gift, a painting of lights and darks, each defining the other, not a series of good and bad things. Giving thanks, and often, frees the spirit and makes the heart secure. ...Fay Bohlayer

Scripture
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away... Matthew 24:35

Day 131 

Reflection
Take time to breath

Quote
When we are enthusiastic we are intoxicated with passion rooted in our true selves and it
flows into all we do. ---Linda Saccoccio

Scripture
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. Matthew 7:6-8
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