A Picture Poem (video) about Forrest & Celeste, the Thick-Billed Weavers.

Over the years I have taken photos of the thick-billed weavers building their nests and I thought the best way to make use of the photographs was to create a video with words and music.  I hope you enjoy!  Don' forget to turn the sound on! DID YOU KNOW? The thick-billed weaver differs from other...

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BEAUTY FOR ASHES

  BEAUTY FOR ASHES© Beaten down? I will raise you up and set your crown. Torn and forlorn? Have you noticed, there is always a new morn. Fearful and alone? I am with you, I will protect and save you. Sick and frail? I will be your guard rail - You will prevail. Do you...

The art of tea and tasting.

I love tea and coffee, coffee in the mornings, the rest of the day it is tea, no wonder I painted a couple of cups of tea and (just one coffee).  Maybe I should be eating more apples than drinking tea, I guess this went through my mind as I painted, but then the flowers...

Slithering Snakes!

Spotted bush snakes (Know the snake )are quite regular visitors to my garden.  I am not a snake lover, but these guys are quite harmless and if I was ever asked what my favorite snake is, which would be an odd question, I would say the spotted bush snake.  These snakes are about a meter long...

Okay, so I am feeling spring silly!

Like I said, I am feeling 'Spring Silly'.  I know I am not the only one, it affects the best of us!  I love spring...I could jump and shout and go on and on and on about this crazy season, but I won't (I bet some are saying, 'thank goodness for that'. BUT, I did...

CREATION DAY ONE TO SIX, ON CANVAS.

He [God] spoke and galaxies whirled into place, stars burned in the heavens, and planets began orbiting their suns - words of awesome, unlimited, unleashed power.  He spoke again and the waters and lands were filled with plants and creatures, running, swimming, growing, multiplying - words of animating, breathing, pulsing life.  Again he spoke and man...

#PAINT MY BEAR

Hello! My name is Eli!  I am a brand new bear for a brand new baby.  I was painted in oils by the artist Caroline Street. Do you want your old Teddy Bear painted -  you know, that old teddy you have stashed in storage, covered in wrapping and moth balls, hoping he does not fall...