tree story #160

the last from the hidden archive - but there are always more to come -
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tree story #159

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story told for #97: still singing

10 a.m. sunny, warm & clear. Songbirds singing, kids playing, voices echo in the quiet hills. No sign of life on the vines yet, grass & other little plants green up the ground. I wander around a bit and see about a half dozen mule deer carefully work their way along the west edge of the vineyards in the bordering oak woods where the light will be better later...

6 p.m. Light clouds coming in - little less intense light than last evening - cooling just a little, songbirds are still singing. Clouds shift, the earth moves around the sun, the light shifts and changes. Vineyard to the southwest, framed by trees and a stone wall.

Judith Monroe, Wanderings journal

tree story #158

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tree story #157: peace

from the archives, for the new upcoming gallery show - story told with #156 -

Peace

“I will make a covenant of peace with my people and drive away the dangerous animals from the land. Then they will be able to camp safely in the wildest places and sleep in the woods without fear. I will bless my people and their homes around my holy hill. And in the proper season I will send the showers they need. There will be showers of blessing. The orchards and fields of my people will yield bumper crops, and everyone will live in safety. When I have broken their chains of slavery and rescued them from those who enslaved them, then they will know that I am the Lord. They will no longer be prey for other nations, and wild animals will no longer devour them. They will live in safety, and no one will frighten them.

“And I will make their land famous for its crops, so my people will never again suffer from famines or the insults of foreign nations. In this way, they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them. And they will know that they, the people of Israel, are my people, says the Sovereign Lord. You are my flock, the sheep of my pasture. You are my people, and I am your God. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”

Ezekiel 34: 25-31

tree story #156: peace

from the archives, for the new upcoming gallery show - story told with #157 -

Peace

“I will make a covenant of peace with my people and drive away the dangerous animals from the land. Then they will be able to camp safely in the wildest places and sleep in the woods without fear. I will bless my people and their homes around my holy hill. And in the proper season I will send the showers they need. There will be showers of blessing. The orchards and fields of my people will yield bumper crops, and everyone will live in safety. When I have broken their chains of slavery and rescued them from those who enslaved them, then they will know that I am the Lord. They will no longer be prey for other nations, and wild animals will no longer devour them. They will live in safety, and no one will frighten them.

“And I will make their land famous for its crops, so my people will never again suffer from famines or the insults of foreign nations. In this way, they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them. And they will know that they, the people of Israel, are my people, says the Sovereign Lord. You are my flock, the sheep of my pasture. You are my people, and I am your God. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”

Ezekiel 34: 25-31

tree story #155

apparently I had a few images archived but never brought out, so they'll trickle out over the next few days...

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tree story #162: prosperity

(From my archives, with a story for the upcoming gallery show...)

(With tree story #161...)

Prosper

My ears are filled with the sounds of promise:
"Good people will prosper like palm trees,
Grow tall like Lebanon cedars;
transplanted to God's courtyard,
They'll grow tall in the presence of God,
lithe and green, virile still in old age."

Such witnesses to upright God!
My Mountain, my huge, holy Mountain!

Psalm 92: 11-15

tree story #161: prosperity

(From my archives, with a story for the upcoming gallery show...)

(With tree story #162...)

Prosper

My ears are filled with the sounds of promise:
"Good people will prosper like palm trees,
Grow tall like Lebanon cedars;
transplanted to God's courtyard,
They'll grow tall in the presence of God,
lithe and green, virile still in old age."

Such witnesses to upright God!
My Mountain, my huge, holy Mountain!

Psalm 92: 11-15

production schedule

Just posted my production schedule for the upcoming show on my Wanderings blog. I'm dedicated to sticking to it - better get back to work now!

story told - tree story #142

Held Firm and Strong

No matter where I go, dear Lord, you sustain me
Like the mighty tree that stands secure to earth,
Its roots clinging to the soil for life
I, too, cling to you for life
Dependent upon your nurturing and your solid presence
That feeds me, that keeps me,
I stand firm through you, dear Lord,
Like the mighty tree that falls without support
You are my gravity, my root, my core of life.

No matter how I stand, dear Lord,
You are the strength of my muscle
The marrow of my bone
Like the sap that runs from limb to limb
In ancient oak or new born birch
I, too, feel your pulse in every breath
Blessing me with all I find of worth
Giving me reason to live and love and learn.
You are my confidence like the earth to oak,
My stability, my answer, the sun that warms my heart.

Susan Raines