settled in the lovely Kent countryside in the UK.
I love everything meaningful and beautiful,
which I try to capture in different media.
My inspiration for all of this: the people that I love,
and the love that God has for me.
Ek deel graag met jou die vreugdes van dit
wat mooi en betekenisvol is.
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Writing
Creating pictures with words & building it into stories
Arts and Crafts
Creating with lines, shapes, colours & textures
Sketchbook
Painting
Embroidery
Series 13
Cooking
This is about imagining, preparing, serving & enjoying food can always be a feast.
Elsa Schiaparelli once said: A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness.
Blog
Heavenly lights and earthly storms
Storms raging on the surface of the sun cause enormous clouds of electrically laden particles being shot into space. When some of these reach earth’s atmosphere, it ionises gases, releasing light. This way colourful curtains of light,
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Journey with Vincent
Vincent van Gogh has become an ally in my journey of becoming a better artist. A knee injury and a pair of crutches makes it hard to access my studio. Working on the unfinished “Icons” painting and the “Three generations” is on hold for the time being. Fortunately, my...
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To love
“I want to give him love!” replied our 4-year old granddaughter. Her mother had just caught her kissing her sleeping grandfather’s hand. Like grandfathers do, he had fallen asleep on the special yellow chair. The other grown-ups were busy preparing a meal.
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A shield and a can of Coke
My “shield of faith” (Ephesians 6:16) recently needed some serious panelbeating. I was making very little headway with some documents that needed to be completed ASAP and sought up the quiet of my bedroom, shut the door and sat down at the Lord’s feet.
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Who is your God?
“Who is my God?” This isn’t a question one would normally ask of yourself when struggling with a worrisome situation or a deep disappointment.
One day, as I was nursing an upset because of some less sympathetic remark my dear gentleman husband had made, I sensed the Lord asking me: “Who is your God? Is it Me or
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My eyes on the finishing line
“You need to stay calm and run to the finish line." This is the advice of Justin Gatlin, American athlete who won Olympic medals in the 60, 100 and 200 metres dash. Knowing how young children tend to look around while running, I had the perfect solution for our...
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Brilliant, beautiful, impressive, tasty, classy – and so easy to make! I’ve impressed many a guest with this treat – a very nice bite-sized snack while we’re waiting for the barbecue fare or even as part of a light lunch.
First of all, the must-have item in my fridge: readymade puff pastry.
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Tree or tumbleweed
Journaling is a handy way to jot down the truths I learn from God in my time at his feet, my ‘quiet time’. Unfortunately, it so often happens that such a truth stays in my journal and the result is that, when the test comes, I don’t have that wonderful truth to hand. Thus, it happened one morning that, during an inspiring time at the Lord’s feet, I delved into the meaning of being rooted in Christ.
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A safe place
“If only I could walk again!” This is the cry from the heart of a friend in her wheelchair, months after suffering a head injury. Likewise, this was the cry from the heart of the invalid who was lying at the pool of Bethesda for the umpteenth time, hoping for the miracle of healing. What joy it must have been when Jesus told him: “Get up, take your bedroll, start walking.” (John 5:8 The Message) He not only picked up his bedroll and started to walk, he ended up in trouble with the religious authorities because of it!
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Ouma Maria: A formidable woman
Maria Margaretha Hough married her first cousin Albertus Hough.
Unfortunately, neither she nor her cousin realised that they were both carriers of a regressive gene that caused both their two youngest daughters to be born with microcephaly (abnormal smallness of the head, a congenital condition associated with incomplete brain development.)
Maria and her husband decided to take up the government’s offer of a free farm in German West Africa (today called Namibia).
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