Ah! Never shall the land forget.
How gushed the life-blood of her brave –
~ William Cullen Bryant
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
~ Maya Angelou
Aloe succotrina – digital • 2009 © Lisa Rivas ~ RAISED TO THEM!
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The sap of the Aloe is effective in the treatment and healing of wounds.
Within the hollow of all things in nature there exists a theme,
one of unity – the supreme power of the Goddess.
A divine Mother where all life is born from, and
then also returned to her at death to be once again reborn.
original painting – artist collection – Nashville, TN – USA – "Krater"
watercolor, wax, rice paper, glazed • 24"H x 24"W • © Lisa Rivas
Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow. ~Plutarch
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Krater: a bowl used in ancient Greece for diluting wine with water
and used in religious ceremonies to hold libations.
HOW BEAUTIFUL IS IT TO DO NOTHING, AND THEN REST AFTERWARD. ~ PROVERB
This piece is for all the tired bloggers, specially the Cactus Monday friends ~ backdrop image is a FerroCactus!
HE THAT CAN TAKE REST IS GREATER THAN HE THAT CAN TAKE CITIES . Benjamin Franklin
The earth is at the same time mother,
she is mother of all that is natural,
mother of all that is human.
She is the mother of all,
for contained in her are the seeds of all.
Hildegard of Bingen (German abbess, 1098 – 1179)
This piece was inspired from a wonderful “photo” of Julie’s at A Succulent Life
“Mother of Thousands” (Kalanchoe diagremontiana) reproduces by producing tiny plantlets that drop from the edges of its leaves, it has lost the ability to make viable seeds. This succulent has shifted some of the genetic processes that make seeds to it’s leaves.
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Never allow anyone to rain on your parade
and thus cast a pall of gloom and defeat on your entire day. Og Mandino
SPINES ARE EVOLVED LEAVES TO PROTECT THE PLANT AND REDUCE WATER LOSS, THEY ARE NOT THORNS.
MEN ARE LIKE TREES: EACH ONE MUST PUT FORTH THE LEAF THAT IS CREATED IN HIM. Henry Ward Becher