Celibate and Sane: Some Photos from Our Garden etc

September 9, 2010

Some Photos from Our Garden etc

I've mentioned in an earlier blog entry that our house is on a very steep slope. Our block is on three different levels and our verandah is quite high above our neighbours below, which gives us lots of privacy. Also earlier I mentioned how terribly overgrown the garden has become as a consequence of the permanent injury to my shoulder added to long-term problems with my back and knee. Sigh! But I LOVE the birds that come and visit us - it's almost like we live in a tree-house because the back verandah is amongst the branches of a large tree.

I was up at sunrise one morning and took a few photos as the sun shone its lovely winter rays into our yard.

Sunrise from our back verandah

Looking up towards our back verandah
from the lowest part of our yard.

Looking up towards the highest part
of our yard from the middle section.

This is one of my favourite spots in the garden.
I can usually get a nice bit of shade, have
a little rest and watch the lovely birds.

And here are a couple of flowers I spotted in the garden the same morning:

Hibiscus

Hibiscus

Narcissus aka Jonquil aka Daffodil

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Personal Quotes from Vicki-S

"Occasionally I find my breakfast a little bitter, and sometimes it's difficult to chew and swallow; though at other times it's sweet, but it’s very satisfying and always sustains me. My most important meal of the day, is feasting on God’s Word and drinking up His presence."

I love me, because God loves me. It's not that God doesn't see my flaws, they are like blazing torches in His eyes, but rather that He sees past my imperfections and still loves me. And who am I to argue with the perfect God that I am worthwhile, that I am worthy of love, and that He accepts me and wants me to be His child, His beloved daughter? When I understood this, I began to accept and embrace His version and His vision of me, and not the world's.

"The silent treatment and sulking are simply two other weapons in the arsenal of the manipulator."

"Often people use the metaphor of a butterfly emerging from its cocoon to describe how we can grow from difficult experiences, but what they don't mention is the fact that at first we start off as an ugly caterpillar."

"We so often just get caught up in trying to just get through each day, that we forget to pause and be thankful for the fresh one that is presented anew and untouched each morning."

"Contrary to what we might think, forgiveness isn't so much about healing our relationship with that other person, but about healing our own broken heart."

"The purpose of school reunions is to show off how much you've achieved in life, to laugh at the once popular kids who've aged more quickly than you; and to wince at the guy who was a bully in school and who aptly became a policeman."

"I've found in many organisations where volunteers are needed, including the modern-day church, that 80% of its people sit back and let everyone else do most of the work, then there's the 10% who actually make the place run, and the remaining 10% just like to whinge about the 10% doing the work, especially about how they could do it better."

"When traced back to its source, every sin, every despicable act, and every war was motivated by someone's selfishness."

"I do not want to think of man, for that would distract me from God. But if I focus on God, I cannot help but think of my fellow man, and each day God keeps the scales balanced so that I have enough within me to do both."

"Overcoming depression isn’t about changing ones attitude, or just ‘getting on’ with things, it’s like removing one’s personal black shroud one thread at a time, with ones teeth.”