TELL ME A STORY

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Thursday, July 28, 2016

PSALMS 62: 8-12

Mary Marcia
America's STORYTELLER

Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking



 Link:  http://tellmeastory-marcia.blogspot.com/2016/07/psalms-62-8-12.html

 

I photographed a beautiful pitcher that was
sitting on a ledge at a local tea room in 2006.

CLICK on image to enlarge.  Copyright 2006 Marcia Norwood

The simple beauty 
of the blue and white pitcher
captured my attention 
amid all the other decorations on the porch. 

  
CLICK on image to enlarge.  Copyright 2006 Marcia Norwood



CLICK on image to enlarge.  Copyright 2006 Marcia Norwood



CLICK on image to enlarge.  Copyright 2006 Marcia Norwood



CLICK on image to enlarge.  Copyright 2006 Marcia Norwood



CLICK on image to enlarge.  Copyright 2006 Marcia Norwood


I played with the editing tools 
with the original photograph,  and the result was this image.


CLICK on image to enlarge.  Copyright 2006 Marcia Norwood



 I matched the photograph 
with a Bible verse:   Psalms 62:  8 - 12

Trust in Him at all times...
Pour out your heart before Him:
GOD is a refuge for us.
   


CLICK on image to enlarge.  Copyright 2006 Marcia Norwood


I designed a greeting card featuring the photograph.

I send this card more than any other card I designed.
 
CLICK on image to enlarge.  Copyright 2006 Marcia Norwood


CLICK on image to enlarge.  Copyright 2006 Marcia Norwood
  
I am sending this card to you today.

It won't arrive in your mail box,
but you are receiving it through this blog.
 
I pray that its message will encourage and uplift you.
Trust in GOD at all times.

Pour out your heart  before Him.

GOD is a refuge for you. 


CLICK on image to enlarge.  Copyright 2006 Marcia Norwood

 Psalm 62 

King James Version (KJV)

 Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.

He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.

How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.

They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.

In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

11 God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.

12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.

  

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My granddaughter, Megan, and daughters Faith and Sarah at the tea room.  Copyright 2006 Marcia Norwood

 
 
Mary Marcia 
America's STORYTELLER 
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs,  Prose and Public Speaking   
  

 

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS

Mary Marcia
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking


Link: http://tellmeastory-marcia.blogspot.com/2016/07/language-of-flowers.html

I found a love letter written in pink chalk on cement stairs at the Sunken Gardens in Lincoln, Nebraska. 

The sunken gardens in Lincoln are take-your-breath-away beautiful.  

What a wonderful place for lovers.
  

The language of flowers developed in the 1600's, in Constantinople and in the poetry of Persia.   

Charles II introduced the Persian poetry to Europe.  Lady Mary Wortley Montagu brought the flower language from Turkey to England in 1716.  

It spread to France and became a handbook of 800 floral messages known as the Book Le Language des Fleurs


  
 Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood

  Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood

Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood


Lovers exchanged messages as they gave each other selected flowers or bouquets.

A full red rose meant beauty.

Red and white roses meant unity.

Crocus said "abuse not."

White rosebud warns one is too young for love.

Yellow roses were for jealousy. 

Yellow iris was for passion.

Filbert was for reconciliation

and

ivy for marriage.

 Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood

When my daughter, Faith,  along with some of her teammates on the Kansas City Blazers, had the opportunity to train with Coach Pablo Morales at the University of Nebraska:  I  explored Lincoln.  

 Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood
 
Daughter Faith at UNL:  Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood
 Faith and Coach Pablo Morales.  Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood
Read more about Pablo Morales, Olympian, and one of the greatest male swimmers in USA history:  http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=3250


I discovered an amazing sunken garden in Lincoln, located at 27th and Capital Parkway.  


This 1.5 acre lot was first developed in 1930, and recently renovated in 2004.  It's the only Nebraska garden listed in the “300 Best Gardens to Visit 
in the United States and Canada” 
by National Geographic Guide to Public Gardens.


  Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood

Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood

Sunken Gardens,  Lincoln Nebraska.  Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood

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 Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood

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Sunken Gardens,  Lincoln Nebraska.  Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood

 Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood

Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood

Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood


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  Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood

 Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood


"Let us be grateful to people 
who make us happy;
they are the charming gardeners 
who make our souls blossom."

Marcel Proust
French novelist, critic, and essayist





Thanks for stopping by!

Come back often, and bring a friend!



Mary Marcia
  America's STORYTELLER
  Telling Untold Stories in Photographs,  Prose and Public Speaking