MARIETTE'S BACK TO BASICS

Sunday, January 30, 2022

Whenever both of us are biking on Evergreen Road, in Dublin, Georgia we come upon a meadow with a bull and cows.

This certainly reminds us of The Bull (De Stier) by Dutch painter Paulus Potter 1647.

De Stier (1647) - Paulus Potter ←click link and it can be translated in English as well.

He is one of the most famous painters of The Netherlands.

Sadly, Paulus Potter only lived to be 28 years of age, he died in 1654 of tubercolosis.

Were you familiar with this great Dutch painter?

On January 30, it will be the annual WORLD LEPROSY DAY

In 1989 this lady received a prosthesis from Princess Diana and then in 1997 from the Dublin, Georgia, USA Rotary Club.

As you quite well know, while working and living in Indonesia we got involved with the Leprosy project.

Even back in my birth country The Netherlands we had a leper colony...

The Windmill Herald was a bi-weekly Dutch-English Newspaper printed by Vanderheide Publishing Co Ltd. Langley, BC Canada.

Comments are off here, only via above link...

All through winter we do have blooming flowers!

Such a JOY to see this!

Camellia Japonica Debutante is a GEM.

On December 8, 2021...

Pieter captured these on the iPhone

Such a prolific blooming Camellia!

Here you see a few Camellia Japonica Debutante in a pottery jug.

Our Spunky girl is sitting on a chair and looking towards us.

Yes, we had home baked waffles with frozen cherries from Costco, unsweetened shredded coconut and Coconut cream from Trader Joe's.

Roses were given by my choir director after practice on January 5...

A stunning Camellia Japonica Debutante with a bud next to it, in the afternoon sun...

The top and bottom photos were taken on January 9, 2022.

Do you have any Camellias?