I will be glad and rejoice in thee:
I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed,
a refuge in times of trouble.
Psalm 9: 2, 9
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Psalm 9
Grateful
This was my post for Thanksgiving this year, and grateful every day. As Ann Voskamp writes: “eucharisteo precedes the miracle.”
“Little nails and a steady hammer can rebuild a life –eucharisteoprecedes the miracle.”
Selections from One Thousand Gifts
by Ann Voskamp – Page 31.
2012, Zondervan; author copyright.
I remembered the quote today and had not looked at this book for awhile. The “Interior photography” is also by Ann Voskamp.
In April 2013 I wrote, The goal is to always find something to praise – however tiny. It’s interesting as I type this, I recall such vivid images of beauty outside the windows during difficult days. I didn’t think of myself as having that visual sense before. Now it is appearing in my poetry, as a natural part of life.
These are photos from my 2016 archives.
Lake Michigan – November 2016
Begonia planter – November 2016
Poinsettia – December 2016
Snow on the blue tarp for Karl’s trailer – December 2016
Thank you for all your inspiration…
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Haiku and Vintage Images
summer
early sun fills
a bouquet of flowers
summer sun
thrift store bowl painted
with leaves and fruit
Haiku are by Ellen Grace Olinger.
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin
Images: Reusable Art
early June morning
early June morning
pelicans fly over the water
a deer walks through the yard
new carnations
in an old glass vase
by the window
poinsettia and lily plants
placed by the back patio door
only yesterday
and still in the house
new green
on evergreen branches
an image loved for years
the small new growth
and lilacs bloom
Journal Poem
June 6, 2019
Ellen Grace Olinger
The carnation is courtesy of wpclipart.
early fall
early fall
small brown blanket
from my mother’s home
adds beauty and warmth
to the sunroom
Ellen Grace Olinger
rain today
rain today
how soon we reach
the end of what we know
and how deep
faith continues to grow
Leaves on brown tarp
October 2017
Iris
July 2015
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where once
I mourned
irises
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Ellen Grace Olinger
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