Number three 23.11.2022

 My doodles - this is the doodle that created havoc in my friends mind about my sanity!!!!!!I started attending art classes and it is great fun – at the moment I am the grandpa and only male amongst a couple of ladies. They are noisy, fun to look at, and always discussing things at the top of their voices; this is not my normal scene. They are not shy to speak their minds. And they become quite animated; ask them what their favourite movies...

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Number two 22.11.2022

What is his story? Help him to understandStones, wood, Petria, colour, texture and ... Had my early morning walk and pottered around my land art-doodles on the pavement [side-walk]. My one friend, I met him at genealogy, referred to this pottering around as land art-doodles and I like it. It encapsulates the gist of it. I cannot go into the wild like Strijdom Van Der Merwe  or Andrew Goldsworthy and create their incredible ephemeral...

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Blue South African Skies in Franschhoek, Western CapeNumber One. 21 November 2022 Try to write every day for 31 days. About what? Does it matter? Start writing. Turn up and the teacher will be there waiting for you! I do go to my office every day and sit an work. That is no problem to me. But to write something every day for the blog - that is a huge challenge and I am willing to take it on for at least 31 days. Wish me good luck. Even if...

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God is making something new: a second day

God is making something new:  a second day Two poppies floweringThe one gentleman posted a photograph of his poppies – there is a second flower that opened up today. And he is so thankful for that. Brilliant colours – the best from His palette for us to enjoy. Exuberant. Over the top. Let us enjoy it. Another lady posted her flowers that she is so grateful for. And she says that nature exploded in colour and aromas. We are at the...

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God is making something new - for us humans and plants

 Look at my brunsvigia radulosa sprouting after winter - those blue dots are indicating some of itGod is maming something new – and it has already begun; and it is, so to say, all about us humans and nature. The source for this amazing news is in the Book of Isaiah chapter 43. The English version reads: Verses 18 – 19: [English Standard Version]: “Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing:...

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 The crucified Christ – full of sores and muck Look at this magnificent altar piece commonly accepted that Matthias Grünewald is the artist who painted it between 1510 – 1515. Bear in mind that there was much controversy about who the author was. Is it magnificent? Maybe it is better to describe it as gruesome? And have a good look at the companion painting telling us the story of Christ’s resurrection; the strong macho soldiers are prostrate...

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RAPE OF A 6-YEAR-OLD GIRL CHILD - and the consequences in the court of appeal

Photo taken in my office - see the reflections. I have it since 1978During October 2019 I had the privilege to act as a Judge of the High Court of South Africa – and I was sitting the High Court of South Africa Gauteng Local Division, Johannesburg. It was a life changing event for me and for my wife. One of the duties I had to perform was to sit in appeal matters from Magistrate’s Courts in our area of jurisdiction. We, the judges of appeal received...

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