Last Night’s Moon

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April moon, Merchant of Venice quotations, moonlight, pink moon, Shakespeare

How far that little candle throws his beams! / so shines a good deed in a weary world.

The Merchant of Venice: Shakespeare.

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Jenner’s House

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epidemics, immunity, Jenner, smallpox, vaccine

Oh that he had a vaccine for us right now.

Photos by Candia

Afternoon Shadows

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acrylics, arches, shadows, Spring flowers

Acrylics by Candia Dixon-Stuart

My Blackbird

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Birdsong, blackbird, nesting, Spring

Surprised that he didn’t wear himself out last summer, when he sang

continuously for months.

Photo by Candia

Port Fairy

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Australia, Great Ocean Road, Port Fairy, retro shopping, Victoria

Won’t be shopping there for a while…

Great Ocean Road – I miss you.

Now and Then

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coronavirus, Covid 19, Isolation, loneliness, social distancing

Photos by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Last Year’s Walk

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blackthorn, Carpe Diem, Coronavirus restrictions, Spring blossom

Glad I saw you then.  Seize each moment. (Carpe Diem)

View from a Window

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acrylics, garden shed, topiary, view from a window

…in acrylics.  By Candia Dixon-Stuart.

Exhortation

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exhortation, love thy neighbour, Scottish Makar, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Scottish poet, Ten Commandments, William Dunbar

William Dunbar 15th century Scottish poet. 

Photo by Stephen C Dickson (Wikimedia)

Scottish National Portrait Gallery

 

To God be humble,

to thy friend be kind

and with thy neighbour, gladly lend and borrow;

his chance tonight,

it may be thine tomorrow.

Self-Isolation

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Duddingston Loch, Edinburgh, National Portrait Gallery, Rev Robert Walker, self-isolation, skating

…can still be fun. 

Think of the Rev Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch

(National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh).