Abba's Art

Author: Fred D

  • Black and Blue

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    Rural living precludes urban living’s convenient access to the theater, but Mother Nature featured a free-admission BBB feature . . . Butterflies, Birds and Bears . . . today up here on the mountain – down in the ‘holler’ – over the ‘crick’ 😊 I M Blessed . . . May U B 2 Keep…

  • Then and Now

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    On of my favorite Microsoft tools is the On This Day feature. It pops-up pictures saved over the past two decades on my One Drive that were taken on this day. It significantly assists this ole ragamuffin in remembering fond memories from days-of yore. I’ve affectionately dubbed it my AnDeHeDe . . . Anti-Dementia-Help-Device😊 Today…

  • Nature’s Monet Art

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    “The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.” Claude Monet Today nature treated me to this inspirational scene . . . a blooming azalea and Japanese maple reflected a Claude Monet impressionist painting on the still waters. Oscar-Claude Monet (1840 – 1926) was a French painter and founder of impressionist painting who…

  • Beauty and the Beast

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    Spring in the Smokies is in glorious bloom! Today’s woodland wander was a stroll along Beauty Boulevard. “Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil or spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed as one of these.” Matthew6:28 . . . until going off-trail…

  • We not Me

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    This reflective English Proverb was posted by a fellow blogger the other day:  A wise old owl sat on an oak. The more he saw, the less he spoke. The less he spoke, the more he heard. Why can’t we be like that wise old bird? . . . and to this I would respectfully…

  • Jeremy’s Egg

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    Tomorrow is Easter. As done on previous Easter eves, here once again is one my favorite true stories. May it encourage you as together we rejoice remembering . . . “Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won’t stay there.”—Clarence W. Hall Over the years I’ve listened to many excellent presentations…

  • Midnight Deck Party

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    I was just about to call it a day and turn in last night when Ellen said, “Quiet . . . I hear something outside on the deck.” My wife’s hearing exceeds that of the Secret Service’s most technologically sophisticated listening devices. Without my hearing aids I’m borderline deaf, and often don’t wear them. This…

  • Easter – Pay It Forward

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    “Easter taught us this: that life never ends and love never dies.” Kate McGahan. Easter is this ole ragamuffin’s most beloved holiday. Recently I was both humbled and convicted reading a historical account where Easter’s resurrection message was acknowledged and fearlessly declared in the face of adversity and certain punishment. Inspired by Marxist doctrine, Russia’s…

  • Snappy

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    Today’s 89-degree record temperature woke Snappy from his long winter slumber. I found him wandering across the road . . . without looking both ways . . . and gave him a lift home. Snapper soup with a dash of sherry is premium cuisine. We’d already ‘shelled out’ for a turkey to serve at Easter…

  • Three Questions

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    In our sadly divided nation, I strive not to risk sparking gut-level political controversy. However, this picture has haunted my dreams since the horrific, unimaginable tragedy at Nashville Covenant School in Nashville, TN three days ago: Here’s another picture from that tragic day.  I respectfully ask you consider both pictures, and ask yourself three questions:…