Diferentes Coordenadas Diferentes Visões Do Nosso Mundo

August 26, 2015August 26, 2015 / Holly Maxwell Boydell / 2 Comments

A little story in pictures by my beautiful childhood friend, Adrienne Silva, exhibiting her artwork in Lisbon (earlier this year). Such talent, such beauty.

I am so honoured to call you my friend, Adrienne.

Holly x

Adrienne Silva

My Work Installed in Principe Real, Lisbon

Paula Cabral Galeria de Arte

My Walk About with viewers were planned by Ana Paula. I loved it. A South African’s story told in Lisbon

Fellow artist, Nuno, Adelaide also came from Lyons France…flew to Lisbon in her Cessna, and I. The last time I saw Adelaide is when I met her at Mundial in Cape Town.

Friend and fellow painter from Sintra.

Jaya comes from Paris. We visit my work in Principe Real.

The three painters Adrienne , Isabel and Jirina. A gathering in the gallery for our Walk Abouts. A few days after opening.

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Positive For Peace

August 24, 2015February 14, 2016 / Holly Maxwell Boydell / 2 Comments

Please, let's do what we can to send peace around the world ... Things are going from difficult to beyond believable and only mindful, peaceful intention will help to turn the negative tide that's trying to dominate our thinking and our lives worldwide. With enough people focused on positive intention, we can each help to … Continue reading Positive For Peace

Harvesting Blackcurrants

August 22, 2015April 20, 2017 / Holly Maxwell Boydell / 2 Comments

At our current home we have a little courtyard area, where I have collected a number of plants in pots, in order to experiment and easily study them, while I learn about plant habits in the British climate. Gardening here and learning to live here is a challenge unlike any I have known, and having my most … Continue reading Harvesting Blackcurrants

Judging And Loving

August 17, 2015February 25, 2016 / Holly Maxwell Boydell / 2 Comments

Judging And Loving Don't judge that which you cannot understand, For only fools do that. Don't judge the one whose shoes you've not walked in, Unless you know that you could walk his path. Don't judge others, For while you point one finger, three are pointing back at you. Don't sit around chewing over the … Continue reading Judging And Loving

A Catch-Up With Readers

August 15, 2015August 16, 2015 / Holly Maxwell Boydell / 1 Comment

Dear Readers, Today I thought it would be a good idea to stop a while and say thank you to those who have been kind enough to take an interest in my Blog, and who have so willingly 'signed up' to follow The Holly Tree Tales, either as fellow bloggers or via personal email updates. Having finally … Continue reading A Catch-Up With Readers

Ek Wil Huis Toe Gaan – An Ode to South Africa – With Translation

August 14, 2015September 30, 2024 / Holly Maxwell Boydell / 5 Comments

In my previous blogpost, I explained the writing of this poem, which seemed to write itself one chilly evening in Britain, during October 2013. I have now cobbled together a translation, which appears below the original here, for those who do not speak Afrikaans nor know the South African lingo ...

An Ode to South Africa

August 11, 2015September 29, 2024 / Holly Maxwell Boydell / 4 Comments

The Author amongst plants on a family journey between Kwa-Zulu Natal and the Cape, stopping somewhere en route, possibly Namaqualand ... A child adoring the exquisite floral beauty, simply growing wild and free all around her. Circa 1973. Written in moments, straight onto my Facebook page one homesick evening ... The 'poem' below wrote itself, it took no time … Continue reading An Ode to South Africa

Double For Your Trouble

August 10, 2015February 25, 2016 / Holly Maxwell Boydell / Leave a comment

One day I heard that God was going to gift me "double for my trouble". This was an awesome promise. I could hardly believe that anyone, let alone God, could make up for all the 'avalanches', the trials and shocks, the pain and all the sorrow. Well, he is doing just as he promised, by … Continue reading Double For Your Trouble