"When someone has broken your trust once, it takes a lot to get it back. When trust has been repeatedly broken, the damage takes every effort to repair. After repeated breakage to trust, or to any structure, it becomes very weak and, unless proper attention is given to repair, it breaks irreparably or is demolished." … Continue reading Broken Trust
Author: Holly Maxwell Boydell
Quiet Time In Winchester Cathedral
A few months ago, I was down in Winchester to attend a couple of events at Winchester College and found a little time for myself on the Saturday morning, anonymous and alone amongst the many inhabitants and visitors to the town. Feeling tired and fairly tender on the day, I decided to take myself on foot to … Continue reading Quiet Time In Winchester Cathedral
Diferentes Coordenadas Diferentes Visões Do Nosso Mundo
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
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.
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The three painters Adrienne , Isabel and Jirina. A gathering in the gallery for our Walk Abouts. A few days after opening.
Positive For Peace
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
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
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
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
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 ...
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