Photos taken at Golden Gardens beach in Seattle.
Photos © Christine Valters Paintner at Abbey of the Arts:
Transformative Living through Contemplative & Expressive Arts
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Easter Blessing*God of Rising,you bring new lifeto all the places death inhabits.Bless our own dying dreamswith your breath of new life.Make our dry bones dance,inspire us to sing,revive our bodiesso that we might becomemore vibrant, hopeful witnessesto the persistence of your love.We call on Christ’s
April 5, 2026
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Beautiful images, Christine. And this is one of my favourites of Oliver.
i love seeing that beach through your eyes!! :-)
Christine., the one and the many as one…
and these beautiful photos are of the same theme.
I remember another poem too, where Mary Oliver says,
“…in the meadow
and the meadow…”
which brought tears to my eyes out of love for the environment.
~kigen
Beautiful photos – thank you for sharing them.