tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post8949166486684041175..comments2024-02-15T19:34:03.944+00:00Comments on The Hermitage: The Rites of SpringRima Staineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10044701472535300254noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-31001418014174147152014-06-04T05:02:27.524+01:002014-06-04T05:02:27.524+01:00Your blog posts are nourishing to the core dear Ri...Your blog posts are nourishing to the core dear Rima!<br />I do so love stopping by here to peer through the cyberspace window into your back garden, into the hedgerows and the bluebells of the English Countryside. <br /><br />Wishing you and Tom and Maca a most magical summer~ Wild rose petal blessings from the Honey Grove Hedgerow. <br />Naohttp://www.honeygrove.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-43139939834197432532014-05-31T14:57:01.154+01:002014-05-31T14:57:01.154+01:00Thank you for your wonderful post and the impressi...Thank you for your wonderful post and the impressions. Have great summertime ahead, IngeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-17822066559075147592014-05-26T16:06:42.879+01:002014-05-26T16:06:42.879+01:00Thanks for a wonderful post. I always look forward...Thanks for a wonderful post. I always look forward to your words and pictures so much. <br /><br />As always, I love your artwork, so dark and beautiful, dreamtime in paint. <br /><br />MaggieMaggiehttp://www.mockingbirdsatmidnight.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-36024327674173613522014-05-26T13:53:22.135+01:002014-05-26T13:53:22.135+01:00such a wonderful post, i loved joining you in the ...such a wonderful post, i loved joining you in the celebrations~and the new artwork...it sings so loudly!laoi gaul~williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13461210264595425112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-66850123045544115092014-05-25T21:01:28.192+01:002014-05-25T21:01:28.192+01:00This was an amazing post!
Really enjoyed reading ...This was an amazing post! <br />Really enjoyed reading and <br />the pictures of the forest - fantastic! <br /><br />So, for you Rima - at this time.(I wrote this a few years ago while experiencing The Return after a long while away). Hope you enjoy. <br />-- <br /><br />You have to return eventually<br />To see everything differently<br />To see what you see differently<br />And how you see it differently<br />Due to having gone away<br /><br />Old points of reference<br />Faded through absence<br />Return to conscience<br />And highlights the essence<br />Of what you have transcended<br />Compared with if you had stayed<br /><br />This place is not the same<br />But its from where you came<br />Similar, but only in name<br />Or is it rather who you became<br />Will what you have gained<br />Not fade, not be difficult to retain<br />Unless you go again?<br />**<br />by Jean-Jacques @ Gypsy Café<br />© 2009. All Rights Reserved.<br />gypsycafe.orgJean-Jacques @ Gypsy Caféhttp://gypsycafe.org/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-18105057017760067582014-05-21T15:15:24.696+01:002014-05-21T15:15:24.696+01:00All, all wonder-full and one of my favourites of y...All, all wonder-full and one of my favourites of your work. I am specially drawn to the crone - that is a representation I can aspire to.<br />And it is a delight to have your pictures and your words and your good self back home where we have been watering your roots to keep them strong. xLunar Hinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12207074565592372992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-85254249576779894862014-05-19T20:05:37.620+01:002014-05-19T20:05:37.620+01:00Magnificent new painting, Rima. Blessed with the c...Magnificent new painting, Rima. Blessed with the commission of a dear friend, the images are radiant and through my Pacific soul I feel Mother Earth pulsing through my fingers to the Oak.<br /><br />What a journey you live, and share.<br />Aloha MokihanaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-45141478786574332052014-05-19T12:22:40.612+01:002014-05-19T12:22:40.612+01:00Thank you for sharing your art and the beauty of y...Thank you for sharing your art and the beauty of your home and the slight glance on your feelings about travel and coming home. Zoyahttp://stepskippause.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-59699574328544954072014-05-17T14:15:28.879+01:002014-05-17T14:15:28.879+01:00Good to see Spring well on with you there. It does...Good to see Spring well on with you there. It does take a while to re-adjust-it took us a month this time last year.<br />Blessings Be xxgzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-56261674240204563282014-05-16T07:14:50.862+01:002014-05-16T07:14:50.862+01:00I must admit a little envy, we have nothing like a...I must admit a little envy, we have nothing like a bluebell wood where I live in Australia. It is a rich sea of such wondrous colour! I love the art! I have a print of the Weed Wife, I think I may just have to also purchase a print of this one too!The Country Witchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04475878098670922278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-48127654401570827172014-05-16T01:29:20.690+01:002014-05-16T01:29:20.690+01:00Hello Rima - what a home-binding this post represe...Hello Rima - what a home-binding this post represents for you. If you harboured any thoughts of settling in ancestral territory under a sleeping mountain, the bluebells and the spring rites of Devon must surely settle you back in Devon. I felt that odd displacement coming back to NZ last year when the may was coming out here! Your time at Padstow reminds me of my own day there - dipping my foot under the 'Oss's skirt to increase my chance of a conceiving (there were obstacles). My friend found a horse hair from one of the tails and wove me a ring - I still think of my first-born as my fairy child so wrought about with old fertility magic was she. So glad to see the Morris dancers too and the May Queen stone. My favourite part of your painting is the Crone's eyes - maybe because I've reached that phase of Life myself. All the best Jeneane (Hobby)Lady Mondegreen's Secret Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07638813551209321151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-54229445403411538552014-05-14T23:49:07.439+01:002014-05-14T23:49:07.439+01:00So lovely,as always Rima,so strange that your last...So lovely,as always Rima,so strange that your last commissioned painting has caught my attention so much since the pregnant woman on the picture reminds me so much of what i see looking in the mirror every morning (i am 8 months pregnant!)Bestest wishes to you and your loved ones!Karolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13505469740548598961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-35671400822526680972014-05-14T11:31:19.702+01:002014-05-14T11:31:19.702+01:00it takes space and time to get back in your body a...it takes space and time to get back in your body after a big trip. lovely spring photos and such blues, a fine painting, too.Velma Bolyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12446502295849533888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-29987449311797120962014-05-14T11:04:11.707+01:002014-05-14T11:04:11.707+01:00Made me smile all the way through. Always does!
So...Made me smile all the way through. Always does!<br />So beautiful Rima, thank you.earthangelsartshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00121367490350042319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-56315031060366797122014-05-14T06:43:06.317+01:002014-05-14T06:43:06.317+01:00Thank you, Rima. Perfectly distilled moments, head...Thank you, Rima. Perfectly distilled moments, heady with atmosphere.Andrew Grundonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04383109374739399596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-57225960914267526632014-05-14T00:52:17.239+01:002014-05-14T00:52:17.239+01:00I love the face in the stones in the last photo. I love the face in the stones in the last photo. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-14469678740288774072014-05-14T00:50:56.916+01:002014-05-14T00:50:56.916+01:00The beauty of the bluebell woods makes me cry! Is ...The beauty of the bluebell woods makes me cry! Is this even real? :O <3 Woooow! And I would SO love to take part in a May Day celebration! I love the painting too.Navianahttp://www.naviana.blogg.nonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-79843268757196963742014-05-13T22:33:57.276+01:002014-05-13T22:33:57.276+01:00Your new painting is beautiful Rima, I love the fi...Your new painting is beautiful Rima, I love the fire in her belly and the eyes are really deep with knowledge and secrets. I used to be taken to the Padstock obby 'oss as a child and the memories are deep and meaningful yet also buried and cloudy, you captured the event really well - I love the picture of the chubby baby. BettyElderberry-Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14197689596360708239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-21153892030766743992014-05-13T22:33:02.202+01:002014-05-13T22:33:02.202+01:00beautiful Rima,thankyou xbeautiful Rima,thankyou xMariannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-79199633142764280022014-05-13T22:20:20.064+01:002014-05-13T22:20:20.064+01:00Wonderful new painting Rima! And how lovely to see...Wonderful new painting Rima! And how lovely to see you, Tom and Macha in your bluebell woods.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01358941909845054941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-14979130803855515942014-05-13T21:59:12.571+01:002014-05-13T21:59:12.571+01:00Such a luxury of beauty and blessings! Oh what a w...Such a luxury of beauty and blessings! Oh what a wonder it must be to live in a country with deep traditions and people not abashed to celebrate them.<br /><br />The painting is fabulously rich and earthy, soul-touching. <br /><br />I also have to say I love the wild look of your dog - wild and yet gentle. :)<br />sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03818420999930644450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-43974073999462002882014-05-13T21:07:04.576+01:002014-05-13T21:07:04.576+01:00So I got two presents from you today: This blog, i...So I got two presents from you today: This blog, inspiring and uplifting, and some prints you sent to meWolframnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-50764277959228958432014-05-13T20:19:56.736+01:002014-05-13T20:19:56.736+01:00A million thank yous for this beautiful post. Your...A million thank yous for this beautiful post. Your words, your work, your photos, all so inspiring.<br />You seem to live in paradise! <br />Samanthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06795087323738176250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-90227399136578228752014-05-13T20:03:12.241+01:002014-05-13T20:03:12.241+01:00What a delight to stumble upon your page, and the ...What a delight to stumble upon your page, and the gorgeous triple goddess oak plaque. I love your imagery and the authenticity that emerges in each figure. <br />Tamarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10789774885144512461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-38729916636944573412014-05-13T18:25:14.862+01:002014-05-13T18:25:14.862+01:00Your wonderful photos are a feast for the eyes and...Your wonderful photos are a feast for the eyes and what a treat to come home from foreign travels to England in springtime. I have always wanted to see dancing round the maypole and the ribbons magically woven down the pole. I too love that these and other ancient seasonal traditions are still being upheld in parts of the country. Long may it be so.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.com