Nini and Jacues
5.08.2006

Jacques and Nini ‘s first wedding anniversary was celebrated 5 August 2007.- Congratulations you two!!

Congratulations and celebrations!

Is this the little girl I carried?
Is this the little boy at play?
I don’t remember getting older
When did they?
When did she get to be a beauty?
When did he get to be so tall?
Wasn’t it yesterday
that they were small?

Theses words of Sunrise, Sunset from Fiddler on the Roof is so real to me.
I have a son of 30 and my lovely daughter turned 25 on the 27th of July. I can identify with the song….. wasn’t it yesterday that she was small?

Happy birthday Nini, I love you with all of my heart!

My Sister

How can I ever explain to any one how I miss my sister!
I don’t know if it is selfish of me or not, but I hate being separated from her.
She and her husband Sid chose to immigrate to New Zealand where they are very happy.
We always had a close and special relationship.

We made time for each other and one tradition we had over many years was that we would come together for a week or two during the winter holiday just to paint or do something creative for our homes. This was special to us and we would share thoughts and Spiritual issues together.

It was our “tonic” time together. Sid send me these photo’s of her latest paintings and his comment… I am so proud of her she is becoming very good at this. I am sure you will agree that these paintings are beautiful.

To you my soul mate – I also think that your work is lovely!! I am sure that you were thinking of me when you created the blues and lavender. Love you!

Winter, fire and friends

I would not say that I love winter! I am, and always will be a summer girl.
But this does not mean that I cannot appreciate the beauty that winter brings along in it’s own special way. For we know that without winter we would never have appreciated spring in its wonderful glory.

A Friend of mine had her birthday on the 8th of May and she invited a few girls over for tea.
On arrival I was greeted by a pretty sight. For a few days the fallen leaves were not raked and she used this lovely scene at her front door. We were treated with a rose water drink and cheese straws.
Inside a fire greeted us to say…feel welcome .

















This poem is to my friend Estelle:

A Poet once this sentence penned:
One is rich who has a friend.
I read it and I thought, how true...
He must have had a friend like you!

Van ‘n Ma aan ‘n dierbare seun

Ek het die vers vir jou geskryf verlede jaar op jou 30ste verjaarsdag.
Hiers is dit uit die hart.

“Sneaky.”
Peter- John Raymond Lightfoot
Vir jou 30ste verjaarsdag

Ek maak my oë toe en ek sien
‘n bruin gebrande seuntjie, om en by tien
Met groot bruin oë en ‘n helder verstand
en ‘n blom vir my in jou hand

Ek maak my oë toe en ek sien
‘’n tiener seun van sewentien
Met doef doef klanke van jou musiek
met ritme, pols en vreemde liriek

Ek maak my oë toe en ek sien
‘n man wat reeds sy geld verdien
en iewers weet ek langs die pad

het ek en jy hande gevat.

……want my oë is oop en ek weet
die waardes waaraan jy die lewe meet
dus is ek innig dankbaar teenoor die Een,

vir jou, my dierbaar, bruinoog seun.

A passion...

I enjoy to create with bits and pieces

and “left over’s” therefore I truly love collage as an art form.
I made use of the Scripture that reads: There is power in prayer

and this shows in these two works I’ve done

Good Friday.5 April 2007

There are so many Fridays in a year why then is this one good?

THE CRIMSON TIDE

Three crosses once stood on Calvary's brow,
It was Crucifixion Day.
In my mind's eye I can see it now,
On that hill so far away
"Father, forgive them," Jesus cried,
"They know not what they do.
"And as the blood flowed from His side.
It brought redemption for me and you!
Flow on, oh cleansing, crimson tide!
Roll on forevermore!
On Thee our ransomed souls shall ride,
‘Till we reach Heaven's shore!



Robert F. Dotson © 2007

The cat family....

I really have a love for cats! They have an aura around them as if they know something you don’t, and speaking of independence … they come and go as they please and you have little worries that they won’t return .

Living in South Africa I would have loved to be the owner of the most graceful cat , the leopard...

Here is a picture of my children and one of the little kittens.