The garden ~ Jordis #writephoto

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Please welcome a new blogger to the blogosphere. Jordis is a dear friend and a Companion of the Silent Eye, where we recently published her poem, The Dancer. I am touched that Jordis took her inspiration from this week’s writephoto prompt for her first post, sharing a moving and personal story…

The Garden

For the past few days, I have been contemplating the tree with colored ribbons. It reminds me of a tree in the garden where my sister and I would take walks whenever we had the opportunity to be together. Contemplating those memories, the best were of our tree adorned with ornaments during the holidays at Christmas. The passersby like us would stop and add colorful ornaments that represented special moments in their lives, prayers for loved ones and for peace on Earth. Teri and I have been taking walks in this garden together for years, indeed since we were young girls.

Teri a few years older than me, more than often would want to play Isis and would ask me to play Nephthys. She was the bright star and Goddess and I would be her shadow, but like the two Heavenly sisters, we often changed roles; one became the day the other the night, ever revolving.

At times, we would stand next to the tree, gazing at all the ornaments and would pretend that each represented a star beyond the firmament. We were convinced that we had to take the prayers out into the beyond otherwise they would not get answered by the deities that ruled the entire Cosmos.

Continue reading at Jordy’s Streamings

Unknown's avatar

About Sue Vincent

Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue  passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
This entry was posted in photo prompt, Photography, Poetry and tagged , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

15 Responses to The garden ~ Jordis #writephoto

  1. Jordy's avatar Jordan says:
    July 18, 2018 at 16:35

    Thank you, Sue! Still exploring the settings!!
    Love, Jordis

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply
  2. willowdot21's avatar willowdot21 says:
    July 18, 2018 at 17:32

    Sue it says this post no longer exists which is a shame as I was enjoying it

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply
  3. willowdot21's avatar willowdot21 says:
    July 18, 2018 at 19:26

    Dear Jordis, this is so beautiful, your sister did leave too soon but she did touch you all at her funeral . Be blessed and happy for her. 💜💜

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply

Leave a comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.