THOUGHT FOR RAIMENT

And why take ye thought for raiment?
Consider the "lilies of the field, how they grow,
they toil not, neither do they spin....Matthew 6: 28

Mirror Self-Portrait May 30, 2006

Irises in the scriptures
Quote them as lilies of the field.
"They toil not, nor do they spin."
Raiment can only be revealed,
After thoughts are open
To see God's pictures...

© Andrea Jeanne Petersen

Purple Irises grew wild
By old house that burned;
The folk's lost a young child,
But the flowers returned.

They've graced empty spaces
With most tender regard;
Some dug from the homeplace
Spent 30 years in our yard.

Tho' other families have gone
To join little brother beyond...
The Wild Irises remain
Each spring to regain.

© Andrea Jeanne Petersen

(Mirror Self-Portrait with the sponge filter to create an impressionist effect)

Myself, May 30, 2006, with the Wild Irises, (that Dorsey my husband dug from the folk's
field 30 years ago.) This page is dedicated to Dorsey who had his 66th birthday on May, 31st.
I also dedicate it to my father's memory for an early Father's Day page..

I came across an extraordinary website that shows
a gallery of Irises of every kind imaginable..I promise
you will be awed to see all of the beauty on that page!

Here is the link:
IRISES