Resurrection Heralded

Easter had come; the season of light and refreshment for universal nature! Winter, as he departed, had shrouded himself in a veil of gloomy mist, and spring followed close after fleeing abysmal clouds. She had sent forth the blasts, her messengers, to arouse the earth from its slumber; they roared above meadow and plain, waved their wings around the mighty summits of the mountain ranges, and stirred the sea to its depths. There was a savage conflict and turmoil in the air, whence issued, nevertheless, a note as of victory. The blasts were those of spring, and were instinct with life,--they heralded a resurrection.

E. Werner, 1901

Sheep and Lambs

Sheep and Lambs
Katharine Tynan Hinkson (1861 - 1931)

All in the April evening
April airs were abroad;
The sheep with their little lambs
Passed me by on the road.

The sheep with their little lambs
Passed me by on the road;
All in the April evening
I thought on the Lamb of God.

The lambs were weary and crying
With a weak, human cry.
I thought on the Lamb of God
Going meekly to die.

Up in the blue, blue mountains
Dewy pastures are sweet;
Rest for the little bodies,
Rest for the little feet.

But for the Lamb of God,
Up on the hill-top green,
Only a cross of shame
Two stark crosses between.

All in the April evening,
April airs were abroad;
I saw the sheep with their lambs,
And thought on the Lamb of God.

When April Comes

Seeing God's hand and grace in His providing the bounty and beauty for this small home is never a fool's notion.

More Home Garden Flower Collage, 29 March 2012

When April Comes (1913)
Virna Sheard

When April comes with softly shining eyes,
And daffodils bound in her wind-blown hair,
Oh, she will coax all clouds from out the skies,
And every day will bring some sweet surprise,—
The swallows will come swinging through the air
When April comes!

When April comes with tender smile and tear,
Dear dandelions will gild the common ways,
And at the break of morning we will hear
The piping of the robins crystal clear—
While bobolinks will whistle through the days,
When April comes!

When April comes, the world so wise and old,
Will half forget that it is worn and grey;
Winter will seem but as a tale long told—
Its bitter winds with all its frost and cold
Will be the by-gone things of yesterday,
When April comes!

Drunk Up the Wine of God's Fierce Wrath

Palm Sunday 2012

Poem: His Saviour's Words Going to the Cross
Author: Robert Herrick (1591-1674)

Have, have ye no regard, all ye
Who pass this way, to pity Me,
Who am a man of misery!

A man both bruis'd, and broke, and one
Who suffers not here for Mine own,
But for My friends' transgression!

Ah! Sion's daughters, do not fear
The cross, the cords, the nails, the spear,
The myrrh, the gall, the vinegar;

For Christ, your loving Saviour, hath
Drunk up the wine of God's fierce wrath;
Only there's left a little froth,

Less for to taste than for to show
What bitter cups had been your due,
Had He not drank them up for you.

The New UCSF at Mission Bay

The New (Second) UCSF Campus, Mission Bay
(iPhone 4S, Cloudy, 30 March 2012)

Mobile Devices on Parade

From left to right:
New iPad 64GB Wi-Fi + 4G (bought today, notice the static film cover),
Kindle Fire 2GB
iPhone 4S 16GB
iPod Touch 3G 64GB

One Nation Under Socialism

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Spring, 20 March 2012

Home Garden Spring Blooms
Tulip and English Lavender, 19 March 2012
(iPhone 4S)

The Joy of the Springtime
Sarojini Naidu (1879 - 1949)

Springtime, O Springtime, what is your essence,
The lilt of a bulbul, the laugh of a rose,
The dance of the dew on the wings of a moonbeam,
The voice of the zephyr that sings as he goes,
The hope of a bride or the dream of a maiden
Watching the petals of gladness unclose?

Springtime, O Springtime, what is your secret,
The bliss at the core of your magical mirth,
That quickens the pulse of the morning to wonder
And hastens the seeds of all beauty to birth,
That captures the heavens and conquers to blossom
The roots of delight in the heart of the earth?

Hmm Hmm Good Lunch

Lunch at Brother Sam Today, Slow BBQ Chicken
(iPhone 4S, No Flash)

A View from UCSF

View of the San Francisco Bay at Dusk
Neuro-Vascular Medicine, Moffitt/Long Hospital, UCSF
8 March 2012 (iPhone 4S)