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  • Watercolor Wednesday: A picture for Lent by Leo Boucher

    Matthew 7:14: “…the way is narrow that leads to life…” Ash Wednesday to Good Friday to Easter by Leo Boucher

  • Watercolor Wednesday: Streaks of Color

    Though the trees are bare

    The ground shades of brown

    Yet resounding in the sky

    Streaks of color

    God’s beauty

    For those with eyes to see

    Glimpses of grace

     

  • Watercolor Wednesday – A River Runs Through It

    By Leo Boucher.

    Watercolor Wednesday – but I believe this one my dad painted with oils. It’s fun to see this river picture, for it reminds me of my childhood – it hung in our living room for many years so I’d see it everyday. I’d always instantly pick out two faces – one on the right with the rocks on the ground, and the other in the rockface up on the left. What do you see?

  • Watercolor Wednesday – winter white

    I love the starkness of this painting by Leo Boucher. Minnesota in the winter: the leaves stripped bare; a fresh layer of snow on the ground. All is still. May you know the peace of the Creator God who brings life out of what appears dead.

  • Watercolor Wednesdays – Woman in Red

    I’m cheating, for today’s painting by my dad, Leo Boucher, isn’t a watercolor but I think an acrylic. I love the vibrant colors and the expression of the woman in red (a favorite color). Is she chuckling over a special memory? Enjoying the breeze that’s ruffling her hair? Trying to work a crick out of her neck?

    What do you see when you look at this painting?

  • Watercolor Wednesdays – Punting on the Cam

    Watercolor Wednesdays – I thought, since people had such a lovely reception of the 12 Days of Christmas Art by my dad, Leo Boucher, that I’d share some more of his art on a Wednesday. Whaddya think?
     
    Here’s his take on what’s known as punting on the Cam – the River Cam in Cambridge. I went punting a few times when I lived in that rarefied city, enjoying being a tourist and taking in the lovely ‘backs’ of the colleges – the backsides of the buildings of each of the colleges that stands on the Cam.
     
    When I look back at those months in Cambridge, as a newlywed and an immigrant, I remember the shock of arrival but joy at the new adventure. And the fun of living in a block of flats called “The White House.” But when all of my belongings arrived after its 6 week trip over the Atlantic, I cried. For I was now home, and the enormity of what I’d done started to sink in a bit. #FindingMyselfinBritain
     
    Have you ever gone punting?

  • Celebrating Epiphany

    It’s Epiphany! The day we mark the wise men coming to worship Jesus. Contrary to common tradition, they didn’t appear at the same time as the shepherds, but a lot later – many commentators think Jesus was around two years old. But for us the day rounds off the Christmas season. We look back at the sparkle and wonder and give thanks for the many gifts the Lord gives us, not least the best gift ever – the presence of his Son, Jesus. So today marks the last of my dad’s paintings – for now. I’ve saved one of my favorites for today; enjoy! (I will post again when Leo Boucher sets up a website with his art – thanks so much for the interest!)

  • The twelfth day of Christmas

    Artwork by Leo Boucher.

    Happy twelfth day of Christmas!

    And Jesus will be born in our lives – a thought Adrian Plass observed in his book of the name. How is Jesus being born into your life in the early days of 2017? During this waning Christmas season?

    For me, I hope he is being born into my life as I press forward with my writing projects – an MA essay due on Monday that I’ve been flailing around with and some other writing deadlines in the middle of the month. I hope he is being born into my life in my response to our youngest announcing at 2am that she’s been sick – and again at 3.30am and 6.30am. I hope he is being born into my life as I cling to him for meaning, love, and hope.

    May he be born into your life this last day of Christmas, before we celebrate Epiphany.

  • The Eleventh Day of Christmas

    Happy eleventh day of Christmas! I’m so heartened by the number of people who are enjoying my dad’s watercolors. Here’s another landscape – one he sent to me just last night, in fact, which he uses with his art students in the retirement community. For those of you in Minnesota, or able to get there, I think he’s thinking of making some of his work available. I said I want first dibs!  Thanks Leo Boucher for the inspiration.

  • The Tenth Day of Christmas

    On the tenth day of Christmas… many people return to work and school. Let’s keep the celebrations going in our hearts and homes. For me, I’m dreaming of a Minnesota white Christmas! Artwork by Leo Boucher.