The celebration of Cuenca's independence is always a colorful time, as craft fairs of all kinds spring up all over the city. Vendors come from all over Ecuador to sell their wares. Our favorite exhibition is the paintings that line the street near the Broken Bridge landmark. This year brought bright colors and scenes, as usual.
Art from geometry.
More geometric designs.
The top two pictures in the following photo are NOT paintings. They are made with something known as Chinese stitchery -- made with fine stitches of many colors. I looked and looked at these two pictures, valued at $600. each. Just beautiful.
Colors and shapes -- a little of everything.
Perhaps the best scene is stretched across the horizon visible from the upstairs sitting room in our house. The neighbor's pink tree looks like a cloud of fluff, and hummingbirds dart in and out through the branches. This is the scene I see in the various lights of morning, mid-day, evening and sunset. For a few brief weeks the tree will be pink and then the blooms will fall. But the mountain (background) remains, just like God's strong presence all around us. His beauty quietly reassures us that He is present and aware of all that defines our lives, and He can make it all beautiful.
