A Price Above Rubies


A capable, intelligent, and virtuous woman -- who is he who can find her? She is far more precious than jewels and her value is far above rubies or pearls. Proverbs 31

The Shop Girl

The Order of Release 1746
The best thing a father can do
for his children is love their mother.

Returning from the Hayfield

Haymakers
I would rather trust a woman's instinct
than a man's reason.
~Baldwin~

At Harvest Time

October: Gathering Potatoes
Honor Women! they entwine and weave
heavenly roses in our earthly life.
~Von Schiller~

Mother and Child

Wash Day
We are coming down from our pedestal
and up from the laundry room.
~Abzug~

Cat and mouse

The Farmer's Daughter
...a woman with a mind is fit for any task
~Lerner~

The Orange Gatherers

The Good Harvest of 1854
Never grow a wishbone, daughter,
where your backbone ought to be.
~Paddleford~

Sharing Fish
If a woman never lets herself go
how will she know how far she might have gotten?
~Greer~

The Washing Place

Lady Godiva
Where is the man who has the power and skill
To stem the torrent of a woman's will?
For if she will, she will, you may depend on't;
And if she won't, she won't; so there's an end on't.

Britomart
If women are expected to do the same work as men,
we must teach them the same things.
~Plato~

Good Neighbours

Returning Home
The supply of good women far exceeds
that of the men who deserve them.
~Graves~

Antigone
The way to fight a woman is with your hat.
Grab it and run.
~Barrymore~

Ariadne
Although I conquer all the earth,
Yet for me there is only one city.
In that city there is for me only one house;
And in that house, one room only;
And in that room, a bed.
And one woman sleeps there,
The shining joy and jewel of all my kingdom
~Sanskrit Poem~

Breton Women at a Pardon
Women keep a special corner of their hearts
for sins they have never committed.
~Skinner~

Gathering Almond Blossoms

Mary Magdalen
If the first woman God ever made was
strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone,
these women together ought to be able to turn it back ,
and get it right side up again!
And now they is asking to do it,
the men better let them.
~Sojourner Truth~

The Young Mother

Camellias
O wild, dark flower of woman,
Deep rose of my desire,
An Eastern wizard made you
Of earth and stars and fire.
~Roberts~

Il Dolce Far Niente

The Mother
But in some old nook in Mrs. Todger's breast,
up a great many steps,
and in a corner easy to be overlooked,
there was a secret door,
with "Woman" written on the spring,
which, at a touch from Mercy's hand,
had flown wide open, and admitted her for shelter.
~Dickens~

Madeleine After Prayer

Earth Mother
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

The Water Carriers

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5/10/2005 1:04:47 PM DQ I love the words contained in this album more that the paintings...they are so true.
5/10/2005 6:27:46 PM gaelle ...the proverb you have chosen well...and is oh so true...~~**~~
5/10/2005 7:31:08 PM kat THANK YOU STARGAZER FOR ANOTHER WONDERFUL & VALUABLE ALBUM. OH WILD DARK FLOWER OF WOMAN.
5/10/2005 8:38:12 PM Book of Days ^^^I 100% agree with DQ, Gaelle, and Kat! Thank you dear Stargazer! *BofD*
5/10/2005 9:33:33 PM abinsolitude Another great album dearest stargazer...:)...
5/11/2005 6:51:46 AM stargazer Your words have brightened my day...thank you all, dear friends..~*~
5/11/2005 8:50:14 AM RadiantMoon Time? for a little more..Good Neighbours, I like enjoy the image;..Words worth good trait..Let her fully glory/My fancies. fly before ye;Be ye my fictions:_but her story__R.Crashaw___Beautiful album,stargazer
5/12/2005 6:36:07 AM stargazer Welcome back, RM...glad you enjoyed the album. Diego...a sweet compliment..merci..~*~
5/12/2005 9:42:04 AM RadiantMoon Pleasure;,)
5/12/2005 12:12:26 PM IsabelArcher LOVELY :)
5/12/2005 12:21:27 PM stargazer I value your opinion IsabelA...thanks!
5/12/2005 12:58:11 PM Stef and Nik 'The supply of good women far exceeds the number of men who deserve them'. Oh yes, this is so.
5/12/2005 2:00:48 PM ShallottLady so lovely ;)
5/13/2005 7:33:25 AM stargazer Stef, could be considered an arrogant statement..eh..I think it's true as well...:) SL...glad you liked...~*~
5/13/2005 5:30:53 PM lilymaid Quite lovely. I've always liked that passage from Proverbs. It paints a picture of a strong, independant lady, though so many people take Christian scripture in quite another way, I'm afraid.
5/13/2005 5:45:27 PM Cathy "heavenly roses in our earthly life" ~ thank you, Annie.
5/13/2005 5:54:25 PM Lil' One oh stargazer, i love the roberts quote...thanks so much for this lovely album
5/14/2005 1:30:47 AM On a Quest Very beautiful! :)
5/14/2005 9:21:04 AM stargazer Lilymaid..I agree with you on the verse from Proverbs...I see a strong woman when I read it. Cathy, On a Q and Lil'one..you are most welcome, I'm very glad you enjoyed it...~*~
5/14/2005 6:38:47 PM gaelle ...I had to come back to visit here and enjoy your album...and must add, I agree some misread/understand the book of proverbs...that chapter describes a woman that is quite capable of caring for all that was needed during that time period..much of it corresponds to today as well (I think)...and if any view it as a woman being sub-serviant, maybe re-reading again might see differently...{*<*}
11/2/2006 6:04:56 PM chiaroscuro The way to fight a woman is with your hat. Grab it and run. ~Barrymore~ lol - Ah Men! Ah Women!
11/3/2006 9:32:32 AM Amelie Poulain Beautiful and wise...:)...
11/3/2006 12:12:57 PM stargazer I like that one myself, C. Amelie Poulain..thanks, glad you like it.
8/29/2007 6:41:29 PM RadiantMoon the smaskrit poem tells you about a woman,,, how the time goes,,says a woman..