Winter Sunday greetings from Star City Arts - January 10, 2021

Dear Friends,

Blessed Sunday to you, with best wishes for the coming week.

Wishing you peace and healing, with special prayers for all who suffer due to strife, illness, want, depression and grief.

May these wintertime pictures from the Blue Ridge Mountain farmlands bring you cheer, hope & inspiration, today and in the coming week and seasons.

Thank you for all you do, and thank you for being you!

Sincerely,

Suzy Nees, Star City Arts

January 10, 2021

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I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.

Psalm 122:1-2

Star City Arts cat "Skydog" Nees enjoying snow fun in his favorite Dogwood

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Crow tracks in snow

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January 8, 2021 snowfall in Floyd County, Virginia

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How blessed will you be, you who sow beside all waters, Who let out freely the ox and the donkey.

Isaiah 32:20

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And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

Daniel 12:3

Blue supergiant Rigel, also known as Beta Orionis, is a multiple star system comprised of at least four stars. Located in the Orion constellation, Rigel is vastly brighter & larger than our sun. Light from Rigel takes about 860 light years to reach Earth.

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Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Job 38:4-7

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The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

Psalm 19:1

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Colorful Sirius, also known as Alpha Canis Majoris, is our night sky's brightest star. Sirius is about 8.6 light years from Earth, making it our closest star.

One large and one small star exist in this system, according to science, leading many to call Sirius a Binary star. But traditional Dogon wisdom says that there is a third star in Sirius, called "Emme Ya" or the "Sorghum Female".

Shown here are some light paintings created by moving the camera in front of Sirius.

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But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

Malachi 4:2

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Floyd County, Virginia sunrise January 10, 2021

For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

Psalm 84:11

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Images by Suzy Nees/Star City Arts January 2021