The Lima Peru LDS Temple Mission: Martha Kelly's Art

Favorite recent and insightful quote I have read recently:

Favorite quote I have recently read: "The word temple comes from the Latin templum, which signifies an extended open space that has been marked out for the observation of the sky. In what manner is such a space marked out? According to Dr. Hugh Nibley, the word templum, "designates a building specifically designed for interpreting signs in the heavens--a sort of observatory where one gets one's bearings on the universe." The root "tem-" in Greek and Latin denotes a "cutting" or intersection of two lines at right angles, the point where the "cardo" and "decumanus" cross, hence where the four regions come together." Matthew Brown - "The Gate of Heaven"

Monday, October 25, 2010

Martha Kelly's Art

It is Monday here and our day off. RA is baking bread and the aroma is as usual incredible coming from the kitchen and the oven. Hot bread today! I am studying the language this morning but also resumed working on Martha's art work. We are publishing her sketches and drawings in a book thanks to Apple and IPhoto. For those who do not know, Martha was a dear friend of the Fisher family and loved by our children. She passed away from melanoma cancer that spread to her liver. This was two years ago this month. We miss our friend Kelly a great deal. He lives near Seattle and wish we could be with him on this anniversary. Thank you Martha for the beauty you brought to us in each of our lives. We remember with fondness all of the good times together, the art of your life, that which you left on your sketch pads and that written in our hearts.