07/27/2026
New Release and an update on my health...
1st my health, which is my #1 priority. If your health is not a high priority for you, think again. Without your health, you could lose everything. So anyway, I've had a left leg edema (swollen leg) for the past month. My primary doctor and myself thought this could be related to my BP meds, but he did refer me to a vascular surgeon. I got some of the swelling down through workouts and walking. The surgeon's nurse did find DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis) which is basically a blood clot in a vein in my leg. So, he put me on Eliquis which I'll probably have to take for life. This could be caused by the many hours I've spent on the computer or on long drives which both require long hours of sitting.
2nd... This new release! "Bonaventure Cemetery Shell Girl". This is the image on this month's (July) Bonaventure Calendar in case you have a copy of that calendar, but it was cropped to fit the calendar.
The meaning of the shell has a unique awesome history. It's the story of pilgrimage. Starting in the Middle Ages and even up until the present, devout Christians would prove their faith by taking the Pilgrimage of Camino de Santiago or St. James' Way. Christians, especially Catholics, hike specific routes to reach the shrine of St. James (one of Jesus' 12 disciples). To prove they finished the pilgrimage, they would collect scallop shells from Finisterre, just beyond the Shrine of Santiago. The scallop became the symbol of this pilgrimage and markers along the routes now display the scallop shell. From these origins, the scallop shell became a symbol of our own pilgrimage toward heaven and can be used at funerals as well as baptisms where pilgrimage toward heaven starts.
The inscriptions above statue reads "Verily I say unto you whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein" St. Mark 10 CH 15 V.
To View, visit: https://www.coastalgeorgiaprints.com/Open_Edition_Prints/art_print_products/Bonaventure_Cemetery_Shell_Girl