July 20 2023 - Miracle of the Never Diminishing Pizza

 

"It was a pizza for four and 25 of us ate from it.  It never got any smaller.”  This story comes from a Bing headline about the Virgin Mary crying tears of blood in a village near Rome.  The 53-year-old woman who they believe has been performing miracles and healing the sick, and feeding them with a never-ending pizza. (and sometimes gnocchi)... There are skeptics who have good reason to be. Chief among them is Cardia's conviction for bankruptcy fraud in 2013 and the charity the former businesswoman has set up to help the sick.  Then in March a private detective said tests showed the statue's tears were of pig's blood. Prosecutors are now investigating Cardia, and the shrine she set up on a hill outside the village overlooking Lake Bracciano is threatened with demolition. The local Catholic bishop, Monsignor Marco Salvi, has ordered his clergy to have nothing to do with the shrine, and has asked the faithful to stay away. Despite the scandal surrounding it, the group behind Virgin of Trevignano is still calling on the faithful to gather at the shrine on the third of every month, even if numbers were down in July. "Don't listen to the rumours," one of its leaders told AFP. "Today fake news is everywhere." You can read the full story HERE.

This garden always makes it into the Trilliums.  What do you notice about the lawn?  Maybe that it is not grass.  It is synthetic lawn - often to be found under the brand name Serenity Grass.  Such an interesting challenge for a “garden” club, don’t you think?  What if the serenity grass was accompanied by artificial plants in the garden?  One can buy real touch, real look, real smell roses...Things are very complicated these day. So on we go to the picture of the day - a collage of images from the Design competition in the Lily Show.   Read more daily posts here: marilyncornwellblogspot.com Purchase works here: Fine Art America- marilyncornwell.com Redbubble - marilyncornwellart.ca