Thinking ... Or Not ~

"I've been thinking Hobbes"

 "On a week-end?"

"Well, it wasn't on purpose."

  quote

from

Calvin and Hobbes

~ ~ ~

whatever you decide

to do

I

hope you have

a good one

A Solitary Shadow ~

limbs

barren from

a winter season

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wait

to be adorned

An Infusion of Color ~

may

your day

be infused with

color

and woven

with all

 

that makes

your heart rejoice

and

adds a golden

touch

to whatever

you 

see and do

~ ~ ~

had I the heavens'

embroidered cloths

enwrought

with

golden and silver light

the blue and the dim and the dark cloths

of night and light

and

the half-light

I would spread the cloths

under your feet

but I

being poor

have only my dreams

I have spread my dreams

under your feet

tread softly

because

you tread on my dreams

W.B. Yeats
                          

Down to Earth ~

a rock pile

ceases to be a rock pile

 the moment

a single man 

contemplates it

 bearing within him

 the image

of a cathedral

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

 ~ ~ ~

the earth shook

the rocks were split

from
the
Gospel of Matthew

Chatting With The Clouds ~

one of the hardest things in life

is having words

in your heart

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that

you can't utter

James Earl Jones

Sky-high ~

you must not

blame me

 

if

I do talk

to the clouds

Henry David Thoreau 

1817-1862

Remember ~

but on the first day of the week

at early dawn

the women went to the tomb

 they found the stone

rolled back from the tomb

they went inside

they did not find

the body of the Lord Jesus

two men in dazzling raiment

suddenly

stood beside them

"Why do you look for the living among those who are dead?"

    

He is not here, but has risen!

remember

how He told you

~ ~ ~

from the

gospel of Luke
~ ~ ~
may the joy
of the resurrection
flood 
your heart

So Loved ~

for you

for me

given

 God so loved the world

that He gave

His one and only Son,

that whoever believes in Him

shall not perish

but have eternal life

  for God

did not send his Son

into the world

to condemn the world

but to save the world

through Him

John 3:16-17

NIV

Catkins ~

Pussy Willow

 ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: 

originally a child's word,

because of the resemblance of the soft fluffy catkins

to a cat's fur.

Before the male catkins of these species

come into full flower

they are covered in fine, grayish fur,

leading to a fancied likeness

to tiny cats.

The catkins appear long before the leaves,

and are 

one of the earliest signs of spring.

At other times of the year

trees of most of these species

are usually known by their ordinary names.
wikipedia

To Wear A Crown ~

In 1940

my mother was 

preparing to be married

she asked her 

four younger siblings 

what

type of veil

she should wear

her

youngest brother

replied

 "a crown ... you must wear a crown"

the lace

has disintegrated

over time

but

the crown remains

~ ~ ~

Blessed is the man

who perseveres

under trial

because

when he has stood the test

he will receive

the

crown of life

that

God has promised

to those

who love Him

James 1:12

NIV

~ ~ ~

may your life be crowned

with mercy

and

everlasting love

April, What Can You Be Thinking??!! ~

I wonder

if the snow

loves the trees and fields

that

it kisses them so gently

and then it covers them up snug

you know

with a white quilt;

 and perhaps it says 

"Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again."

Lewis Carroll

~ ~ ~ 

it must be summer

we are waiting

for

spring seems to have been

highjacked

~ ~ ~

photo taken the morning

of

April 16

Color Intentionally ~

the soul

becomes dyed

 with the color

of
its thoughts

Marcus Aurelius

~ ~ ~

Finally, brothers and sisters,

whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right,

whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable

—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—

think about such things

Philippians 4:8

Nosedive ~

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Harbingers ~

Wisdom

 is

oftentimes

 nearer

 when

 we stoop

 than when we soar

quote by

William Wordsworth

~ ~ ~

the juncos have returned

harbingers

of

spring

A Little Silence ~

 how lovely

is the

silence

of

growing things

anonymous

there

will be a little

break of silence here

~ ~ ~

in quietness

and

in trusting confidence

shall be

your strength

Isaiah 30:15b

Wearing Pink ~

"all shall be well"

~ ~ ~

that

is the saying

my blogger friend

Vicky

whom I have never met

has written on her banner

she was recently

diagnosed with breast cancer

which has spread

to other areas

of her body
but
she has fight
lots of fight

I have

no pink ribbon

but

my heart

is on my sleeve

as I embrace her with

prayer and encouragement
and fight

~ ~ ~
your prayers
and encouragement
would be appreciated as well