Obscurity ~

wildflowers line a path

 yet obscure the way

 to the door

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Yesterday is but today's memory,

 and tomorrow is today's dream.

 Khalil Gibran
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In The Eye Of The Beholder ~

"She dropped her shyness like a nightgown,

  and in the liquid glare of sunlight on old boards

 she held up her hands-as if,

 in the terror of the upcoming skirmish,

 she had at last understood

  that she was beautiful.

 In her own way.”

 Gregory Maguire

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Fluttered ~

 "The butterfly is a flying flower,
The flower a tethered butterfly."
Ponce Denis Écouchard Lebrun

"Just like the butterfly,

 I too will awaken in my own time."

  Deborah Chaskin

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she flies with tattered wing

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A Dwelling Place ~

a pleasant room

 reminders

 of

 God's faithfulness

  appointments kept

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so good to be home again

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"In difficult times,

 you should always carry something

 beautiful in your mind."

 Blaise Pascal

Resting ~

taking a little break

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blessings

for your day

Memory and Hope ~

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"A strange thing is memory, and hope;

 one looks backward, and the other forward;

 one is of today, the other of tomorrow.

  Memory is history recorded in our brain,

 memory is a painter,

 it paints pictures of the past

 and of the day."

Grandma Moses

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Why are you cast down, O my soul?

 and why are you disquieted within me?

 hope in God:

 for I shall yet praise him,

 who is the health of my countenance,

 and my God.

Psalm 43:5

 

Seasonal Preparation ~

each preparing for the season

that lies ahead in their own unique way

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The invariable mark of wisdom is to see
 the miraculous in the ordinary.

 Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A Simple Beauy ~

"Daisies are like sunshine to the ground."

Drew Barrymore

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Some of you may remember

the account I shared

here

as to why daisies

hold such a special place

in my heart

And Nature Sings ~

 "Beauty is whatever gives joy."
Edna St. Vincent Millay

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they only bloom for a day

but they certainly

give it their all

A Profusion of Roses ~

and a cat

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For we are unto God a

 sweet fragrance of Christ,

 in them

 that are saved,

 and in them that perish:

2 Corinthians 2:15

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have a delightful weekend

 

 

 

A Little Stroll ~

I have a friend visiting

 and we took a little stroll

 along the driveway

 and checked

 the progress of

 the milkweed

food for the monarchs

and observed the other

wild grasses blooming

in between the rain showers

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it was a very fine day

Nurturing The Little Things ~

 

 I long to accomplish a great and noble task,

but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks

as if they were great and noble.

Helen Keller

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Luke 16:10

 

 

Liberty ~

 

In the beauty of the lilies

Christ was born across the sea,

With a glory in His bosom

 that transfigures you and me.

As He died to make men holy,

let us die to make men free,

While God is marching on.

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click here for the history

and lyrics for

The Battle Hymn of the Republic

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Stand fast therefore in the liberty

wherewith Christ has made us free.

Galatians 5:1

 

To A Different Tune ~

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Soon they will be cut down

by the county road crew

in the meantime

they are dancing to the wind's song

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"The appearance of things changes according to the emotions;

 and thus we see magic and beauty in them,

 while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves."
Kahil Gibran

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