In Sight Or Out Of Sight ~

“They might not need me; but they might.
I'll let my head be just in sight;
A smile as small as mine might be
Precisely their necessity.” 

Emily Dickinson

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my little grandson

on a chilly autumn day

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both of my grandsons bring

smiles to my face

Lanterns ~

it's been a good year for

Physalis alkekengi

more commonly known as

Chinese Lanterns

you can read more about them

here

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"I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.”

Emily Dickinson

 

 

No Regrets ~

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"The lovely flowers
embarrass me.
They make me regret
I am not a bee.”

Emily Dickinson

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actually I prefer

looking at them but

Miss Dickinson does have

a way with words

you can read more about her

here

A Dwindled Dawn ~

a heavy fog

obscured the dawning sun

a rare occurrence here

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"Morning without you is a dwindled dawn.”

Emily Dickinson

Wings of Gold ~

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Nature is what we know

Yet have not art to say

 So impotent our wisdom is

 To her simplicity.

Emily Dickinson

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Worms & Such ~

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A Bird came down the Walk –
He did not know I saw –
He bit an Angleworm in halves
And ate the fellow, raw,

And then he drank a Dew
From a convenient Grass –
And then hopped sidewise to the Wall
To let a Beetle pass.

Emily Dickinson

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she built her nest atop an

 outdoor light fixture

and now she is busy feeding

her little ones

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I have no idea what kind

 of bird she is.

An Abundant Explosion ~

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"Find ecstasy in life;

the mere sense of living is joy enough."

Emily Dickinson

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"He gives us abundantly

all things to enjoy."

Timothy

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the rose frozen

 an abundant explosion

Undetermined ~

 in one small

blossom

 lies a potential

orchard

 

what small act of kindness

might you share with someone

that will bear fruit along the way

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If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.

Emily Dickinson

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this is the first year this

 little apple tree has blossomed

it was planted nearly twenty years ago

Joy Cometh ~

“To whom the mornings are like nights,

 What must the midnights be!”

Emily Dickinson

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awaiting spring

Psalm 30

 

 

Ecstasy ~

The soul should always stand ajar,

 ready to welcome the ecstatic experience. 

Emily Dickinson

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Weekend Happiness

to you

 

A Little Snow ~

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the camera rests

quietly

on the table

the car sits

idly

in the garage

the snow falls, then melts,

capriciously

from day to day as 

December

 spends its days

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thinking of you

throughout this Advent season

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"A little Snow was here and there
Disseminated in her Hair --

Since she and I had met and played
Decade had gathered to Decade --

But Time had added not obtained
Impregnable the Rose
For summer too indelible
Too obdurate for Snows --"
Emily Dickinson

 

Bronzed ~

"The morns are meeker than they were,
The nuts are getting brown;
The berry's cheek is plumper,
The rose is out of town.
The maple wears a gayer scarf,
The field a scarlet gown.
Lest I should be old-fashioned,
I'll put a trinket on."

Emily Dickinson

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enjoying the splendor

Imperceptible ~

“As Imperceptibly as Grief”
Emily Dickinson

As imperceptibly as grief
The summer lapsed away,—
Too imperceptible, at last,
To seem like perfidy.

A quietness distilled,
As twilight long begun,
Or Nature, spending with herself
Sequestered afternoon.

The dusk drew earlier in,
The morning foreign shone,—
A courteous, yet harrowing grace,
As guest who would be gone.

And thus, without a wing,
Or service of a keel,
Our summer made her light escape
Into the beautiful.

: : :

at evening time

it shall be light

Zechariah 14:7