Daylily ~

 "I know a little garden close

Set thick with lily and red rose,

Where I would wander if I might

From dewy dawn to dewy night,

And have one with me wandering."

William Morris

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true to their name

they only bloom for a day

one can almost slip into their colors

 

Vision ~

"We do not see nature with our eyes,

 but with our understandings

 and our hearts.”

 William Hazlitt

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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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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

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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Imperfect Beauty ~

"Beauty isn't perfect.

 It's something to be felt and something to be breathed."

 Denise Jaden

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For Eyes That See ~

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the beauty of the

 ordinary on

 a winter's day

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Into The Sunset ~

one of those

rare autumn evenings

 when attending

your grandson's football game

leads to more loveliness

as you wend

your way home

pure delight

in the golden beauty

of the day and its ending

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“We have more possibilities available

 in each moment than

 we realize.”
 Thich Nhat Hanh 

1926
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Redeeming Time ~

"A heart in love with beauty never grows old." 

Turkish Proverb

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Pretty In Pink ~

"Never lose an opportunity

 of seeing anything beautiful,

 for beauty is God's handwriting."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Peony

 

Unfold ~

as the coming

New Year

unfolds

may it reveal

in greater measure

the inner beauty

of your

heart

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a new year is

unfolding

like a

 blossom with petals

tightly concealing

the beauty

within

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Out of Season ~

never lose

an opportunity

of seeing anything

beautiful

for beauty

is God's handwriting

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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a cactus blossom

For The Coming And Going ~

 

the

Lord bless

your coming in

and

your going out

Psalm 121:8