Don't Needle Me! ~

 He sampled the oak tree

 but chose the elm

 Callie and I are giving him

a wide berth.

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Diplomacy:

  The business of handling a porcupine

 without disturbing the quills.

anonymous

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porcupine

 

 

Ecstasy ~

The soul should always stand ajar,

 ready to welcome the ecstatic experience. 

Emily Dickinson

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Weekend Happiness

to you

 

January Hush ~

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"A hush is over everything,

Silent as women wait for love;

The world is waiting for the spring."

Sara Teasdale

“Stand still.

 The trees ahead and bush beside you are not lost.”

 Albert Einstein

 "Now close the windows and hush all the fields:
If the trees must, let them silently toss."

Robert Frost 

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Alone, With Kat ~

Callie Kat

knows

 she is not

allowed

on the table

or the

counters

 

wondering what

 about our discussion

she didn't

 

understand 

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One is loved because one is loved.

 No reason is needed for loving.

 Paulo Coelho

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bleach has become

a priority

on the shopping list

 

 

Imperfect Beauty ~

"Beauty isn't perfect.

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

 Denise Jaden

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Well-lit ~

 

Open your heart to all these blessings

 and let them flow through you,

 then everyone you meet on this day

 will be blessed by you,

 just by your eyes,

 by your smile,

 by your touch,

 just by your presence.

Brother David Steindl-Rast

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your smile

will bless someone's day

*  *  *

thank you

for blessing mine

with your presence here

The Unexpected ~

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wishing you moments

of unexpected

joy

*  *  *

the joy of the Lord

is my strength

Nehemiah 8:10

The Shining Forth ~

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"Epiphany

 is a Christian feast

 celebrating the 'shining forth'

 or 

revelation of God to mankind

 in human form,

 in the person of Jesus Christ."

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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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Smiling Softly ~

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"The beauty we love

is very silent

it smiles softly to itself

but never speaks."

Richard Le Gallienne

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