Pretty In Pink ~

The color of springtime is in the flowers.

 The color of winter is in the imagination.

 Terri Guillemets

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As for man, his days are as grass:

 as a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

Psalm 103:15

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blessings for

a weekend of beauty

 

Definition ~

photograph, n.

 "A picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.”
Ambrose Bierce 1842-1913

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Transition ~

 "It gives one a sudden start in 

going down a barren, stony street,

to see upon a narrow strip of grass,

just within the iron fence, the radiant dandelion,

shining in the grass, like a spark dropped from the sun."

Henry Ward Beecher

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The grass withers

the flower fades

but the word of our 

 God lives forever.

Isaiah 40:8

A Sabbath Joy ~

I was so excited to see this

sweet little Scarlet Tanager at the

bird feeder as they usually remain in the

woods where you might see a flash of red now and then.

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"Again I resume the long lesson:

 how small a thing can be pleasing, how little in 

this hard world it takes to satisfy the mind
and bring it to its rest.”

Wendell Berry, Sabbaths

A Prince In Waiting ~

Folklore has it

that when you kiss a frog

it will turn into a handsome prince

that certainly is a 

Grimm Fairytale

  as far as I

 can tell

there has to be an easier way

 to find a prince

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hope you have an

enchanting weekend

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Awaiting Sunrise ~

"The nearer the dawn the darker the night."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Awake, my glory (my inner self);

 awake, harp and lyre!

 I will awake right early [I will awaken the dawn]!

Psalm 57:8

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Shine On ~

"How far that little candle throws his beams!

So shines a good deed in a weary world."

William Shakespeare

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It's Official ~

"She turned to the sunlight
and shook her yellow head,
and whispered to her neighbor:
'winter is dead'."
A.A. Milne

 When We Were Very Young

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the first daffodil

of the season

Pouring Out ~

"How beautiful a day can be,

 when kindness touches it!"

 George Elliston

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share a cup of kindness

as you go about your day

 

May Day ~

they all gather

by the bird feeders

the one with the tail not

seeming to realize

he's a bird of "different feather"

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"The birds around me hopp'd and play'd

Their thoughts I cannot measure,

But the least motion which they made

It seem'd a thrill of pleasure."

William Wordsworth

Written in Early Spring

a poem