Bright rays fighting their way through dark clouds and from behind shadows… Dancing on mountain tops and through valleys. An aching heart for no particular reason and for all of the reasons all at once. Gusty, frigid winds… Singing to the storm right on its heels. Driving rains that come…
“Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn.” ~Elizabeth Lawrence xoxo, M Linking up to the WordPress Photo Challenge: (Extra)ordinary
AMONG THE ROCKS by Robert Browning Oh, good gigantic smile o’ the brown old earth, This autumn morning! How he sets his bones To bask i’ the sun, and thrusts out knees and feet For the ripple to run over in its mirth; Listening the while, where on the heap…
“Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.” ~Lauren DeStefano xoxo, M
Humming-Bird by D.H. Lawrence I can imagine, in some otherworld Primeval-dumb, far back In that most awful stillness, that only gasped and hummed, Humming-birds raced down the avenues. Before anything had a soul, While life was a heave of matter, half inanimate, This little bit chipped off in brilliance And…
Ode to the Lemon by Pablo Neruda From blossoms released by the moonlight, from an aroma of exasperated love, steeped in fragrance, yellowness drifted from the lemon tree, and from its planetarium lemons descended to the earth. Tender yield! The coasts, the markets glowed with light, with unrefined gold; we…
Apparently, nature doesn’t like boxes. One can take a seed, plant it, watch it germinate & acquire its first true leaves, transplant it and continue to care for it while it s t r e t c h e s its roots, grows upwards and outwards, flowers, sets fruit and…
“I’m reminded today that bees gather nectar from all the flowers they can find as far as they can fly, and create beauty and sustenance for their colony in the form of honey. They journey outward, pull something from the flashes of beauty they find, and bring it back home…” ~Round Mountain Robby…