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Winter Storm 

Winter Storm 

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 up quickly, move on at a feverish pace and then…
February 25, 2016
(extra)ordinary

(extra)ordinary

"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
October 17, 2015
Welcoming Autumn!

Welcoming Autumn!

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 of stones The white breast of the sea-lark twitters sweet.…
September 23, 2015
The Grand Finale

The Grand Finale

  “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
November 6, 2013
Humming-Bird

Humming-Bird

Humming-Birdby D.H. LawrenceI can imagine, in some otherworldPrimeval-dumb, far backIn 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 brillianceAnd went whizzing through the slow, vast, succulent stems.I believe there were no flowers then,In the world where the humming-bird…
July 26, 2013
Ode to the Lemon (Flower)

Ode to the Lemon (Flower)

Ode to the Lemon by Pablo NerudaFrom blossomsreleasedby the moonlight,from anaroma of exasperatedlove,steeped in fragrance,yellownessdrifted from the lemon tree,and from its planetariumlemons descended to the earth.Tender yield!The coasts,the markets glowedwith light, withunrefined gold;we openedtwo halvesof a miracle,congealed acidtrickledfrom the hemispheresof a star,the most intense liqueurof nature,unique, vivid,concentrated,born of the cool, freshlemon,of its fragrant house,its acid, secret symmetry.Knivessliced a smallcathedralin the lemon,the…
February 26, 2013
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