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Cloudy days have their beauty, especially when the sun finds a way to shine through. Here's to all the "clouds" in our lives being holy! St. Augustine bay front, shot from the Bridge of Lions.
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It was late in life when I saw my first cedar waxwings and they completely surprised me! Ever since then I feel blessed when they zoom through town. It's funny how we perceive nature as blessing us. Lately it has been happening more and more, and not just with the "special birds," but…
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Some girls have all the fun! Cascades, Virginia
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The vine in the center of this photograph promises much when first planted and then disappears into the tree tops, its leaves blending with the oak's. It isn't until it blooms that you remember that it is there at all. That's when the flowers come sailing back to earth. They land everywhere –…
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Purity and perfection… you can almost detect the sweet scent of this magnolia blossom. Complimenting a neighbor on her exquisite magnolia tree, I learn that she planted the seed for it 50 years ago! I knew a woman in her nineties who continued to plant saplings. Planting trees when you know…
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The Last Supper. 12 Disciples. One might be full of fear. One might be unfaithful. One might be a woman. History or myth? Truth or fiction? What really matters? To you? Take away the rituals and the robes and aren't all the teachings the same? Love. Compassion. Kindness. We…
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If you could be a flower, which would you be? One of the brave first bloomers that tempt winter to send a late frost? How about a grand amaryllis, delicate on its long stem, yet stately and beautiful? Or perhaps a lily that lasts only a day? Would you prefer to bloom in…
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A huge burst of energy stormed its way through here on Saturday. The darkest clouds, huge winds and sideways rain scrambled the air. It was the day of the night when I tried on someone else's shoes, attempting to understand how her life might feel. An impossible task, especially if the…
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Sunset behind them, daybreak ahead… What will tomorrow bring? More kindness, less worry, sunshine or rain?
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