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Delicate clinging vines – this is a time when clinging is good. Good for the vine and the wall benefits too, aesthetically. Is clinging ever good for us? We humans? Holding on to that good or bad feeling – joy or anger? Being in the moment is preferred, but if you have to…
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Looking up or down? You… …today, looking up or down? (That's the short version of today's post. Here is the long one.) If you're feeling good today, happy and cheerful, be sure to share that somehow, because you never know how much a heartfelt smile might mean to someone, how just a…
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…go to the beach.
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"Watch this!" (Apologies to all the armadillos who end up as road kill. Here's hoping that it is always an adventure for each and every one of you.) Famous last words seen on a patch on a biker babe's jacket. See also Cat Meets Armadillo here. Related articles Alien…
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What I have been trying not to say out loud, is that there are blessings or gifts hidden in tragedies, and these gifts may not be obvious for some time to come, but they are there. If we can make a commitment not to let the anger and helplessness allow us to…
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Messy days. Busy days. Messy house. (Messy palm.) Palm tree, posterized etc. for fun! Where are our poets? Time is running out. Poems for April, National Poetry Month. Send yours to: laine@lainesblog.com soon…
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The yellow flowers that grow on the vine that reaches for the heavens, are back and bigger than ever. Each morning there is a bouquet of them on my deck. Gifts from the gods!
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Is the world upside down?
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Awakened in the middle of the night to a squeal, followed by a familiar guttural – "Who who – who whoooooo? Who who – who whooooooo?" – right outside my window. I worried for some little creature that might have made the squeal, and then remembered that baby owls, who can't yet…
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This is a wholehearted amaryllis, only 4 days after that beautiful bursting bud!
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