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Sunset behind them, daybreak ahead… What will tomorrow bring? More kindness, less worry, sunshine or rain?
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Sunset sentry, overlooking the St. John's River. All's well with the world. Great Egret, Welaka, Florida
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There is a saying that - "Life is what happens to us while we are busy making other plans." Life in all of its messy perfection, like wildflowers by the side of the road that escaped the boundaries of the perfect garden years ago to create another version of Eden. Here it's wild…
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May we all be as lucky as the sailors who took to the sea on the ship protected by this strong and gentle woman. May the storms that surprise us, swiftly run their course and fair winds bring us safely home.
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Everything has a beginning a middle and an end. Sometimes the beginning is obscured by secrets or lies, but it is still there, somewhere. The middle is the fine tuning of intention. If you are a grapevine, it's simple. For humans it's fraught with trial and error. The middle contains the maturing as…
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The day after this close encounter there were little discs, about half the size of a dime, floating in the pond. Several days later, they were swimming and the little pond was host to hundreds of tadpoles or pollywogs! After a few weeks… back legs, then front legs, and the tail disappears. …
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Sage has been around since ancient times and used for a variety of ailments over the centuries, including in a potion to ward off the plague. In this window box is one of the ornamental varieties of Salvia. Modern Chinese herbalists have found that salvia miltiorrhiza helps to prevent heart attack and stroke…
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"Definitely looks like his father!" Photo by Paula Post. Shot at the Alligator Farm in St. Augustine.
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How tightly wrapped are you? Will you unfold into something big and beautiful when your time comes? Most definitely! Happy first day of Spring!
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Hibiscus, the state flower of Hawaii was once commonly called good night at noon because it blossoms for only a short time! I like that, "good night at noon!" Some days are like that. From the book Garden Flower Folklore by Laura C. Martin
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