Tag: nature
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Joyful Surprise: Unexpected Golden Gleam
Unexpected glint golden gleam in sunlight’s path lost earring found-joy! Unbelievable! Still can’t believe that I actually found this earring. Last evening, I was grocery shopping and ran into a friend. She pointed out that I was missing an earring. I had no idea where or when I had lost it. I just assumed it…
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Twenty Minutes in My Backyard
The American Robin clearly whistles a repeated 3 syllable song into the cooling breeze. A House Sparrow chirrups back a hurried response- “Yes, I see the darkening clouds. When do you expect rain?” A very subtle plink, plat of unseen raindrops polka dots the patio stones. A Downy Woodpecker silently swoops onto the bird feeder…
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Embracing Tranquility: Connecting with Nature on a Walk Through the Woods
Happy-go-lucky new born green leaves dance in dappled sun welcoming me back to my true beginnings A community of sentinel trees surround me enfolding me in their pytoncides comforting me as a fellow nature being. Cheeps, twitters and coos waft on air filling my mind with relaxing, melodic tunes beckoning my soul to add chords…
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Bloom Vibrantly Anywhere: Lessons from Dandelion’s Life Cycle
Dear Fellow Nature Being, After surviving on this planet for over 30 million years, I have words of wisdom to share to aid you in your life cycle on Earth. Bloom vibrantly for all of your days, wherever your life grows. Be it in fertile soil, harsh parched lands, or places you would never expected…
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Maple Syrup IS a Season- Day 18 SOLSC
This is one of my favorite times of year in the Finger Lakes Region of New York. The sap starts flowing and maple trees are tapped to collect this treasure. Then the sap is boiled down until is produces that sweet amber liquid- maple syrup. All the weekends in March, you can go to farms…
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Clouds Came Down to Earth- Day 3 SOLSC
The clouds came down to earth this morn cuddling the world in a mystical muted embrace of the heavens. For me, there is something special about awakening to a morning visited by fog. There is a hushness, a softness, to this beginning of day. It seems magical to me that I am surrounded by a…
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Rejoicing in Your Return
Gloomy, monotonous blanket of gray dissolves its COVER lightness and brightness bubble within ME triggered by the return of glowing energy IN our days- oh glorious SUNSHINE! 51 days of gray! That was the statistic shared by our local weatherman the other day. I guess that would be the reason that so many of us…
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Colorful Rebels
Admiring the last blooms of the season. Desiring to be these colorful rebels. Defying the rules of life’s decline. Living with vibrant beauty in an unexpected time. With it being mid-November, flowers typically do not bloom where I live. This weekend, I noticed that some strong spirited flowers where still in bloom. It probably was…
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My Soles, My Soul
My favorite shoes areNOTshoes at allbutthe soles of my feetthat have carried me throughlifethus far. These soles greetHELLOto Mother Earth aswaves have lapped,sand has caked,grass has tickled,pebbles have poked,earth hastoughened. These solesCONDUCTearth’s magnetism, elements, vitaminsinto my bodyproducingbalance,peace,vitality. These soles areFOUNDATIONof strengthas I strikeWarrior 2,Dancer,Treeawakening my inner power tomeet,breathe,engagechallenges. These soleswith all theirtenderness,callouses,scarsareMY SOUL-truly just me.
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