Tag: nature
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Nothing like Fresh Picked Raspberries
Tiny globes of sunshine’s pure sweetness Hide behind green leaves on thorny shrubs Pick one to pop in mouth- Heavenly! It was a beautiful Fall day so I headed off for the annual tradition of apple and raspberry picking. The little red berries were playing hide-n-seek behind segregated deep green leaves and prickly branches. I…
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Fear or Fun?
Brown crunchy leaf barely hanging on. Brisk wind makes it shiver, loosen. Does fear rise in its being? Knowing that it’s release signals end of life. Grasping the branch but forced to let go- die. Bright gold leaf celebrates it’s budding to end. Elegant color emblazons the treetops. Does fun rise in your being? Knowing…
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Replacing Vacancy with Self-fullness
the kayak wobbles as waves lick the shore tentatively, I slip into the seat dip the paddle, shove off and glide into open waters happily realizing a defining piece of me is returning- with each forward stroke it rises and beats within replacing a vacancy with self-fullness again. Today was a YEAH day! I was…
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Wisdom Whispering in Messages of Light
Light from over a million years pinpricks the vast blackness alivening the connection between the reverent stardust of the galaxies and the celestial matter in my humble body. I stare in wonder at this awesomeness recognizing my smallness, trying to discern the wisdom whispering in messages of light. On a final getaway for the summer,…
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All that a Tree Offered Me
Nestling between two large tree roots, I lean into the supportive trunk as sunlight dances through the leaves illuminating my closed eyelids with passes of lightness. My heart rate slows to match the living pulse of the tree as its energy transmits to my soul relaxing, releasing and replenishing me. Being wrapped in the coziness…
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Magical Medicine for My Soul
Dear Mother Nature, I just wanted to express my thanks to you for the constant care you wrap around me. Your fresh air cleanses my body as I release stress and anxiety into your winds. Your beautiful blooming flowers color my world diminishing the gray gloom of my mind. That absolutely glorious sun energizes me…
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Filling My Rising to My Rest
our sun rising through cotton candy sky dew drops glistening along blades of grass birds announcing the arrival of a new day – Oh the beauty of an earthen morn! white puffs peppering the cerulean sky sunflowers heads seeking the light bees dancing their way from bloom to bloom – Oh the beauty of an…
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Spring Haiku Hunt
I just finished reading Three Simple Lines: A Writer’s Pilgrimage into the Heart and Homeland of Haiku by Natalie Goldberg. Part of my learning was that haiku does not need to be written in the 5-7-5 syllable pattern that I had always learned but it can just be 3 short lines. The tricky part is…
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Come Out and Enjoy the Day
“Come out and enjoy the day!” chirps the chickadee perched on my deck rail, head turning from side to side trying to hold me in its gaze. “Come out and enjoy the day!” beckons the squirrel investigating the snowless deck, bounding over to my French doors, glancing in to invite me to join him. “Come…
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My Best Colors
I RSVP’d yes to the writing party invitation from Leigh Anne Eck at A Day in the Life blog, http://adayinthelifeof19b.blogspot.com/2023/03/its-party-time-sol23.html Thank you for extending the invitation to the community. So now I am showing up to the party in my favorite popping royal blue sweater, faded black jeans and matching blue socks. The vibrant hue…
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