Tag: nature
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Happy Daisies🌼
When picking up flowers to have on various tables at my twins graduation party, I decided to get a variety of a few different blooms. Their party was three weeks ago and I JUST had to retire these happy, pretty daisies this morning! They were the least expensive yet brought…
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Small Signs of Spring
This mornings air is 44-degrees crisp, the sky is gray and the smell of cold rain through my cracked kitchen window makes me want to bake an apple pie. It feels like a lovely October day (sigh). While I love autumn, we northeasterners are craving warmth. Having traveled to a…
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Hanging on When the Winds Blow Hard
The branches in my Northeastern town remain bare. Last November’s leaves are still strewn on the ground, some lightly covered in a dusting of snow. Despite the windiest winter ever, the few leaves in the photos hung on. Wind, snow and cold fought hard to rip those leaves off as…
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Monday Gratitude
Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty. Doris Day
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Wednesday Waiting…
“Waiting for the ice to crack!” Too bad I didn’t have my good camera on a recent walk, but these geese made me laugh as they were waiting for the ice to thaw. Captured these on my phone, but not too close so the quality isn’t too sharp (geese are…
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(Wordless) Wednesday
Still frozen, but at least we can see green!
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The Coming and Going During the College Years
Nearly three months ago, I walked through the brisk November air into the sliding glass doors of the airport, traveled up the escalator and stood outside security, waiting for my youngest to get off the plane. It was two days before Thanksgiving and my hands had not been on my…
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Monday Gratitude
“A great life evolves with gratitude.” Lailah Gifty Akita
Tales from a Mid-Lifer 