tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22933267324706996612024-02-19T07:11:43.774-08:00Tales from my GardenRosemary Danielis blogs about her magnificent and inspirational gardenRosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01341233630137969987noreply@blogger.comBlogger625125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293326732470699661.post-60042571096481882462017-08-11T13:39:00.000-07:002017-08-11T17:59:49.184-07:00Worlds Away<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the presence of</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">it's impossible to be unhappy</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">You forget that problems exist</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">on a perfumed breeze</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">that clears the mind</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">and banishes unhappiness</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">As you float, suspended</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">in a magical place</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">between worlds</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Where the hands of time can't reach you</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lavender</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://maisonlavande.ca/en/plan-a-visit" target="_blank">La Maison Lavande</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">in Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Canada</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Waking from a deep sleep</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">the forest yawns and stretches out</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">stiff limbs</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">of fuzzy magic</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Such shy, fragile things</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It must reach deep</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">ten-fold!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">becoming landlocked beacons </span><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">of light</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">windows that now remain</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">that twinkle </span><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">like </span><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">haunted chandeliers,</span><br />
<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">a memory of </span><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">happier times.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Winter and Autumn, old friends,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Together they transform bare fields</span><br />
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the same way Winter arrived,</span><br />
<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">it leaves us breathless, sparkling</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">How about something that will fill you with a sense of wonder!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you'd like to watch a mini Ice Age planet</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">form </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">before </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">your very eyes</span></div>
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<li><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yes, the VERY cold.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It should be no warmer than 30 degrees Fahrenheit/-1 Celsius! The day I took the video it was 0 Fahrenheit/-17 Celsius.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, #1 - dress warmly; hat, gloves, coat, slush pants if you have (just like your mother made you dress as a child) because you will be staying still and the cold creeps up on you when you're not moving.</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Little or no wind</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Some snow or a soft-ish outdoor surface to blow the bubble on.</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bubble solution: 3 cups water, 1 cup liquid dish soap, 1/2 cup corn syrup (stir gently, do not shake to mix!)</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A straw</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Patience</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Wonder</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I often shoot in Automatic setting (or use Aperture Priority, depending on the light) with manual focus.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Manual focus is a must because the bubble and the ice crystals that form on it are constantly moving. The trouble you'll see in the video (which I filmed with my iPhone) is the ice crystals often begin to form on the far side, then when the crystals form on the front, the camera doesn't adjust its focus and the final image has a haze on it.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">With manual focus you will focus first on the far side of the bubble and then adjust to focus on the front side (closest to you) as the ice crystals develop.</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The temperature outside will play a role in the speed and quality of the bubbles you get.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The colder it is, the faster the ice crystals form, sometimes I barely have time to blow the bubble and pick up my camera before the whole bubble is completely frozen over. (Yes, in Montreal, where I live, it is often VERY cold and I just love it!)</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's nice to catch the ice crystals as they form with a lot of free space around them if you can.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Fiddle around with the blowing technique until you find what works for you.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I make my bubble solution in a mason jar and keep it indoors with a lid on it for the whole winter.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">If possible, put the jar outside to cool down a bit while you get dressed for outside.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Find a spot to set up, somewhere facing the light with a flat surface you can blow the bubble onto. You should have somewhere to brace your camera arm so you can remain still (or set up a tripod.) I use a banister on my backyard deck.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's important that there is almost no wind. The bubbles don't stand a chance in the wind and you will be eternally frustrated when they keep popping. If you have an outdoor shed with a window, going in there might be a good alternative for you.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">To blow the bubbles, I dip the straw in the bubble solution and gently exhale, rather than blow like we do with summertime bubbles, about an inch over the place I want the bubble to land.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Depending on the temperature, wind and humidity, the bubbles can last anywhere from seconds to minutes. Either way, start snapping pictures as fast as you can. For a more stable, long-lasting bubble, it's best to blow a smaller sized bubble than a large one.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Experiment with positioning the camera toward the light to create contrast and bring out the details of the ice crystals. This was extremely difficult for me at the beginning and took a lot of turning the camera every which way before I figured it out. It's times like this that I'm happy cameras today are digital and I'm not paying for rolls of film :)</span></li>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's not every day you find something that fills you with such wonder!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I chose to watch</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">the golden light </span><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">spill from the windows</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It looked so cozy;</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This frozen, wet stuff...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's just rain, really.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Is it more annoying</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Surely snowflakes</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">are a form of enchantment;</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">falling, frozen stars,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">each one sculpted, unique, miraculous.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">They gather here and there</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">with an artist's flourish</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Or, they melt and freeze again,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">allowing us glimpses into other worlds</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">that only winter can help us find.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Whichever way you choose</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I welcome the snow</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #bf9000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Oh Donald Trump.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #bf9000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was in shock, like much of the world, to discover that he won the election. I mean how in the name of all that is good, sane, decent, civilized, honest, intelligent and human did this happen? Especially at a time when our floating blue and green planet needs our care and protection the most.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #bf9000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Fortunately or unfortunately (depends how you look at it) I was in an unusual situation when I heard the election results.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #bf9000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was hooked up to several monitors in the intensive cardiac care unit in one of our city’s most wonderful hospitals while doctors searched to find the source for the “heart attack” I appeared to have suffered last Saturday night.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #bf9000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Luckily, strangely (just like life) the enzymes in the blood test that declared with almost certainty that my heart had suffered a traumatic event and been injured were proved wrong by the best tests science has to offer.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #bf9000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The first thing that struck me, waiting outside to be picked up by my children, was how blue the sky was. A crisp November breeze rushed up to fill my lungs and the setting sun caressed my cheek with a mother’s love.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #bf9000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My husband never left my side in the hospital (sleeping the first 2 days in a chair, and the rest in a cot) and my children spoiled me each day with their time, homemade meals, fresh clothes, board games and stories.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #bf9000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My epiphany: Donald Trump’s win changes nothing.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #bf9000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Family, friends, health, home, nature, the sun, moon and sky.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #bf9000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">With everything that had just happened to me I followed the urge to be there, right under it, head turned up to watch the leaves</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You had me at hello</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You swept me up in your intensity</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And the crazy-hatted party goers</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">you brought to my garden</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You arrived dressed in eye-popping colours</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Against a backdrop of glorious greens</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">in a colourful, shimmering mirage</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Trumpets blared sweet summer's song</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">filling my senses with their heady perfume</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So much beauty to drink in</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Some scenes almost too beautiful to believe</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">That this is reality and not just a dream</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In my garden, summer has been gentle,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Spring calls softly from the darkness</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">To lure us from our slumber</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's in the whisper of the wind</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hot and cold play hide and seek</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">No one can resist the lure</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Of a Spring parade</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What started as a whisper</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">flowers dance, the </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">music plays</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A Spring song I adore.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A simple bouquet of flowers,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">plastic-wrapped, propped up in a grocery-store bin,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Like a shimmering mirage</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After a long Winter</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was beginning to feel as if I</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I had no idea how much I needed them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">To reveal the magnitude</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">$5.00 a dozen,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">it seems incredible...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Because what these flowers have to offer is</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">- Priceless!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It appears Spring has been hijacked by Winter,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Fresh snow continues to fall</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">discouraging the tulips that have optimistically</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">poked their heads </span><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">out of the cold, hard ground.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The only things out to greet me on my walks</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And the joyous sound of birdsong welcoming</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The tomb seals shut</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ice contains no future</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Diamonds appear out of nowhere</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Until the light</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">There are more miracles</span></div>
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Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01341233630137969987noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293326732470699661.post-24444297755362202602015-12-02T11:20:00.000-08:002015-12-02T11:20:46.371-08:00And So It Begins<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Winter is playing a game of peek-a-boo with us,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">you know how it likes to keep things fun.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A little frost here to decorate the flowers that remain,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">a dusting of snow there that disappears by mid-day...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It knows how downright unenthusiastic we can be</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">when it first arrives so it likes to keep us guessing,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">is it here or is it not?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We become increasingly grumpy and morose</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">as everything around us shrivels up and dies</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">once the cold temperatures set in.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And the plants that once brought us such happiness and joy?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">They've turned into scary-looking monsters</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">that shiver in place and haunt our garden.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">But, this does happen every year.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Don't lose heart.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In no time, once our eyes lose all memory</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">of what vibrant spring, summer and fall colours look like,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">all that white fluffy stuff</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Of course, there are also winter survival strategies:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">You can always pretend it's just not happening.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This <strike>liar</strike> seagull is splashing around</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">in -1 C sun-dappled water,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">but you'd never know it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Because it's swimming in the balmy waters</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">of Lake Denial!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Dreaming of warmer temperatures</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you do it right</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">by the time you wake up</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">it'll be Spring again!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">But, probably the best strategy of all</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">(we all have one.)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Surround yourself with the warmth and light</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Laugh, complain,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">There's plenty to enjoy about every season.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Is there such a thing as a solemn autumn?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">How can that be</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">When trees decorate themselves </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">with baubles</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">When water glows with lights</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And lemon-yellow leaves wave to us</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">And solemn places</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">With pale, cold, mournful faces</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Wishing you a happy, <i>h a u n t e d</i> Halloween!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text modified from <i>Midnight and Moonshine</i> by William Motherwell.</span></div>
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Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01341233630137969987noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293326732470699661.post-15464454732346852842015-10-05T19:42:00.000-07:002015-10-05T19:42:39.899-07:00Dragonfly Dreams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I live in the middle of suburbia.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A land of sidewalks, paved driveways </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and every now and then</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We looked long and hard to find our house</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> in a well-treed neighbourhood.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But, was I going to find dragonflies here?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Of course not...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">That is, until I planted my garden</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and they began to visit</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Even then, a dragonfly pond?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Can you even build one just for dragonflies?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It turns out, you can :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It took us a few years of experimenting and educating ourselves</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is the first year I saw them emerge...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">from my pond...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">my Dragonfly Pond.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am over the moon and beyond happy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the first photo:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I rescued a dragonfly </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">from the rising pond water.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Its wings had not yet hardened enough</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">for it to fly away.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the second photo:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Something twinkling in my apple tree caught my eye.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It turned out to be a dragonfly drying its wings</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">in the sunlight.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the final photo:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">- Best of all -</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I witnessed several dragonflies</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">laying their eggs in the moss near the water</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">which means...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">more dragonflies will be born in</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Dragonfly Pond!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Dragonfly dreams do come true :)</span></div>
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Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01341233630137969987noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293326732470699661.post-70754527380209949262015-10-01T20:35:00.002-07:002015-10-01T20:35:20.387-07:00Onward To October<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">by a Blood Moon caused by the lunar eclipse</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">that their colours seep into my windows</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">drawing my eyes, like a magnet,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">long since having lost their petals</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">in their seedy legs</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">causing all kinds of eerie patterns</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For now, I'm enjoying every red moment :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And before we know it,</span></div>
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Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01341233630137969987noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293326732470699661.post-89942118673916430432015-09-22T10:49:00.000-07:002015-09-22T10:49:50.735-07:00Seed Of Dreams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Milkweed seeds send my imagination into flight.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It must be t</span><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">heir soft white hairs</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and the way they cling to their mother's shell</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">as they dance with every passing breeze.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">They remind me of children.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As a parent,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I can't help but see</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">the caramel-coloured husk</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">as a home,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">with all the children tucked safely inside,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">They'll soar into the sky,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">giddy with their freedom,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">on their way to new opportunities.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">we gave them wings</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sometimes pink arrives with trumpets.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Their personality is unmistakeable;</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">tall and stately,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sometimes pink plays tricks on me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It hides behind things,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">like this spider's web.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sometimes pink has a job to do.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It colours the petals</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">that create this fortress,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">to hide, </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">from potential thieves,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sometimes pink attracts things</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and flies</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And sometimes pink arrives</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">without a sound.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I notice the garden </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">is quiet,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">serene, </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">peaceful</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">calm.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">That's how I know</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">pink has</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">arrived.</span></div>
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