tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63007310633189191692024-03-20T11:47:44.132-04:00Lisa Papp's Garden Diary with Anthea & MarigoldBits and Things from the garden...Lisa Papphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259339978720379667noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300731063318919169.post-58306508265408142792016-09-21T14:35:00.005-04:002016-09-21T14:37:51.428-04:00<div class="MsoNormal">
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I have the loveliest sunflower this year. Tall, big flowers,
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It came from a packet called “organic mix”. Inside were
several seeds of different sizes and color. None of them had pictures of 8
glorious sunflowers growing like a tree. <o:p></o:p></div>
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(I watched the goldfinch walk across the topmost flower this
morning, checking on the seeds. Not ready yet. And my hummingbird visits each
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It’s September - Anthea and Marigold gather and sort seeds.
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Zinnias, so delicate,
they feel and look like tiny scraps of tissue in your hand. Cosmos can be
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faces.….long, slender, crescent moons – how could that be a seed? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How could feathery leaves and pink and white
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impatiens from seeds, but I do love playing with the seed pods. The tiniest
brush and POP! the pillow explodes, turning inside out, sending seeds
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and narrow stem. They decorate the rocky ditches along side my morning walk. If
you dig one up, you will see the tuberous root “bleeds” red when disturbed. It
can be used as a natural dye for wool yarns. I have 4 or 5 in my grove that
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These flowers sing in the breeze…… hang in there a little
longer, look what’s ahead…… That’s the message of spring……hang in there, trust
in the unseen, it is more glorious than you can imagine. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Marigold is always ready to help with nest building. Here he helps the Mrs. Blue Gray Gnatcatcher.</div>
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Working together, building a nest goes quickly. Here is the Mr. Blue Gray Gnatcatcher.....notice the darker stripe above his eye.</div>
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My little gnatcatcher visits every day. He’s fond of the
coconut fibers that line my hanging baskets.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I would very much like to see the nest he is creating – I
understand it’s hidden away on a single, slender branch. A marvel of grasses
and fibers held in place with spider webs! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Mother Nature at it again.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Something for everyone.<o:p></o:p></div>
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What would our homes look like if we formed them with the
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Surely mine would have sprigs of clover decorating the roof.
The walls, red and silver maple with a splash of sassafras. Creeping thyme
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Hickory to steady the corners – and in every branch, a bird.
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The robin for my morning song, the chickadee for noon,<o:p></o:p></div>
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The peepers chirp my lullaby,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Celebrate Spring!<o:p></o:p></div>
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You never tire of it.</div>
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Cooler than sapphire,</div>
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Anthea and Marigold bid farewell to the bluebirds. Five
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I miss them already;
time to set summer free. But isn’t that the way of things. Enjoy, let go.
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It is true with all your gifts….set them free.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Watch their flash of brilliance delight
the world. Watch them circle back to bless you, again and again…</div>
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A song sparrow making notes in the
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A Ruby Crowned Kinglet, swift as a
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He is a welcome visitor, gracing
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<!--EndFragment-->Lisa Papphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259339978720379667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300731063318919169.post-443700523757704412012-06-21T10:30:00.006-04:002012-06-21T10:41:00.057-04:00May 2012<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzeZyuGiw6yyTMaFXwhoHjT-p8pWZr1OMLJGRpACWrISSpILWBb6jkL0yPyPruRlc6fk9tUJr-4QGo7fugDWyAxr0uh08wRWmdBOdplDIhZv6th7Ix9Uy02l6DcVTnGDnS-r01g8T_fFc/s1600/May+2012+A%2526M+Bluebird.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzeZyuGiw6yyTMaFXwhoHjT-p8pWZr1OMLJGRpACWrISSpILWBb6jkL0yPyPruRlc6fk9tUJr-4QGo7fugDWyAxr0uh08wRWmdBOdplDIhZv6th7Ix9Uy02l6DcVTnGDnS-r01g8T_fFc/s400/May+2012+A%2526M+Bluebird.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5756498206263939490" /></a><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">If the angels are smiling, the bluebirds will nest here as they have the past 4 years.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">They are a glorious bunch.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">A busy bunch.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Striking in their summer blue.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The sun plays tricks on their backs</p> <p class="MsoNormal">making an already radiant blue shimmer</p> <p class="MsoNormal">like the sea.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Catching the light, and throwing it back</p><p class="MsoNormal">A shared gift, I suppose --</p> <p class="MsoNormal">That sun smiling down,</p> <p class="MsoNormal">the blue saying Yes!</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Thank goodness for the peace makers</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqRE2YAwYMC7-g6_7QqBBjYfJ0HAxnikK_rqvtzDfHYyyvPnW8EW6pZ9-x1-wCtzQbF-owGyVi3G2Hjyl-FctPIXELwWclJKfs5R_lJIxD5dblHchqKvwUyqdLyfqPHmDGqs01xACUDqU/s400/May+2012+Mari+bluebird+wings.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5756498209818678914" /></p> <!--EndFragment--><p></p> <!--EndFragment-->Lisa Papphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259339978720379667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300731063318919169.post-81377273301027221322012-02-01T11:43:00.008-05:002012-02-01T12:00:24.812-05:00January 2012<img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 349px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge3e4Nr-YTFS331U8akfxP4T0udfed1btOdLl4PDhkg5JBXDQ14UvUXR7dUiEA-ehi8sWdhDAprWpvrN8_BVMckd_QS2SgCcGTQoXOyLyfqnmrGE-uC8IdTK_5kM-8qZYNNgxwJIJ7htI/s400/Jan+2012+Snowdrop_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704210963130854162" /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%">My dear snowdrops come with a history. They were gifted to me from a dear friend who lived her young life in the scilla covered slopes of England. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%">A life of fairies and beautiful legends. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%">A place where make believe and reality were content to sit side by side without all the traditional arguing you sometimes see in modern times. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><br /></p><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 229px; height: 354px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJqloj9nzoJOiOTIC1QhJIzG7XPZ6PNKrmcZOCAipl70AzI7Qxh1rYDfQm3o6OubZenU-muBnH6llIvTuDWhfEJExKQi98CtUklyz8_e8Qa1IRo8ujJuh1PPVIXBP3DfdUqZxw3f8osE/s400/Jan+2012+Mari+and+snowdrop_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704210867311885698" /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%">No, these snowdrops are the real thing . . .</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%">Kissed by legend, </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%">Bound by the ancient oath, </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%">Filled with lullabies, nurturing stories of a better time</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%">deep, deep within their roots.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><br /></p> <!--EndFragment-->Lisa Papphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259339978720379667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300731063318919169.post-85454098244661702752010-09-17T12:57:00.005-04:002010-09-19T11:06:19.981-04:00August 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbq1rONkGYYVCiWo6Cmcp31tAzHVSWIXOBGneIUEEetCz7M7IRsbaCI1BeOQpM0TIiU9aRv9KNHcJpyi7urHSoT5WP-bXAQTkFYV5BQEoY-q2WsP-v3iF-KL9KC1Srr3QSkjGLlPi6Wlo/s1600/August+2010+Anthea+butterflies.jpg"> </a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3EicBDrMblUgWkgyO_fGI-9Yc_FbLBwxydC1UmIMGN42i2XrnfVeHnFTf9NV0377ia3tZvcQJ81vZhFCZtiIUfyMrDVbHRL3cpL6sxMLaPIxaOz2ouDGxinZWRPK5tJrOiIm02yVRyS0/s1600/August+2010.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 353px; height: 129px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3EicBDrMblUgWkgyO_fGI-9Yc_FbLBwxydC1UmIMGN42i2XrnfVeHnFTf9NV0377ia3tZvcQJ81vZhFCZtiIUfyMrDVbHRL3cpL6sxMLaPIxaOz2ouDGxinZWRPK5tJrOiIm02yVRyS0/s400/August+2010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517927698097904866" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPgD6MWQti4YY3OLRCwl71fJ9_zoG5Lsy6xBYKCt5RmFk3NJ2FZpgSK0i1LymP_vn3U1fzx1SBp1Nr34SGqwZ4JMWwswBY60Dri-daegnLavDFGx-xvRRO_S5YaffCoz96FrxuC2tWZYw/s1600/August+2010Mari+and+butterfly.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPgD6MWQti4YY3OLRCwl71fJ9_zoG5Lsy6xBYKCt5RmFk3NJ2FZpgSK0i1LymP_vn3U1fzx1SBp1Nr34SGqwZ4JMWwswBY60Dri-daegnLavDFGx-xvRRO_S5YaffCoz96FrxuC2tWZYw/s400/August+2010Mari+and+butterfly.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517928014155452834" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><style>@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">God Bless the brave caterpillar.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">Munching luxuriantly on milkweed,<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">Hollowing away in their emerald chambers, </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">beset with golden locks.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">Glimmer, at last, turns to darkness </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">and in that hush, I wonder,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">is there sleep?<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">Is she content to let go, to simply </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">close her eyes?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">Perhaps she’s done this before.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">Perhaps she relies on ancient stories that tell her she will emerge, </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">fuller, lighter, freer.<span style=""> </span>Does she know the story?<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">Either way, she goes.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">God bless the brave caterpillar.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">Deep, deep, away.<span style=""> </span>Into the dark. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">A brave caterpillar she is.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">And when all that she has known</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">is let go, </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">a pin prick of light.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">Simple, Sweet, Full.<span style=""> </span><i>Here I Am!</i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">“I didn’t see you.”<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><i>I was here</i><span style="font-style: normal;">.<span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">Within that quiet journey, the fragrance of milkweed far away, </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">an urging, </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">a calling with different ears, </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">a nudging of new wings.<span style=""> </span>The stretch!<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">Emerald armour fades, locks unfasten, </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">and Alas, I can fly!</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">God bless the brave caterpillar.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbq1rONkGYYVCiWo6Cmcp31tAzHVSWIXOBGneIUEEetCz7M7IRsbaCI1BeOQpM0TIiU9aRv9KNHcJpyi7urHSoT5WP-bXAQTkFYV5BQEoY-q2WsP-v3iF-KL9KC1Srr3QSkjGLlPi6Wlo/s1600/August+2010+Anthea+butterflies.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 279px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbq1rONkGYYVCiWo6Cmcp31tAzHVSWIXOBGneIUEEetCz7M7IRsbaCI1BeOQpM0TIiU9aRv9KNHcJpyi7urHSoT5WP-bXAQTkFYV5BQEoY-q2WsP-v3iF-KL9KC1Srr3QSkjGLlPi6Wlo/s400/August+2010+Anthea+butterflies.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517927809906178594" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><style>@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">Anthea and Marigold greet each and every new butterfly in the meadow.<span style=""> </span>Here, the black swallowtail visits one of Anthea’s zinnias while the Great Spangled Fritilary tests his wings.<span style=""> </span>An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail rests upon her hat and of course, she is old friends with the yellow sulphur who sits merrily on her shoulder.<span style=""> </span></p> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbq1rONkGYYVCiWo6Cmcp31tAzHVSWIXOBGneIUEEetCz7M7IRsbaCI1BeOQpM0TIiU9aRv9KNHcJpyi7urHSoT5WP-bXAQTkFYV5BQEoY-q2WsP-v3iF-KL9KC1Srr3QSkjGLlPi6Wlo/s1600/August+2010+Anthea+butterflies.jpg"><br /></a>Lisa Papphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259339978720379667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300731063318919169.post-70017274886199342462010-05-27T17:21:00.002-04:002010-05-27T17:25:11.506-04:00May 2010"Carry the song of a thousand loves on a single petal," said the Angel to the Wild Rose.<br /><br />And to the Honeysuckle, she begged, "Gather the Bees and bless them."<br /><br />It was May when she spoke to the Autumn Olive, "Set your fragrance upon the wind . . . <span style="font-style: italic;">Ready the meadow with mirth!</span>" <br /><br />I don't know of the other conversations, but I can assure you, the Autumn Olive said yes!<br /><br />Blessed be the Meadow.Lisa Papphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259339978720379667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300731063318919169.post-48133824883748763852010-04-22T18:35:00.004-04:002010-04-22T18:42:51.473-04:00April 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjod8f6kLLd6vGhmDO4vIQ_0HqZZLAEuBI4Nb6XUBrfgAwFeEIgtlXEGv7cQ5sXPr1gfR-k1AO9JKQ340vzLqJLyahLyupjzJZ3fJXrq6DtkaFDBklYQe88QkGpdPbCcJw-CSRh6pmWyKc/s1600/april+2010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 153px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjod8f6kLLd6vGhmDO4vIQ_0HqZZLAEuBI4Nb6XUBrfgAwFeEIgtlXEGv7cQ5sXPr1gfR-k1AO9JKQ340vzLqJLyahLyupjzJZ3fJXrq6DtkaFDBklYQe88QkGpdPbCcJw-CSRh6pmWyKc/s400/april+2010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463095568657541394" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Happy Earth Day!!<br /><br />Anthea and Marigold celebrate by singing a spring rain song with their friend Starling. The European Starling still wears his beautiful spotted winter coat.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM7OeqYEvwPWn1WS7bal8fd9fCJbZtHhHi45amIThXWJ0LSx2c-TB-x3BVOE9OUxdQeEt2FUJxDPmrsARNHPeYBn3BFvzBc3cWR_GENkw9zwFJcUTwJSBfWCbjZ-4Em4Ma0cSWkcTA-hc/s1600/April+2010+A%26M+starling.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 388px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM7OeqYEvwPWn1WS7bal8fd9fCJbZtHhHi45amIThXWJ0LSx2c-TB-x3BVOE9OUxdQeEt2FUJxDPmrsARNHPeYBn3BFvzBc3cWR_GENkw9zwFJcUTwJSBfWCbjZ-4Em4Ma0cSWkcTA-hc/s400/April+2010+A%26M+starling.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463095799428727362" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Springtime falls on waiting stem<br /><br />It falls on grasses new,<br /><br />Anemone, Lenten Rose,<br /><br />Dainty Scilla blue -<br /><br /><br />Misty morning buttercup<br /><br />Cowslips full of dew,<br /><br />Over, under, all around,<br /><br />Springtime falls for you!Lisa Papphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259339978720379667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300731063318919169.post-83576337936408801802010-03-09T11:11:00.006-05:002010-03-09T11:23:35.536-05:00February 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp-JZ_hoAZhy8M9hHVTELXWH0KLZcGW-WbZ_06aqWwdDto_ga1Cwv5QAym4rl0Q9bk-99dAMCF8H-b-Ih6Hn-n2IJEu39jEi7mmCTEOaS965A80RALSnQNoNlKC58Rp8M09XCrNmfnMIE/s1600-h/Feb+2010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 396px; height: 165px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp-JZ_hoAZhy8M9hHVTELXWH0KLZcGW-WbZ_06aqWwdDto_ga1Cwv5QAym4rl0Q9bk-99dAMCF8H-b-Ih6Hn-n2IJEu39jEi7mmCTEOaS965A80RALSnQNoNlKC58Rp8M09XCrNmfnMIE/s400/Feb+2010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446669392237093058" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Snowgeese sail overhead, their voices different than Candada Geese, but equally pleasant. Equally enthusiastic. Equally Majestic.<br /><br />I can't help but run alongside. I wish I could journey with them, see what they see, feel what they feel. Know what they know.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyT452Nis6NYCchTAaYbeftLrF0RxTLokqTTD0XaNgBUFFWOEEWEqzLl9rMXsPn3OXZ1-MHmsUX4dmz7yRnBN_BbGDe7gcUeD_WcZbQwHroPmpXo4ZZe9tINjhwOLYPwaBydroWmgqGr4/s1600-h/Feb+2010+Snowgoose.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 192px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyT452Nis6NYCchTAaYbeftLrF0RxTLokqTTD0XaNgBUFFWOEEWEqzLl9rMXsPn3OXZ1-MHmsUX4dmz7yRnBN_BbGDe7gcUeD_WcZbQwHroPmpXo4ZZe9tINjhwOLYPwaBydroWmgqGr4/s400/Feb+2010+Snowgoose.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446669515210350210" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Snow comes, and snow goes, like the two sides of a bridge. On one, the current flows towards you - inhale. On the other, away - exhale. Like all good blessings, it's the coming and going that makes them doubly sweet.<br /><br />Mother Nature does not hoard her snow, off it goes to nourish rivers and streams. Likewise with us. A smile, or a compliment nourishes those downstream.<br /><br />Inhale - receive.<br />Exhale - release.<br /><br />Turn around and watch. The water's still coming - don't worry about that. It loves the flow.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCIxjESMx4HoXbqjHOdiq2NxUTKHTOiLOhSfv4q7as8DUBbJH12wLuANERZCAfripHSKy1kcCKMy7p8ajSUPYaBO6grgxvWA-Zj5Hffr8FDCklUSrMzTxZW1Efgm1DZ2h1ckuLITcv7U/s1600-h/Feb+2010+snowgoose+close.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCIxjESMx4HoXbqjHOdiq2NxUTKHTOiLOhSfv4q7as8DUBbJH12wLuANERZCAfripHSKy1kcCKMy7p8ajSUPYaBO6grgxvWA-Zj5Hffr8FDCklUSrMzTxZW1Efgm1DZ2h1ckuLITcv7U/s400/Feb+2010+snowgoose+close.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446670084170144978" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjGh8bdfnvKRLSbGwsPtjJMW5ZiW93rVunDX1sPEnV7WNQaecGXAr6CxSWuqiAwLuQSKvf3_8WQBiOWN3Hc_a5jW8CW42GKVW-mkEHkNu_k09XxxC8o7B0zzsaClCU0hTAOT1QmFBUPNU/s1600-h/FEb+2010+mari+snowflake.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjGh8bdfnvKRLSbGwsPtjJMW5ZiW93rVunDX1sPEnV7WNQaecGXAr6CxSWuqiAwLuQSKvf3_8WQBiOWN3Hc_a5jW8CW42GKVW-mkEHkNu_k09XxxC8o7B0zzsaClCU0hTAOT1QmFBUPNU/s400/FEb+2010+mari+snowflake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446669831048951122" border="0" /></a>Lisa Papphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259339978720379667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300731063318919169.post-26982676828777649262010-01-30T15:25:00.003-05:002010-01-30T16:21:53.434-05:00January 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8Q0ZqmGPVrJFcvV22Le884CfNFVVYQ8d8bi7GQoY_E3Oxdr4qeTKsO9-HlJ8qqHi1SOLd6yxSsXR6HDPdzc7rMGile0jgXufQtUe0kB5xVNSR-UFcKOmLtyn-nV8xg5psoML4soeHng/s1600-h/Jan+2010+winter+trees.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 143px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8Q0ZqmGPVrJFcvV22Le884CfNFVVYQ8d8bi7GQoY_E3Oxdr4qeTKsO9-HlJ8qqHi1SOLd6yxSsXR6HDPdzc7rMGile0jgXufQtUe0kB5xVNSR-UFcKOmLtyn-nV8xg5psoML4soeHng/s400/Jan+2010+winter+trees.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432646061040818114" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Have you ever held a kitty so close<br /> and then had to let go?<br /><br />Yet,<br /><br />Does a Tree wish her leaves<br /> back in her arms?<br /><br />Or a Breeze take back her breath?<br /><br />No, I think they chance it.<br /><br />Maybe leaves get heavy, or air stale.<br /><br />Or maybe they have a job to do . . .<br /><br />Leaves crinkle and color the ground,<br /><br />Breezes sway and lift birds in the air,<br /><br />Raindrops cleanse, Snowflakes sparkle,<br /><br />A smile soothes,<br /><br />A word heals,<br /><br />A thought carries - like the sound of a bird <br />Waiting to be picked up.<br /><br />The January landscape is barren, but not empty. Everywhere there is promise, promise, promise. That letting go is the answer to receiving. The sleeping groundhog who laid his head down in Autumn is promised a warm spring, the buds that decorate the limbs of trees are the promise of leaves gone by, of leaves let go. The birds sing, (can you imagine if they didn’t!), they sing for all they’re worth and so, Spring comes.Lisa Papphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259339978720379667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300731063318919169.post-24545507330755643722009-12-31T23:20:00.004-05:002009-12-31T23:30:22.704-05:00New Year's Eve 2009Quiet stars rest in the meadow<br />As if a piece of heaven has come<br />down to rest among the sleeping roots<br />and trees and flowers<br />Maybe humming<br />Maybe listening<br />but surely trusting<br />in the well-being of<br />Winter's quiet breath.<br /><br /><br />There is nothing so fun as being engulfed in a winter's twilight. Among quiet, but stirring trees; among hidden, but breathing flowers; among starlight, surely calling you home.Lisa Papphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259339978720379667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300731063318919169.post-85256605098141486212009-12-30T10:02:00.002-05:002009-12-30T10:02:57.438-05:00December 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdqFD2YFrU675uhixerJoGWQ4NX_PKJ7XUpVrmEwmF-t02ok0nWDDj3vA9AuYkf4qHN_LqAyzfhU-rmIjsH1zGqgnSS_1vzD4TEMC95oITT8ARdrMorRPX1FNYtKUhKLGx3hGLo2sd5X8/s1600-h/December+2009+Snowman+mari.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdqFD2YFrU675uhixerJoGWQ4NX_PKJ7XUpVrmEwmF-t02ok0nWDDj3vA9AuYkf4qHN_LqAyzfhU-rmIjsH1zGqgnSS_1vzD4TEMC95oITT8ARdrMorRPX1FNYtKUhKLGx3hGLo2sd5X8/s400/December+2009+Snowman+mari.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421044893399273330" border="0" /></a>Lisa Papphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259339978720379667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300731063318919169.post-80278366355531064412009-12-01T16:47:00.009-05:002009-12-01T17:09:51.846-05:00November 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcbvT9pgCcYKqClar6KodRakFUbUtSVq2VOaWeI046TOlh5CD7ORuU2tQFoMo1aJJXB00ZD9hfun45DDOWPhrpk4VvEsSrqtUNa7wya-wKwA24Ov2cLa-ssqi3HIO36vaV40ulZjv8AVY/s1600/November+2009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 119px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcbvT9pgCcYKqClar6KodRakFUbUtSVq2VOaWeI046TOlh5CD7ORuU2tQFoMo1aJJXB00ZD9hfun45DDOWPhrpk4VvEsSrqtUNa7wya-wKwA24Ov2cLa-ssqi3HIO36vaV40ulZjv8AVY/s400/November+2009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410388391459362786" border="0" /></a><br />Crisp leaves scurry across the ground, breaking free from the morning frost. Bare branches sway like cathedrals against a darkening sun. A late chirp of sparrows interrupts November’s quiet dusk.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDotHYAQpDAo64kj4UTa7jMubL8yLLzV7ELwQbl1GE9bACqejTSOCidC2cqzgKNA6OCDicV8Fnq1GLPRIm5dnp7b36D0Cmdj7JJSUW3cvwMo3iqykO8aG0b1YmieqMGOjOLRST0q5Rz2Y/s1600/November+2009+White+Throat+Sparrow.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDotHYAQpDAo64kj4UTa7jMubL8yLLzV7ELwQbl1GE9bACqejTSOCidC2cqzgKNA6OCDicV8Fnq1GLPRIm5dnp7b36D0Cmdj7JJSUW3cvwMo3iqykO8aG0b1YmieqMGOjOLRST0q5Rz2Y/s400/November+2009+White+Throat+Sparrow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410388633900854146" border="0" /></a><br />It’s the time for Thanksgiving.<br />And how grateful I am for the woods; this one, the one I had as a child, the ones I will have when I’m old. I think - though thousands of miles apart- they are the same. I think tree energy surpasses lines on a map. I think the hum echoes, travels, shares, waits open-armed. And I suppose if I was to sit against a tree, might I feel you against yours?<br /><br />Oh for the grace of trees.<br /><br />Anthea and Marigold listen to November’s heartsong . . . colorful as cranberries, sincere as the frosted leaf, thick with promise, and endless as one’s imagination.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Fz9X4aG7m4mJUgy98Xlq5-_qhJEfZDUFw_leDZ3TCgURG8xh8XYVezS_M2s_3bMVagbVag7vjG9SO54g41x-FVU_8tngRyCfffeyGt-NniO40go6E6npV2gMB2WUnPD1BEwJ1gOfwic/s1600/November+2009+A%26M+sunset.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Fz9X4aG7m4mJUgy98Xlq5-_qhJEfZDUFw_leDZ3TCgURG8xh8XYVezS_M2s_3bMVagbVag7vjG9SO54g41x-FVU_8tngRyCfffeyGt-NniO40go6E6npV2gMB2WUnPD1BEwJ1gOfwic/s400/November+2009+A%26M+sunset.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410392969865325826" border="0" /></a>Lisa Papphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259339978720379667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300731063318919169.post-72845209511483832922009-09-24T13:09:00.005-04:002009-09-26T07:49:34.700-04:00September 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXs4TvAAJRHMTCiP-zPKz21dhl3m74dLbbNGH1sHCkjDgdnq7t4uRwmu_LYr2QsfkAJR4UsCURWqArjUWPZ86eXaxxNuCvh9CflVeeWjV_DiWKcdPpHjJ9MV8JBT_xbxFbGkQyVewsQ7Q/s1600-h/september+2009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 193px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXs4TvAAJRHMTCiP-zPKz21dhl3m74dLbbNGH1sHCkjDgdnq7t4uRwmu_LYr2QsfkAJR4UsCURWqArjUWPZ86eXaxxNuCvh9CflVeeWjV_DiWKcdPpHjJ9MV8JBT_xbxFbGkQyVewsQ7Q/s400/september+2009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385082202108052290" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxLZD9_1_PRiIqh5S53xaKawiYpOungA7wrbhzSroFLzm4DJstcIc7Nr7nugmdxJjw_NUsXx8Wb9XbHbbLzezcDrgay4Vn6Ywg6dyIVZEQcw38jUJy2vgcZfz1n-P433dNv9886QUQ2Mc/s1600-h/+September+2009+lady.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxLZD9_1_PRiIqh5S53xaKawiYpOungA7wrbhzSroFLzm4DJstcIc7Nr7nugmdxJjw_NUsXx8Wb9XbHbbLzezcDrgay4Vn6Ywg6dyIVZEQcw38jUJy2vgcZfz1n-P433dNv9886QUQ2Mc/s400/+September+2009+lady.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385741903122302770" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />If Autumn were a lady, she would smile golden pearls<br /><br />And Scarlet birch would dress her cheeks<br /><br />If Autumn were a lady,<br /><br />She might whisper breezes<br /><br />Through crackled leaves<br /><br />She might hold your hand and sing furrows into the leaves<br /><br />on the meadow path<br /><br />And in the tops of trees, deliver<br /><br />Lullabies of floating leaves; September's birthsong<br /><br />If Autumn were a lady<br /><br />She might dangle threads of flame<br /><br />Across the water<br /><br />I would smell sweet woodsy spice in her footfalls<br /><br />I would run to catch up with her<br /><br />And watch her let go of things<br /><br />Laughing<br /><br />Delighting in the look of it<br /><br />The feel of it<br /><br />The freedom (oh the promise of letting go)<br /><br />If Autumn were a lady, her middle name would be faith.Lisa Papphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259339978720379667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300731063318919169.post-25977061998726690722009-07-31T21:35:00.007-04:002009-08-03T14:16:37.321-04:00July 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzEI8OuQbj4i-awKeCKTbWB2tZQYTKCISEGogDBjW9KIgAFBNrmP9ynK_0IZg5yLzosILA0zH7e7h8rSce0dpbQ5roTNVsiLnYJH9R6Z7BRo7uTCf47BTPd0rFSk7dt2E0eKmEchYo7Y8/s1600-h/July+2009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 187px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzEI8OuQbj4i-awKeCKTbWB2tZQYTKCISEGogDBjW9KIgAFBNrmP9ynK_0IZg5yLzosILA0zH7e7h8rSce0dpbQ5roTNVsiLnYJH9R6Z7BRo7uTCf47BTPd0rFSk7dt2E0eKmEchYo7Y8/s400/July+2009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365802591604942642" border="0" /></a><br />Abundance….heirloom tomatoes on the vine, blackberries glistening, raspberries melting in your mouth. It’s the meadow again. Filled with bluebirds in the nest, new wrens on wing, yarrow flashing brilliant white and everywhere you turn, abundance.<br /><br />Hummingbird moths gather round the butterfly bush which itself, smells like watermelon jolly ranchers. A family of groundhogs take in clover like mini scoops of ice cream while young bunnies hop around even younger bush beans. Everywhere, abundance.<br /><br />Two homes ago, I found a marsh. It was hidden from the road by giant pines and tall grasses, but I found it. I always do, call it luck, or necessity maybe, but I am drawn to the wild and free places; the pockets among the fervor. This marsh held herons, frogs, ducks, a muskrat, and the friendliest array of colorful birds from goldfinches to catbirds to red-winged black birds.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyle5D8KoySP1Orbu2uPke4jBhXdiiCPcYRgM4mH1f0iw5v_X2E7_SXjcRqKBBNyl3tjPpmZi-b5Z08_Rl4mGCkdl7jND778aCa0mFf6YLwRDX41DAut6Y6wTgqnnfIUfJgxI3Fjjd_cY/s1600-h/July+2009+Mari+lilypad.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyle5D8KoySP1Orbu2uPke4jBhXdiiCPcYRgM4mH1f0iw5v_X2E7_SXjcRqKBBNyl3tjPpmZi-b5Z08_Rl4mGCkdl7jND778aCa0mFf6YLwRDX41DAut6Y6wTgqnnfIUfJgxI3Fjjd_cY/s400/July+2009+Mari+lilypad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365802946038742962" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />In summer, the lilypads took over, though not completely. I had never understood them before, but they grow from the pond bottom up, so if you were to tug on one, it wouldn’t come, unless you tugged really hard. Baby ducklings swam through them and one morning, a thousand little jewels stood on top. It wasn’t until I returned in the afternoon that I got the whole picture. Water lilies, like floating chalices, bloomed across the pond, soaking in the sun, laughing almost. So quiet was this place, so removed, I had all this joy to myself. Abundance.<br /><br />Here’s a little picture for you, the dragonflies took turns so they wouldn’t tire out or get bored.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCPyQXSvx6GNyIH9dq9jQo4KBPvKEPx40Li8fpa654dtppbIY1x_gwDHSusCWljTHHTpckewxkl-zhwa8XeMaZgNEqWknlBK5Bz-YfxQMuwcNFgX_SoaFVwV_xgCvwEVscTJF-6UZOjjM/s1600-h/July+2009+A%26M+waterlily.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCPyQXSvx6GNyIH9dq9jQo4KBPvKEPx40Li8fpa654dtppbIY1x_gwDHSusCWljTHHTpckewxkl-zhwa8XeMaZgNEqWknlBK5Bz-YfxQMuwcNFgX_SoaFVwV_xgCvwEVscTJF-6UZOjjM/s400/July+2009+A%26M+waterlily.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365802667176975890" border="0" /></a>Lisa Papphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259339978720379667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300731063318919169.post-82569577390201749322009-04-29T20:18:00.008-04:002009-06-27T09:20:38.116-04:00April 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-z5A21w8ECikXQX5Mmo6agOBR91Sik6-Wc_fovt2ch8V-EUPNvDNDEDchlBclSp4ZuRIh3pwQ3yeMi7I0uAOcJfTnzTzjZEmHxHWVvzTugoXOJeLmAzgVY2uvqikUF_q-u5LEVbG3tUc/s1600-h/April+2009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 187px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-z5A21w8ECikXQX5Mmo6agOBR91Sik6-Wc_fovt2ch8V-EUPNvDNDEDchlBclSp4ZuRIh3pwQ3yeMi7I0uAOcJfTnzTzjZEmHxHWVvzTugoXOJeLmAzgVY2uvqikUF_q-u5LEVbG3tUc/s400/April+2009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351985498438213618" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Every time I say I’m going to skip my garden diary, when the month nears end, it pokes and prods at me – what? Nothing to say, have you looked outside lately?<br /><br /><br /><br />April brings.<br />Birds and buds<br />Green grass<br />Blossoms on the trees<br />Swallows<br /><br />Whatever would we do without April?<br />Without the bringing?<br /><br /><br />April lets go . . .<br />The snowbirds<br />The winter flakes<br />The icy grip<br /><br />Whatever would we do -<br />without the letting go?<br /><br />Breathe in. Release.<br />Give. Receive.<br />Such is the movement of April<br />The poetry of Life<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1394mkTKpf9Xs9Ekl4Wcrco1MCoFh96CxGtOODWUifg_GYy8Wckdy9KpOgY5d_Scko7IWVbgLw2nJx6TKTGNGNEdMgCUnJbXt0srt2npVsIeCI6upmJ1ZXNONmuRlG0DH-NMddvViKrA/s1600-h/April+2009+A%26M.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1394mkTKpf9Xs9Ekl4Wcrco1MCoFh96CxGtOODWUifg_GYy8Wckdy9KpOgY5d_Scko7IWVbgLw2nJx6TKTGNGNEdMgCUnJbXt0srt2npVsIeCI6upmJ1ZXNONmuRlG0DH-NMddvViKrA/s400/April+2009+A%26M.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351996553652137154" border="0" /></a><br />Anthea and Marigold spend their April days listening to the moon, singing songs of goodbye, and welcoming the new.Lisa Papphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259339978720379667noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300731063318919169.post-30764660328142828392009-03-30T09:43:00.007-04:002009-06-28T17:27:05.316-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3rA5s_GkKiLIcHKZODcaORadGwqWzwq-cyYLd1Pg1RmR0fzmEh6ceKB5iDJqJiTghLJIutgDlB-VYgdtA_tHiyn1l6QZ7TdP6QH5lqBGZzwSfu-iKTo4ABMOboy30ajkCtMVhCgpB9fc/s1600-h/march+2009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3rA5s_GkKiLIcHKZODcaORadGwqWzwq-cyYLd1Pg1RmR0fzmEh6ceKB5iDJqJiTghLJIutgDlB-VYgdtA_tHiyn1l6QZ7TdP6QH5lqBGZzwSfu-iKTo4ABMOboy30ajkCtMVhCgpB9fc/s400/march+2009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352492714888839522" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This month I am thinking of very small things. Things like tips of crocus poking out of the ground. Things like the first tufts of yellow brimming on the goldfinch. Things like zinnia seeds hatching in my basement.<br /><br />Each begins with the smallest of steps . . .<br /><br />Planting a small nub in the ground last November. Setting what looks like a flake of paper into a disc of dirt.<br /><br />Each begins with the smallest of steps . . .<br /><br />First a tiny disturbance in the soil, then a lifting, a stretching, and at last, two green leaves. I don’t ask the papery seed to be a field of zinnias. I only ask it to try the ground, get comfortable, to listen to its calling. And lo, the seed begins to answer.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmazHkFAbI_9rXHxnobLU7czJIB-9QZVifz_kKeRujxeMKncN2W5M28UXzbl0bWcH1vd7h_6XbgjsTxwwl5HIAN67C0Vs_bwFord2MZWLMmW4EAzOMaBwbmKYOSX4ArJJ10HttOlqmIa0/s1600-h/March+2009+A%26M+zinnia.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 396px; height: 384px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmazHkFAbI_9rXHxnobLU7czJIB-9QZVifz_kKeRujxeMKncN2W5M28UXzbl0bWcH1vd7h_6XbgjsTxwwl5HIAN67C0Vs_bwFord2MZWLMmW4EAzOMaBwbmKYOSX4ArJJ10HttOlqmIa0/s400/March+2009+A%26M+zinnia.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352492888822072002" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And so it is with us, one tiny but necessary, simple but poignant, doable yet powerful, step at a time we unfold. Like Spring herself, each one a blessing, a tiny triumph, a messenger of the next step.<br /><br />I don’t know what beckons the first wisps of yellow on the goldfinch. Perhaps there are lyrics on the Spring wind, urging one to greatness. Or faint conversations with the sun that last longer and longer . . . drawing out color, tempting boldness, encouraging the fervor of rebirth.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Shhh, don’t rush. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Whisper</span>. Because in the smallest of things, are the greatest of things. And maybe the smallest step is willingness. The willingness to lie in the dirt. To listen. To say, okay, I can do that, what next . . . forgiveness? . . . letting yourself be forgiven? Maybe it’s planting a different seed? . . . being kind to yourself? . . or more patient? or maybe it’s planting another huge flat of zinnias for the hummingbirds!<br /><br />Each begins with the smallest of steps . . .<br /><br />Happy Planting!<br /><br />Anthea & Marigold are busy planting zinnia seeds; each is given a name, a purpose, and loads of encouragement. Mari knows the zinnia song by heart…<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_bVCffS9E2WpMvhSE-5VnCxniY7TjPI0fnaGOVyouJ173uk19Pne4qNJjrDUtvmhIt4jByT0jMRE3ZctfWmIoPbhQnSmrIlBVc1gYsBXJZJC6bauDSrW2NHlOsJhUUZekyiOYpTAJbxM/s1600-h/march+2009+Mari+singing.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 185px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_bVCffS9E2WpMvhSE-5VnCxniY7TjPI0fnaGOVyouJ173uk19Pne4qNJjrDUtvmhIt4jByT0jMRE3ZctfWmIoPbhQnSmrIlBVc1gYsBXJZJC6bauDSrW2NHlOsJhUUZekyiOYpTAJbxM/s400/march+2009+Mari+singing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352493079176664738" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Each and every seed,</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Carries his own dream<br /></span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />The earth, the sun, the rain,</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Know them all by name,</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />Every magic star</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Watches from afar…</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Seeing neither flaw nor shame,</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />The Love I see for thee</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Is also given me.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Oh, the Love I see in thee,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I also see in me. </span> <span style="font-style: italic;">(repeat)</span>Lisa Papphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259339978720379667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300731063318919169.post-55425727536477476162009-02-24T17:52:00.005-05:002009-06-28T17:29:32.740-04:00February 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBckHoonrgZ2jFkYkydXHm1FxTU48Z0G8gn_WqntLG36pYjwBHPfVWn8TSh0S_9Um-RvgsGjRbHOWEQ4nS7a_PeTuzhoAotS6yf3FVvO9nv726QyGCKfk4SUm0K7ldt0HA6fUDa7o0358/s1600-h/February+2009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 171px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBckHoonrgZ2jFkYkydXHm1FxTU48Z0G8gn_WqntLG36pYjwBHPfVWn8TSh0S_9Um-RvgsGjRbHOWEQ4nS7a_PeTuzhoAotS6yf3FVvO9nv726QyGCKfk4SUm0K7ldt0HA6fUDa7o0358/s400/February+2009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352493416656742290" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So much is happening yet you can’t see a thing. I did notice three narrow sprigs of green coming up in my Super Spectacular Spring Extravaganza planting. That’s what I named it; I tend to be optimistic.<br /><br />It’s the time of year I get anxious to see more. In my old home I knew where everything slept beneath the ground. Here, everything’s new. I am still learning trees and wild flowers and doing my best to remember where I planted bulbs. Truly, I need not even care. Spring will show me soon enough. When the sun is right, when the breeze holds the right messages, when the ground is ready to let go…….that’s when I’ll see them. It is a game of trust. Anticipation. Dreaming. Expecting.<br /><br />Life is no different than the spring garden really; sometimes not much to see, but just there, just below your line of sight, is everything. Dream it out. Call it out. Trust it out. And when it comes, dance for joy – then turn around and do it again!<br /><br />Marigold had never grown hearts before and was a little afraid at first. But then Anthea reminded him how they grow everything….<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrnWsS89LXeRPE-OldkNqHcv3VnsHnjp1JX6ysIpY2LtqVo2TVf24sL0MjzzJwZlmOux9SzPARPRux_g833LEnMVTJUYNuvhHOSxevAy_grgxlb2rkGEMT7t2fOYuhTwRIhI1k5z_Zag/s1600-h/Feb+2009+A%26M+Hearts.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 396px; height: 391px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrnWsS89LXeRPE-OldkNqHcv3VnsHnjp1JX6ysIpY2LtqVo2TVf24sL0MjzzJwZlmOux9SzPARPRux_g833LEnMVTJUYNuvhHOSxevAy_grgxlb2rkGEMT7t2fOYuhTwRIhI1k5z_Zag/s400/Feb+2009+A%26M+Hearts.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352493548001986370" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />1. “<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Dream it!</span>” she said and so they closed their eyes and thought up a big<br />picture of happy, pink hearts.<br /><br />2. “Remember to <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">expect it</span>,” she told him and every morning Marigold imagined little<br />pink sprouts.<br /><br />3. “<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Water it and talk nice to it</span>,” she explained, “ <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">because everything likes to be loved</span>.”<br />With that, Marigold fluttered into her arms and gave her a big, pink hug.<br /><br />4. “<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Be patien</span>t,” she reminded, “we mustn’t get frustrated on cloudy days.”<br /><br />5. “Most of all,” she said hugging him with an even brighter pink inside, “<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Be grateful!</span>”<br /><br />These were mostly fun things to do, and in its very perfect timing, here it is.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-z2LFLb8LJ-f1VeU69aa8jPoNcvYU7xiSt_vX___i46_qnveq6L94JGMEelN95yDEffscQqGkX2UMJBvWEEy8cxCXgoOq2R3ZHmWJH2Q1eFATqi08F_W6nv4nN4FvTlP1kHv1Gv-MXHE/s1600-h/Feb+2009+Mari+hearts.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 173px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-z2LFLb8LJ-f1VeU69aa8jPoNcvYU7xiSt_vX___i46_qnveq6L94JGMEelN95yDEffscQqGkX2UMJBvWEEy8cxCXgoOq2R3ZHmWJH2Q1eFATqi08F_W6nv4nN4FvTlP1kHv1Gv-MXHE/s400/Feb+2009+Mari+hearts.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352493730731690258" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Note</span>: there was also jumping for joy between all the steps, which I believe sped things along. I think it a good thing to remember.Lisa Papphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259339978720379667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300731063318919169.post-37970987590841059732009-01-31T17:18:00.006-05:002009-06-28T17:30:44.431-04:00January 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmgUCG5AQBD6k7rB_x13BwW_KgUcdJvJmHv9FsxbJwIOxFX1U1D7dtoNbZBydJgmgoGzKvGb7LDsEotjgMzfIb0S-Rx-KRocs4TNxrgx0AvLGO461T1Zttvv0heYRI2Z9G5zf3RZ3Sc3o/s1600-h/january+2009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 398px; height: 192px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmgUCG5AQBD6k7rB_x13BwW_KgUcdJvJmHv9FsxbJwIOxFX1U1D7dtoNbZBydJgmgoGzKvGb7LDsEotjgMzfIb0S-Rx-KRocs4TNxrgx0AvLGO461T1Zttvv0heYRI2Z9G5zf3RZ3Sc3o/s400/january+2009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352493938013828258" border="0" /></a><br /><br />What is it about snowflakes that they make everything around them . . . magnificent?<br /><br />Everything they touch sparkles, glistens, wears a robe of white. Entire hillsides, a forest of trees, the tiny whiskers on a cat’s nose.<br /><br />Snowflakes fall without judgment. They don’t rush to the wild rose but pass the goldenrod. It is their joy to capture all below them and wrap them in white.<br /><br />I don’t suppose the earth ever says, “no, no, I’m really not worth it,” and casts off the flakes. I’ve never seen a forest shake itself free.<br /><br />Nature knows better; knows she’s perfect, in all her seasons, in all her ways. There is no vanity there, only respect for Who made her.<br /><br /><br />See if you can find a clever way to be a snowflake; make someone around you feel special!<br /><br /><br />Anthea and Marigold catch a glimpse of themselves in the snow.<br />Snow Angels!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5lXLlJauLemOLkuy9EITU4Wl3i0Hdjg7kySxV07z5i0mDHXOrzOp6nMMUdK0ozUwnT-zZlQl4k9_iZIa7YkiYoYBtRr7obTiNryT5LWtz9oJijU2WAKHMVAUrgIicmujnAYuG9r5kK4o/s1600-h/Jan+2009+A%26M+snow+angel.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 340px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5lXLlJauLemOLkuy9EITU4Wl3i0Hdjg7kySxV07z5i0mDHXOrzOp6nMMUdK0ozUwnT-zZlQl4k9_iZIa7YkiYoYBtRr7obTiNryT5LWtz9oJijU2WAKHMVAUrgIicmujnAYuG9r5kK4o/s400/Jan+2009+A%26M+snow+angel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352494047254231074" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_s2PRTFZyrDk/SYTOiPxadcI/AAAAAAAAAjc/FgmrsU8uyGY/s1600-h/Jan+2009+A%26M+snow+angel.jpg"><br /></a>Lisa Papphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259339978720379667noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300731063318919169.post-74158449726270642532008-12-26T17:05:00.004-05:002009-06-28T17:32:50.903-04:00December 2008<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht4N8wewuxMFff0GaFkkTOWr5tOkFNeHuB1b9TjP19dMpaUqVDifrHMoswHXSYQcTPYRo_3UxCS-9RHjpLP2JbwntryR6ZMjEuCuGeiiKRYK396pNYTas0zp9blqC1aNhDM1uzkMvNYiM/s1600-h/December+2008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht4N8wewuxMFff0GaFkkTOWr5tOkFNeHuB1b9TjP19dMpaUqVDifrHMoswHXSYQcTPYRo_3UxCS-9RHjpLP2JbwntryR6ZMjEuCuGeiiKRYK396pNYTas0zp9blqC1aNhDM1uzkMvNYiM/s400/December+2008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352494298251508402" border="0" /></a><br />Out the window, each little twig and every round berry wears a crown of ice! Snowbird loves the frosty weather. It makes his heart sing and his feet want to dance!<br /><br />When the weather warms, Snowbird flies north, often into Canada, where the winds are cooler. Remember when we sent him off? Well, this little fellow spent his summer in Alaska!<br /><br />Marigold jumped for joy when his loyal friend returned. Winter Fest is here . . . . snowflakes fall, and now you know who brought them!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3sBmnivQ9ChVSpT0NERqstRmfMNGet0WvArpBri3bEAsSp8z1MjRjkVY3xuF-0QAqJlTHnAwe5AEoirZrU5Jz_gVaYii19EqfC7XUqHfr5PRDMCL3O11eLOAWtdimgVkxU88RHR_EoH4/s1600-h/Dec+2008+Junco+and+Marigold.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 359px; height: 376px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3sBmnivQ9ChVSpT0NERqstRmfMNGet0WvArpBri3bEAsSp8z1MjRjkVY3xuF-0QAqJlTHnAwe5AEoirZrU5Jz_gVaYii19EqfC7XUqHfr5PRDMCL3O11eLOAWtdimgVkxU88RHR_EoH4/s400/Dec+2008+Junco+and+Marigold.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352494583661532770" border="0" /></a>Lisa Papphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259339978720379667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300731063318919169.post-27090011173123763472008-12-25T17:19:00.008-05:002009-06-28T17:35:23.350-04:00December 2008<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKD5Lv2rUuSa4SQtgP7Kwd5AdzNHfMFxTYesE3Flyi-34MGYTAUnz7P1DG606Y4kKXxYOw1q0sNIQ92xkbC4b-DFeXR_yZ2qhVJqPeJfGB2S5ut67paOb1Llk-DG3FzxPqgSD-FbOTjf0/s1600-h/Dec+2008+Marigold+comtemplating.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKD5Lv2rUuSa4SQtgP7Kwd5AdzNHfMFxTYesE3Flyi-34MGYTAUnz7P1DG606Y4kKXxYOw1q0sNIQ92xkbC4b-DFeXR_yZ2qhVJqPeJfGB2S5ut67paOb1Llk-DG3FzxPqgSD-FbOTjf0/s400/Dec+2008+Marigold+comtemplating.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352495105418651106" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">A chorus of snowflakes pads the Earth,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Listen and you will hear peace, I think.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">A deer moves, trusting through the night,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Be still, and you will see peace, I think.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Stars roam, gazing upon the world with grace,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Join them and you will find peace, I think.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And when the music stops,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">leaving only candles and hushed voices<br />singing,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Dreaming,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Silent Night,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Then, you will know peace, I think.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_s2PRTFZyrDk/SVVZDbSSJZI/AAAAAAAAAhk/HfbBSFLyVyE/s1600-h/Dec+2008+Marigold+comtemplating.jpg"><br /></a>Lisa Papphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259339978720379667noreply@blogger.com3