Showing posts with label Buttercups. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Buttercups. Show all posts

Monday, April 22, 2013

Day One Hundred Twelve 2013

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Peace and happiness are available in every moment.
Peace is every step. We shall walk hand in hand.
There are no political solutions to spiritual problems.
Remember: If the Creator put it there, it is in the right place.
The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears.

~An Indian Chief, 1876.

Friday, March 8, 2013

Day Sixty Seven 2013

T G I F ~ some randomness
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Here comes the sun! If you click on this picture to enlarge it, you can see all the tiny sunbursts in the birdbath water, along with the sun’s glorious reflection. Pretty cool and totally accidental on my part.
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Our birdbath hasn’t been cleaned out in a long time and contains a little eco system all its own. There are tiny bubbles in the water around that little feather (I think it’s a feather).
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Our porches haven’t been cleaned off all winter, either. This is one of the rotting pumpkins from last Fall still sitting on the deck that will need to be scooped off with a shovel because it has turned to liquid. That should be fun.
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The sun is new each day.
~Heraclitus
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Watering can can’t water with a hole in the bottom.
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All of our buttercups look like this ~ bowed down even in the bright sunlight. They bloomed way too early this year and have been beaten down by the recent snow.
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You’re never too old to blow bubbles, which I did this afternoon, [even though the grand peeps weren’t around], just because they were still sitting out on the table where we left them earlier this week. Could not resist.
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Little buttercup bud just can’t hold its head up ~ too weak from the cold and snow.
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This little stone in our walkway commemorates the year we moved into this house ~ 30 years ago this month. Hard to believe I’ve spent half my life here.
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We all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.
~John Lennon
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Good advice.
Happy TGIF, y’all! Hope you have a fabulous weekend!

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Day Thirty 2013

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This was the extent of damage at my house from the storms that raced through Middle Tennessee early this morning. They say the tornado sirens went off, but I never heard them. This limb landed right under the kitchen window. Glad it didn’t fly through the window.
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Sunset. I think the sun is under all that gray somewhere. Winter returning. Maybe some snow? Maybe?
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I took this snapshot yesterday of beautiful buttercups blooming in the backyard. All of our buttercups have buds. Hope they can survive the freeze that’s coming. Makes me sad when they bloom too soon.
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He’s thinking, Will it ever snow?

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Day Seventy Four 2012
















Having some fun with my little Canon PowerShot camera this afternoon. In 'color select' mode, I chose the awesome yellow in these buttercups--the rest is black and white and shades of gray.

"Daffodils,
That come before the swallow dares, and take
The winds of March with beauty."
- William Shakespeare

Monday, January 30, 2012

Day Thirty 2012















"Every gardener knows that under the cloak of winter lies a miracle ... a seed waiting to sprout, a bulb opening to the light, a bud straining to unfurl. And the anticipation nurtures our dream."
- Barbara Winkler

And some of those seeds, bulbs and buds are confused by spring-like weather at the end of January.

Monday, March 14, 2011

Day Seventy Three 2011


You know Jeremiah....the bullfrog. He's a good friend of mine. I never understood his frog talk, but I helped him drink some sunshine this past Saturday when I took his picture while he contemplated the buttercups. Joy to the world, y'all. It sure could use some.