The Daily Post popped into my Inbox tonight, for minimalist photos. This one immediately sprung to mind.
Stark. Past prime. Depth. Beauty.
In bloom, the Zinnia is cheerful, multi-layered, attention grabbing. But even here, there is a shadow of its former life.
Beauty surrounds us, but usually we need to be walking in a garden to know it.~Rumi
Shabbat shalom.
~SE
Leave-taking is always bittersweet when it is a long-time friend who is often more family than actual family. I’ve spent a lovely nine days in the Midwest in marvelous company, been fed delicious food, gone out and about, and now am sitting in the airport waiting to return home via Chicago. The trip in was…
Hint: Click to full-size. “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” — John Muir ~SE
Can you tell I’m stringing this along just have another excuse to take these memories out and immerse in them again 🙂 I hope you don’t mind humoring me in it. It is difficult to tear myself away from the old homestead and all of its treasures and imaginings. But I hear the wild turkeys…
I have forgotten how much fun planning is. Several people offered suggestions for pushing past this painful time. The most humorous suggestion was “The best way to get over someone is to get under someone else!” Errrr, funny, but definitely not my style. But now planning? Re-engaging with my dreams? That IS a…
Sunflower Solace Farm 