tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91798582064686540682024-02-28T22:55:07.593-08:00Meri's MusingsArt, photography, and random musings by a woman of spirit. An online journal of the ordinary moment.Merihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07024443046207501650noreply@blogger.comBlogger1225125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179858206468654068.post-47732371364771994902021-10-22T08:16:00.005-07:002022-02-11T08:57:14.219-08:00Haiku My Heart: Falling Leaves<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://corazon.typepad.com/recuerda_mi_corazon/" target="_blank">Haiku My Heart</a><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo7alo9yRbgpMcdX4uYGmknJ_X2fMRujsGw3eUJExF8BpeMKU3wDZn5-AP5rGCez8zh9sIXXpI5QXAlQPyX_QR-kzuHuKTemf_1_TQBr1RfbLzpQ6pYRE41eeHNHx5A0wXRUcCCyhFTAo/s2048/091+bw+square.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo7alo9yRbgpMcdX4uYGmknJ_X2fMRujsGw3eUJExF8BpeMKU3wDZn5-AP5rGCez8zh9sIXXpI5QXAlQPyX_QR-kzuHuKTemf_1_TQBr1RfbLzpQ6pYRE41eeHNHx5A0wXRUcCCyhFTAo/s320/091+bw+square.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">leaves clung to branches</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">decked out in glorious hues</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">windstorm ends the show</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Merihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07024443046207501650noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179858206468654068.post-76218123297907875942021-03-07T18:25:00.004-08:002021-03-07T18:25:31.163-08:00Looking Forward to Spring<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQwYoqPK3cBZalxXa0xj0n5-u7ENPAl_g4MZpn9qRqUuC3-ILyVvUR4gG0WCIOTMlXG6v6OGBpvu-13pcN4RpBnGlhy8AnSZhv74r9_wYYWWFxAewK5HOk-oRX8ul9Fkpx2lR69LqQvOo/s2048/Garden+006+web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="2048" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQwYoqPK3cBZalxXa0xj0n5-u7ENPAl_g4MZpn9qRqUuC3-ILyVvUR4gG0WCIOTMlXG6v6OGBpvu-13pcN4RpBnGlhy8AnSZhv74r9_wYYWWFxAewK5HOk-oRX8ul9Fkpx2lR69LqQvOo/w501-h332/Garden+006+web.jpg" width="501" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>Daffodils are pushing up,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>tall and green and just beginning</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>to show their blossom color.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>Peony shoots of bright red peek out of the ground,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>as if they're tempting the deer</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>to snack on them.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>But today, there was a ten minute hail storm,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>so noisy the dogs were disturbed,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>leaving a coating of white on the ground</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>and clinging to the skylights.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>One thing I know,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>spring will be here soon.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>The bird symphony</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>and the evening frog chorus</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>are heralds.</b></span></div> <p></p>Merihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07024443046207501650noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179858206468654068.post-21835663224127127192020-07-17T09:29:00.000-07:002020-07-17T09:43:02.751-07:00Haiku My Heart: Crema<br />
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Merihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07024443046207501650noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179858206468654068.post-44319828668107513732020-07-07T06:00:00.000-07:002020-07-07T06:00:02.081-07:00Words<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">from Mother England,</span></div>
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Merihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07024443046207501650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179858206468654068.post-66593114935552321202019-12-08T06:09:00.000-08:002019-12-08T06:09:01.635-08:00Living in the Pacific Northwest<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>Tulip fields in Skagit Valley.</b></span></div>
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