Just lovely -- the image and the poetry! Thank you for your recent visit and for the kind comment you left. When I see the wonderful photographs you've been taking, I'm humbled at your generosity in complimenting my work.
That image!! That image has me sighing and dreaming. I adore it!
I was just dropping in to wish you the happiest Independence Day. May your day be full! May you enjoy laughter shared with family, great food shared with friends, fireworks to make you gasp, a lump in your throat at the anthem, and a full and grateful heart at all we have been given. Happy Fourth of July, my friend!
Sometimes things aren't what they seem. We settle in somewhere, thinking it's going to be safe and hospitable and just what we hoped for, a magical haven that provides us shelter from harm. Then reality sets in and we realize that we were mistaken. That soft place to land turns out to be quite a bit less soft than we'd anticipated. In fact sometimes things get downright hard and cold and unforgiving. Not at all what we expected. Do we stay and make the best of it or fly away to build a new nest somewhere else? Sometimes the most valuable lessons come from learning to see the beauty right in front of your eyes. Sometimes we bloom most gloriously when we learn to thrive just where we are and come to love just what we have. Maybe each of us is exactly where we need to be, learning lessons custom-made for us.
Haiku My Heart i invite you to imagine living in peace one day at a time I have to admit that I'm finding it hard to celebrate the birthday of my country having declared its independence from Mother England, when the country was founded on institutionalized slavery, the idea that white men were created equal but but black men were less than and women weren't even considered. We tend to glorify the "all men are created equal" phrase without looking at the reality. We can do better. We must.
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with tender
beauty.
always
you enter my heart.
never stop.
xxoxoxoxo,
rebecca
Warmest regards,
Bill
those few eleven words are heavy with emotion and significance...
Happy days
is not long enough—
endless tears
Haiku My Heart … Suddenly!
x..x
Ah, Venezia...it does things to the heart...
I was just dropping in to wish you the happiest Independence Day. May your day be full! May you enjoy laughter shared with family, great food shared with friends, fireworks to make you gasp, a lump in your throat at the anthem, and a full and grateful heart at all we have been given. Happy Fourth of July, my friend!
i'd like to swim in eyes that color....at least once !
though sometimes annoying
still have to love them