Haiku My Heart: Crema
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Happy Friday !
this is so beautiful
winter GOODness indeed
no show here, but cold cold cold
x...x
Peace
I hope that you will consider sharing an offering for this year's 4th annual gratitude word quilt. You can find information about the project and how to participate at the top of my blog. If you’ve already sent something thank you and please forgive my poor memory. The quilt is growing quite expansive and with only first names, I can’t always remember who already shared. Feel free to write in your native language google translate is available on my blog so every one can read and understand one another. Every Blessing~ Laura
maybe
maybe
just maybe
this is why I
dream of snow...
here in my florida }}
An exquisite image!
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