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Deadnettle (lamium purpureum)

April 16, 2014 / Rebecca / Leave a comment

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“The longer I live the more my mind dwells upon the beauty and wonder of the world … I have loved the feel of the grass under my feet … and the face of the fields has often comforted me more than the faces of men …”  ~John Burroughs

High atop a tree

April 14, 2014 / Rebecca / Leave a comment

Sitting high atop a tree
Surrounded by Spring
Waiting for a weather change.

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“In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.”  ~Mark Twain

Dark clouds rolling through

April 9, 2014 / Rebecca / Leave a comment

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“When someone is going through a storm, your silent presence is more powerful than a million empty words.”  ~Thema Davis

 

Spring fashion

April 7, 2014 / Rebecca / Leave a comment

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The maple trees are decked out
in flashy red blooms
flaunting the return of spring.

Beauty and the beast

April 6, 2014 / Rebecca / Leave a comment

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… Our thoughts are broadcasts of the soul,
not secrets of the brain
Kind ones bring us happiness;
petty ones, untold pain …
~Unknown

Looking on the bright side

April 1, 2014 / Rebecca / Leave a comment

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“No one ever injured his eyesight by looking on the bright side of things.”
~Unknown

Standing guard

March 28, 2014 / Rebecca / Leave a comment

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Tranquility

March 26, 2014 / Rebecca / 1 Comment

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“Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.”  ~Henry David Thoreau

Vigilant

March 25, 2014 / Rebecca / Leave a comment

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“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”  ~Proverbs 4:23 (NIV)

Seeing double

March 24, 2014 / Rebecca / 2 Comments

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“A joy that’s shared is a joy made double.”  ~Unknown

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