It’s got to be done,  so make it fun!

Slip on those fancy gloves and high heels

and have a blast with that duster!

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“Every spring is the only spring – a perpetual astonishment.”

~ Ellis Peters

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s – l – o – w      d – o – w – n ;

. . . . .  pause  . . . . .

    smell the flowers

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Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Breathe on me the poems and songs yet to be written …

~ Ashley Cornwell

(read Ashley’s poetry at  http://threepiecesofarainbow.blogspot.com/)

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Stay alert and keep watch;

night is here,  but Morning is coming!

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Just thought I’d send you one of my favourite flowers

to celebrate the official arrival of Spring!

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A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure,

a messenger of peace and love,

a resting place for innocence on earth …

~ Martin Fraquhar Tupper

 -  my newest nephew at 1 week old;  I’m smitten!

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Spring shows what God can do

with a drab and dirty world.

~ Virgil A. Kraft

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Mesmerized by whispers of the waves

reciting a salty-sweet poem

each line similar,  yet unique

full of soothing, and yearning, and exquisite grace.

~ shelly

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If  ”a flower is a tethered butterfly”

then this must be its cocoon.

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You’ll never know what’s waiting for you on the other side

until you swing wide those gates and find out

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Like last week’s image, here’s another tribute to The Breakwater.

 She’s my favourite walk – a .75km sea wall

offering a unique experience of the ocean and it’s wildlife.

This Victoria landmark remains,

but current renovations will change the way she looks forever.

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Walk with me -

confident in what we know for sure

as we step into the great unknown …

~ shelly

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I had fun last month watching this Amaryllis bloom.

How can something so flamboyant

come from an ugly brown bulb?

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I discovered this unique flower last week

blooming in an outdoor pot at Butchart Gardens.

It was such a treat to see in mid-January that I had to pass it on.

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Sinking sun sets grove of trees aflame,

sending sparks dancing skyward,

to become stars burning steady and resilient.

~ shelly wason

I love the impressionism this form of

long exposure photography gives by ICM (Intentional Camera Movement while the shutter is open).

It indulges my more fanciful musings

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Behold, the former things have come to pass,

and new things I now declare;

before they spring forth I tell you of them.

~ Isaiah 42:9

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Merry Christmas everyone!

Thank you for blessing me with your visits, encouragement, and support in 2012!

May you truly experience Emmanuel, the Prince of Peace this Christmas.

I’m taking a break,  and I’ll be back to posting weekly in the New Year

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They who dwell in the ends of the earth

stand in awe of Your signs;

You make the dawn and the sunset shout for joy!

~ Psalm 65:7-9

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