Outside my door
this white Bird of Paradise
has been blooming since December!
First just one, then another and now 5 altogether!
My morning joy!
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Life keeps coming!
Birds making nests,
leaves coming on the trees,
flowers everywhere,
and best of all,
babies being born!
Looks like a lot of optimism to me!
Angel's Trumpet in the neighbors yard!
Do flowers ever experience anxiety?
Well, probably not the poppy!
(or would it be just the opposite?)
Nahhhh.
Poppy field of one on my deck!
These I miss,
and the daffodils and the crocus and snowdrops.
Tulips at Mount Vernon Place, May 2013.
The blue Hydrangea,
on a summer's evening,
the year of weddings and funerals.
June, 2013, Baltimore, Maryland.
"...if a mirror ever makes
you sad
you should know
that it does
not know
you."
Excerpt from the poem, Where Do The Eyes of Women Fall?, by Kabir, a 15th century Indian poet/songwriter,
lovingly translated by Daniel Ladinsky in the Penguin Publication, Love Poems From God, Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West,
and used with his permission, © 2002.
(From the Archives of Laine's Blog, January 2013.
Love, and Joy!
Like flowers bring!
(People can bring that too!)
Cape Cod Hydrangeas!
I see you!
Butterfly in Asters, one Autumn Day.
Marley's Cafe,
situated on a teeny tiny island in Essex Connecticut,
with nary a Jamaican in sight,
but great atmosphere,
food
and service!
You have to take a little ferry across the little waterway and back again! New England in Autumn.
The clouds above us join and separate,
The breeze in the courtyard leaves and returns.
Life is like that, so why not relax?
Who can stop us from celebrating?
The poet Lu Yu quoted in The Tao of Pooh, by Benjamin Hoff.
Photo of celebrating flowers taken in a small New England town while waiting for lunch!
Dressed in Hibiscus leaves,
this not naked Lady
was shining in the shade
like a star
in the night sky.
As beautiful as the night.
"Which night?"
You might ask.
The night of shooting stars or lightening bugs,
or the first time you held the hand of someone you really loved.
One of those beautiful nights that you can't forget.
Longwood Gardens, Pennsylvania, Water Garden with tropical water lilies.
From Laine's Blog, August 2013, edited and used with permission!
Catch Laine at the Wednesday Farmers and Craft market and this Saturday at the Nocatee Farmers' Market!
Is that a little flying saucer that landed in the hollow of my tree?
Or a package for a spy?
Naaaa...
It's a mushroom,
with a room of its own.
And a little friend and a few bugs...
A lovely orange and a lovely blue
here is Paradise.
Bird of Paradise, up close in the front yard, St. Augustine, Florida.
(Look for Laine at the Historic Market this coming Sunday, July12th, in the morning.)
It's a daisy!
When I spotted this spider weaving her web, there were only two rows completed.
By the time the camera came out,
voila!
She would take one leg and latch onto the strand that was to receive the new link,
and another leg would deliver that new link all the while she was walking
and probably talking to herself,
never mind where the silk is coming from.
A work of art in a matter of minutes,
and then swaying in the wind that comes with the afternoon storms,
showing the strength of her work as well as the beauty.
(And that's the spider that I didn't know which end was top and bottom.
Well, I know now!)
Good Morning!!!
Surprise, Lily!
Scrawney little pink tipped green stems open up to the world like this!
Shower the people you love with love...
Forsythe Park, Savannah Georgia, song lyrics by James Taylor...show them the way that you feel...
Old Cypress
St. Simons Island, Georgia, 2015.
Stoned beauty.
Savannah Georgia, outside the Mansion on Forsyth Park with an elegant restaurant and delicious lunch! (2015)
What says Savannah better than tree lined lanes with lots of Spanish Moss?
What I didn't realize was Savannah's role in liberating the 13 Colonies from the British.
They played a huge part in gaining our Independence.
Very interesting!
Savannah Georgia, May 2015.
Sitting in the hammock isn't usually considered hazardous duty,
but there is no reason to take needless chances.
So, out comes the camera and off you go onto the nearest branch.
Oh, you don't like that one? Then the second choice - go!
(Must be related to cats.)
(Might be going to a beach fire, and bringing the marshmallows.)
No, she hasn't got a name!
Reprinted from Laine's Blog, April 2012.
Waiting for the bridge to open and close again,
admiring the landscaping
in the land of flowers.
Oh, the flowers are closer on the other side?
Of course!
Bridge = water = boats = openings and closings = waiting = breathing = equals getting out the phone = click = click.
Then off again to wherever it is we are going.
St. Augustine, Bridge of Lions.
Good morning, Glory!
A quickie from the archives, May 2012.
Wild Morning Glory climbing on my deck!
Spiders and webs, what a brilliant idea!
How did Mother Nature come up with these things?
This spider is so curious that it is difficult to discern its head from its toe.
There are so many secrets in life to unravel, it's astonishing.
Reprinted from Laine's Blog, April, 2012.
Lilies in the churchyard,
behind a locked gate.
What is it that we are really afraid of?
So many locked doors.
St. Augustine flowers.
The Jasmine is blooming again in St. Augustine.
In backyards and front yards,
the scent is everywhere.
After sleeping for over a year,
it's back
and beautiful...
Talk about your beauty rest,
this one gets bigger and better with each year.
Welcome back.
THE Amaryllis!
How do you catch a unique rabbit?
You 'neak up on him.
How do you catch a tame rabbit?
Tame way.
HOPPY Easter Everyone,
the most pagan of the Christian Holy Days.
Reprinted from Laine's Blog, November, 2013.
By the time this squirrel was finished with the hammock pillow,
there was nothing left.
There was, however a very comfy nest in one of the oak trees.
In a big wind, small pieces of fuzz would rain down on our heads.
Watching nature's critters prepare their nests for the little ones to come is a joy.
Humans too!