Finding Inner Peace

Sometimes flickers of it are in your own backyard:

We shall find peace. We shall hear angels. We shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
- Anton Chekov

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Good Ideas

A Catnap

Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o’clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.
- Robert Fulgham
Afternoon Tea

Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves – [...]

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Here and There

I’m not feeling very chatty right now, so I hope you’ll put up with some recent photos.
At a garden shop:

At home:

The weather forecast is for more rain and cold weather, so for now we’re soaking up the sun. Don’t stay away for long, beautiful weather!

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Mid-week Bliss

Although my favorite season of all doesn’t officially begin until next week, it’s already unfolding in its luxurious colors, at least in our neighborhood. On this Wednesday, here’s a little bliss from my corner of the world.
Pale yellow roses from my dear husband:

Tissue-thin petals of the Spanish lavender:

A row of flowering plum trees on the [...]

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After the Rain

A Japanese maple leaf floating in water:

A puddle of gold leaves from the white birch:

A pile of clean, smooth stones:

New hydrangea leaves unfurling to the rain:

Jewels of rain on scarlet leaves:

When it rains, I often think of Mary Oliver’s poem, “Last Night the Rain Spoke to me.” You may have read it before, but here [...]

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