Haiku Friday #136 Looking at the Skies

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Haiku Friday#135 & SkyWatch#49

HF#136 - Sky Watch#48

Many clouds on blue
passed through but did not bring rain ...
Hope springs eternal ;--)

Holding positive
thoughts rain might bless us this time ...
drenching the dry earth.

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and Sky Watch this week.

Thought for Today

"The trouble with weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it." Patrick Young

Purple Photo Passion and Today's Flowers

Week One - My 1st ...

A new colorful
meme featuring favorite
hues ... Feel free to play ;--)

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Visit others posting purples and Today's Flowers too.

Click if you missed previous purple collages I've shared ...
Roses
Pansies, Alyssum & Heliotrope
Irises, Johnny Jump Ups, and more

Thought for Today
"A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books." Walt Whitman

Shadow Shot Sunday #17

This is my seventeenth …

Front Yard Shadows

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Thought for Today
"I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright." Henry David Thoreau

HF#134 Looking at the Skies ...

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Haiku Friday#133 & SkyWatch#47

Amazing each day
moment to moment the skies
change before my eyes.

Thousands of photos
consuming real memory
in my Inspiron

computer ... and yet
daily I snap more pictures
looking at the sky.

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Thought for Today

"God writes the gospel not in the Bible alone, but on trees and flowers and clouds and stars." Martin Luther

Shadow Shot #16 - Blog Your Blessings Sunday

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This is my sixteenth …

Neighborhood Shadows

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See also Shadow Shot #15 & Camera Critters at Small Reflections today.

"Don't let yesterday use up too much of today."
Cherokee Indian Proverb

Really Good Things

1. I enjoyed Retired Ladies Lunch on Monday and spending the afternoon shopping with a friend afterward without spending much money at all. It's a relief to know I can exercise such fiscal restraint, finally ;--)

2. Spending quality time with Molly and taking her to Dog Beach to play on Friday morning feels good. Now that the weather is warmer, we'll be able to do this more often together.

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3. Devoting time over several days to pruning, weeding, watering and photographing flowers in my front yard all seem like worthy accomplishments.

4. Learning more about Word 7 at Adult School is nifty and I love using the Photoshop Elements skills I learned last year to create collages like the ones in this post to share the photographs I've taken with my new Nikon D60.

5. I had a wonderful phone conversation this morning with my Taos Writers Retreat Buddy and found myself revisiting my early posts here at Sacred Ruminations ... and I'm surprised by what's there ... pretty much undiscovered by anyone. Perhaps I'll share some of those early posts again sometime in the future ... just because.

What are some blessings in YOUR life currently?

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Thought for Today
"With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now." Ralph Waldo Emerson

Purple Photo Hunt and Today's Flowers

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at Happily Retired Gal & Small Reflections today too ...

This week’s theme is - PURPLE
my favorite color ;--)

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Photo Hunt and Today's Flowers.

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at Small Reflections and Happily Retired Gal

Thought for Today

"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority."
Elwyn Brooks White, Essays of E.B. White, 1977

HF#132 Looking at the Changing Skies Last Week

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Haiku Friday#131 & SkyWatch#45

Once again changing
weather generates new views
each & ev'ry day!

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Thought for Today

"Knock on the sky and listen to the sound." Zen saying

Watery Wednesday #4 - Long Beach Marketplace

This is my 4th ...

My 1st & 2nd are here at Sacred Ruminations
and my 3rd is at Happily Retired Gal

I snapped these photos recently ...

in Long Beach, Southern California
at the Marketplace near the Long Beach Marina

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& Wordless Wednesday too.

Although not shared as Watery Wednesday,
you might enjoy my 56th Camera Critters
at Happily Retired Gal on April 4th
... a favorite of mine with Koi
swimming in shadowy
waters.

Thought for Today

"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." Lao Tzu

Blog Your Blessings on Sunday and Today's Flowers

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"Easter says you can put truth in a grave,
but it won't stay there."
Clarence W. Hall

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"Don't let yesterday use up too much of today."
Cherokee Indian Proverb

Weeding, watering & working in my yard this past week I heard repeatedly from passers by how much like EASTER my garden looks and what a joy to see it is each day. I feel blessed to grow and share blossoms and fruit with friends, neighbors & visitors. If you missed either of these Spring Awards previously, please feel free to snag, enjoy, & share with others ... just because.

"I think of the garden after the rain;
And hope to my heart comes singing,
At morn the cherry-blooms will be white,
And the Easter bells be ringing!"
Edna Dean Proctor, "Easter Bells"

If time permits ... you'll find a lovely rose collage
at Small Reflections shared last Thursday.

What are some blessings in YOUR life currently?

For others who 'Blog Their Blessings'

go to My Blog Rolls and/or click on the
Blog Your Blessings logo above.

Thought for Today
"The resurrection gives my life meaning and direction and the opportunity to start over no matter what my circumstances."
Robert Flatt

Shadow Shot #14 - Camera Critters #59

This is my fourteenth …
Happy Passover & Easter

A Spring Rose for Everyone!
Snag, enjoy, and share with others as you wish.

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and Camera Critters at Misty Dawn's this week.
See also Dogs at Play at Small Reflections
and Fur Friends Visit at Happily Retired Gal.

This is my 59thMisty Dawn started the meme and explains the rules here.

Thought for Today
"Easter is the demonstration of God that life is essentially spiritual and timeless." Charles M. Crowe

Sky Watch #44 - Looking at the Sky on Friday

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Thought for Today
"You can hear the footsteps of God when silence reigns in the mind." Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Watery Wednesday #2 - Fowl Food Fight Flights

This is my 2nd ...

and my 3rd is at Happily Retired Gal today ...

More Fowl Food Fights ;--)
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& Wordless Wednesday too.

Thought for Today

"Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral."
John Burroughs

Today's Flowers - Blog Your Blessings Sunday

Mellow Yellow and Camera Critters too ;--)

Bees & wasps enjoy
flitting hither & yon from
blossom to blossom ...

This bee prefers orange
Nastursiums over yellow ...
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Today's Flowers & Camera Critters, & Mellow Yellow Monday
and for my other Camera Critters at Happily Retired Gal this week.

It's the one year Anniversary of ...
Misty Dawn started the meme and explains the rules here.

"Don't let yesterday use up too much of today."
Cherokee Indian Proverb

It's good to feel healthy again! I've moved my March sidebar Gratitude list to Happily Retired Gal and started my April list at Small Reflections. Taking time each day to add something to the list keeps me paying attention to the everyday blessings I encounter.

My sister and her husband left for Alaska on Wednesday so I should have more time for blogging in the days & weeks ahead, but I suspect it will take considerable time to catch up. I'll do what I can as time & energy permit.

I've enjoyed creating collages to share on each of my blogs look forward to doing more of the same with the many photographs I've taken over the past few weeks.

In closing, on this Palm Sunday, I submit for your viewing this brief video clip from Simple Truths ... One Solitary Life.

What are some blessings in YOUR life currently?

For others who 'Blog Their Blessings'

go to My Blog Rolls and/or click on the
Blog Your Blessings logo above.

Thought for Today
"The story of Easter is the story of God's wonderful window of divine surprise." Carl Knudsen