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In Praise of Rain

It seems that the rain has stopped for the day but I wouldn’t complain if it rained all day. Today I am singing In Praise of Rain, thankful for the recent rains we’ve had. When I go outside for my walks after a rain I feel as if I can palpably sense the relief and joy of the trees and plants. And as I read news reports of floods, fires, and terrible heat I  feel so grateful for the weather we’ve been having in Minnesota this summer. Even though much of the state has been experiencing a drought, the trees Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Love Everything

Early Friday morning I headed out to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum with my camera. It was a perfect morning, cool but not too cool. The early morning raindrops that fell before I arrived had not yet had time to evaporate, so everything was decorated with pristine droplets of rain. All I could think as I went from plant to plant and scene to scene was Love Everything without reserve! So that’s what I did as I wandered and wondered at the beauty of life. The prairie flowers were in bloom and I loved their careless scattering of blossoms here and Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Found Beauty

I took a short walk this morning and saw some exquisite “weeds” along the path. On my way home I decided to pick a few stems of this Found Beauty to photograph. I spent a happy hour photographing and editing photos of my finds. It’s been a full week already and I’m feeling a bit worn out today after a poor night of sleep last night. The vertigo that I’ve been experiencing has continued frequently during the past month and a half. Yesterday was my first appointment with a physical therapist who specializes in vestibular therapy. It was a wild Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Turning Point

It feels to me like time suddenly sped up. The first week of August has come and gone already! We have reached the Turning Point of the summer season and are moving from the height of summer towards the beginning of fall. I can no longer pretend that summer will last forever or that somehow I can stretch these long summer days out to fill more of the year. Instead I take time to remind myself to appreciate these waning summer days. I have a quote and a poem I would like to share with you today. The first, a Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Muskrat Love

I took my Olympus camera with long lens attached along on my walk this morning. And I received a surprise gift when I looked at my photos afterwards. Look closely at the photo above and see if you can see the muskrat near the three ducks on the right of the photo. I was astonished to see it and immediately fell in Muskrat Love thinking about how calmly it posed for my photographs. I had not noticed it when I made the photograph, probably seeing it as just another wood duck in the group of wood ducks. I occasionally see Read more…

By Marilyn, ago