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Awakening

The sky was a little bit blue early this morning. But as the day progressed the sky soon turned gray, covered by clouds. Now the sky seems to be a mix of white clouds and blue sky peeking through the clouds overhead. When I first awoke and saw the greens of the backyard glistening in the early morning sun and the pale blue sky above, the first thing I did was grab my camera and make some photographs of the beauty that I saw. These photos are not great travel landscapes or sunrise photo shoots, they are simply a chronicle Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Wild Violets and Goldfinches

The evidence of grace is all around us in this season of new beginnings. Consider the Wild Violets and Goldfinches and their wild bright beauty. Does your heart lift a little bit just to see them all bright and beautiful in the world? Mine does. I don’t need a scientific explanation or theory regarding the natural world, I simply  soak it all in and enjoy it’s great mystery and abundance. Mysteries, Yes Truly, we live with mysteries too marvelous    to be understood. How grass can be nourishing in the    mouths of the lambs. How rivers and stones are forever    in Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Spring on Overdrive

My lilacs are in bloom already! It feels like Spring on Overdrive, everything is hurrying to leaf out, blossom, and grow! So I am soaking up the scents and sights enjoying these days to the fullest. I planted most of my container garden yesterday and today. I’m trying an experiment. Because of the problems with deer eating sugar snap peas and bean plants when I have my containers on a table on the side of our driveway, I’ve moved a couple of containers to our deck and planted sugar snap peas and green beans in them. Because the deer cannot Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Blossom Time

It’s Blossom Time here in Minnesota and all of the crab apple trees are in bloom. Everywhere I walk I catch the sweet scent of apple blossoms. Isn’t it glorious? I took a walk in the small park in my neighborhood with my camera yesterday afternoon while the skies were still mostly overcast. The light was perfect for doing close-ups of crab apple blossoms. These perfect blossoms are already scattering petals on the ground beneath the trees. So the time to enjoy them is in this moment, now. Their beauty is transcendent but it only lasts for a few days. Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Ducklings!

Two days ago I saw my first Ducklings of the year on the pond! Seven little mallard ducklings swimming along with their Mama. Such a simple joy! Mr. and Mrs. Mallard were bursting with pride. It was a great responsibility taking care of so many ducklings, and it kept them very busy. She taught them how to swim and dive.    — Robert McCloskey, Make Way For Ducklings The next day I saw them again. All seven ducklings were still following Mama Duck, although sometimes they strayed and then they swam like crazy to catch up with her again. I Read more…

By Marilyn, ago