Taos Sweet Peas

"Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower."

~Hans Christian Anderson

Blessings,

Nancy

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In the Pink

Please pray for the families that have lost loved one and homes in the recent tornadoes.

At dusk last night the deer came down to graze our homestead. I saw this particular young buck through the geraniums in front of the window and loved the vignette. With the evening light it already had a dream-like quality, so I just enhanced it a bit with photo editor. You can't really see the deer's antlers, so just let me tell you they're little more than spikes.

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Nancy

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Celebrate

Truckin' Flowers - Taos, NM

"Each day, awakening, are we asked to paint the sky blue? Need we coax the sun to rise or flowers to bloom? Need we teach birds to sing, or children to laugh, or lovers to kiss? No, though we think the world imperfect, it surrounds us each day with its perfections. We are asked only to appreciate them, and to show appreciation by living in peaceful harmony amidst them. The Creator does not ask that we create a perfect world; He asks that we celebrate it." ~Robert Brault

Go out and celebrate God's world today. 
Blessings,


Nancy


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Outside Looking In

For me one of the greatest joys of photography is setting out to capture one thing,

 only to find there is something totally different 

but much more interesting behind me. 

I was taking outdoor winter landscape photos 

earlier this week when I turned around 

and saw my indoor geraniums through the window. 

I love the gauzy effect the window screen gives this vignette.

 "If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not find it; 

for it is hard to be sought out, and difficult". -- Heraclitus

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Gentle Comfort

So many of our friends are in the midst of trials right now: the loss of loved ones or illness,  financial difficulties or broken relationships. These images and thoughts are especially for those who are hurting today. May God's love light shine on you and give you strength and comfort.

"Beautiful light is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is often the strongest and the best." -- R. Turnbull

It was a happy thought to bring 
To the dark season's frost and rime 
This painted memory of spring, 
This dream of summertime.

John Greenleaf Whitter -- From his poem "Flowers in the Winter"

As lilies fair from the foul mud grow, 
So oft it is with good men below;
In daily life they absorb the pure,
And the adverse elements endure;
And rise, through grace, to a higher sphere,
Their hearts in heaven, and their root down here.

Joseph Horatio Chant from his poem "Water Lily"
Watercolor by artist Dennis Reinke

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