Tamara Willems
July 18, 2025
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#andreagibson, #ellafitzgerald, #inthiswritersgarden, #irvingberlin, #july, #liveinlove, #lovelyday, #lovesongs, #toyouthisday, #writelife
Today, I sat down to write you a love songof course it started with abright blue skywith narya cloud in sightand the vision of a lovely half-moonrefusing as he wasto go to bedat the proper timeremained up there, until way…
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Tamara Willems
July 11, 2025
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#clouds, #inmyjulygarden, #inthiswritersgarden, #summerscent, #toyouthisday
When first I step out, the airsmellsa most comforting scent, of hot summer airand…the lakethink this to be a memory scentfrom my childhoodand my children’s childhood,as I don’t live by a lakebut certainly spent many, many summersthereit’s a beautiful sort…
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Tamara Willems
July 6, 2025
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#arcticblue, #documentary, #inthiswritersgarden, #lifelately, #measaflower, #noticelife, #summer, #toyouthisday, #writelife
In the high heat of summer dayswhich I absolutelylovedays in which it isvitalthat yousitfor a time, and give thanksfor a breezeand the intermittent coverage of passingclouds where the soft coo of the doveseems to suitthescorchdays where one would expect to…
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Tamara Willems
July 1, 2025
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#canada, #canadaday, #inthiswritersgarden, #livingmygratitude, #lovingawareness, #measaflower, #toyouthisday, #truenorthstrongandfree, #writelife
first things first, in the immortal words ofthe great Canadian singer-songwriter Stompin’ Tom Connors♪It’s Canada Day up Canada way on the first day of July ♪(c’mon, you knew it was coming) Today absolutely gorgeousblue skies, sunshine, light breezein the garden,…
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Tamara Willems
June 21, 2025
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#inthegarden, #inthiswritersgarden, #lovingkindness, #neildiamond, #overcast, #pond, #sosurreal, #toyouthisday, #wildlife
This morning early,I take a deep breath in, as I standgazing at the glistening clear waterof the big pondnow pretty much, fully restoredeach time I stand hereit soothes me sosix small lily pads have made it tothe surfaceI keep a…
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Tamara Willems
June 4, 2025
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#calvinandhobbes, #inthiswritersgarden, #livingmygratitude, #measaflower, #nothingdays, #noticelife, #toyouthisday
This morning my husbandis the first one out,actually I had already been out at four with the pupbut as this is a day offwe both, puppy and I happily snuggled back inhusband is greeted this morning, just outside the back…
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Tamara Willems
May 30, 2025
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Last Sunday nightbeginning of the week, justas I am falling asleep, puppy snuggled inby my sideI feel someone come to standbeside the bed… touch my backa veryrealpresence but no one there on Tuesday, while I am at workmy husband finds…
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Tamara Willems
May 21, 2025
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#beingkindness, #garden, #inthiswritersgarden, #measaflower, #puppies, #rain, #toyouthisday, #writelife
This past weekend again, we do somethingbraveorfoolishor I suppose, wethrow caution to the windtake our chances onlovethat is to say,we adopt a new puppy on the way, many times we ask ourselvesis this a good ideawe two, the parents of…
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Tamara Willems
May 7, 2025
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#awalkandawander, #ferns, #gratefulliving, #inthiswritersgarden, #iwritethewords, #measaflower, #springblooms, #toadstoadsandmoretoads, #toyouthisday, #writelife
Would you think that Iam a prolific gardener, even thoughI have told yourepeatedly, that Iam not really a prolificanything words in my head,is how I beginas I will tell you, I am writing every dayand most oftenon theinside this morning…
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Tamara Willems
April 26, 2025
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#attheheart, #inthiswritersgarden, #likelove, #readgoodbooks, #toads, #toyouthisday, #wisteria, #writelife
When I read good writersor should I say, in my humble opinionas who’s to decide,because I tend to read a lot ofnon-fiction –writers who feel as if weare in a kindconversationthey tend to make me feellike Ishould like to writenot…
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