The morning openson a gentle kind of daythe kind one gets in mid-to-late Septemberthe kind one wishes tosavour the waning later daysofa seasoncherishable by its very nature the sky a soft, yet brilliantbluewhite clouds, both fluffy andwispreflecting the shineof the…
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About a month ago, I text himHey, I found our wedding song!it’s a song calledI Won’t Let You Down, by Toby Keiththe chorus of which is ♪ I ain’t got a pot of gold Girl I ain’t even got a…
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This morning lovely husband isup early, wee hours one might say,and I half-consciously listenfor his going in the darkness he comes quietlyand bends, to kiss me good-byesandback to sleepin kindness the dog lifts the blankets with his snoutsnuggles into the…
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August are ya feeling me?? A couple of cooler days, and someare ready topack it innights sneakily drawingclosera little earliereach timeand thoughts of souphave begun toswirl think, I am coasting alongenjoying the sunnot really lamenting the passage of timeother things…
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A rather ordinary sort of dayone might think,one in which nothing very spectacularmay behappening but one in which words from the lovelyKate Bowler, to be a loving presencewill set wings to my heart and a regular walk pastthe small window…
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Past the small window on the stairsalways, I peek outto check on a nest tucked cozily inthe junipernot easily seen from outsidebut just a perfect, safe spot for viewingfrominside the house built by a robinoriginally holding lovely blue eggsand then…
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From where I sit, I can seehigh up in the crab apple treea small feather blowing in the breezeas it quite activelycatchesthelightand my eye I wonder to myself about itstravelsand how it has come tolightjust here up through the branches,the…
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Just so you know,I have lodged a proper complaintto whom it may concernwiththe leader of the Mosquito Brigadecurrently plaguingallofoutdoors feeling a little confined,like there is so much sunshineto be feltand gorgeous hot temperaturesto swelter in, yet here I amrather quickly…
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On Thursday, at the end of another hotwork dayI spend some timetrying to convince a gorgeous black swallowtail butterflythatI ampeace this beautiful being has found its wayunfortunatelyin to the greenhouse where I workwhere, I happen to know wella lot of…
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This morning dawns in the gardenabsolutely beautifulit’s been a long weekrather more eventful than one wouldwishbut also one that comes gentlyto aperfectly peacefulFridayin the loveliness of myhappiestplace this morning in the gardenI’m wonderingwhyone would ever wishto be anywhere elseyou know,…
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