{"id":1219,"date":"2017-04-07T16:15:29","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T20:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/?p=1219"},"modified":"2017-04-07T16:18:23","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T20:18:23","slug":"to-a-snow-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/?p=1219","title":{"rendered":"to a snow in April.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning<br \/>\nwhen I look out even though the calendar reads<br \/>\nApril 7<sup>th<br \/>\n<\/sup>yesterday\u2019s visions of spring<br \/>\nhave suddenly all been blanketed<br \/>\nin white<br \/>\na rather raucous wind is<br \/>\nwhipping up a frenzy<br \/>\nin the garden<br \/>\nwhile we wait for the coffee to perk<br \/>\nmy husband points my attentions<br \/>\nto the little cottage<br \/>\nwhere the garden fairies reside<br \/>\nand as to an earlier post (*<a href=\"http:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/?p=1182\">to beautifully begin &amp;#8230;<\/a>) has been found and returned to its proper place<br \/>\non this very blustery morning<br \/>\nseems the girls have acquired a sentry<br \/>\nas to not let their little cottage go wandering again<br \/>\nhe sits, not in a threatening manner<br \/>\nas this is not in his nature<br \/>\nbut instead, peacefully still<br \/>\nwith his head bowed low<br \/>\nunbothered<br \/>\nwhile the wind ruffles his feathers<br \/>\nattempting to disrupt his peaceful state<br \/>\nyet still, he sits<br \/>\nin quiet strength and beautiful<br \/>\npeace<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1221\" src=\"http:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_6201.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6201\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_6201.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_6201-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_6201-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_6201-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_6201-1170x878.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While I sit quietly reading by the window,<br \/>\nI gaze out<br \/>\nas always I search<br \/>\nfor early risers<br \/>\ncaught up<br \/>\nit is here again, I pause in gratitude<br \/>\nbehold the silent strength and great beauty of the mighty scilla<br \/>\ntiny as she is<br \/>\nshe bows her head gently<br \/>\nunder the weight of<br \/>\nthe soggy white bonnet<br \/>\nthat sits upon her head<br \/>\nand spills on to her leaves<br \/>\nyet still she is standing rather peaceful looking<br \/>\nand<br \/>\nstrong<br \/>\nlater<br \/>\nthe stormy looking skies change to<br \/>\na glorious bright blue with billowing sails of white<br \/>\nand almost miraculously<br \/>\nyet as if on cue<br \/>\nthe sun returns<br \/>\nthe snow slowly disappears<br \/>\nand the graceful resilient<br \/>\nscilla<br \/>\nraises her beautiful blue<br \/>\nhead<br \/>\nand smiles<br \/>\nas do I<br \/>\nwhen my husband comes to kiss me<br \/>\ngoodbye<\/p>\n<p>and there it is<br \/>\nPeace<\/p>\n<p>Gratitude<\/p>\n<p>Strength<\/p>\n<p>Beauty<\/p>\n<p>and<\/p>\n<p>Love<\/p>\n<p>these are the blessings of my day \u2665<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning when I look out even though the calendar reads April 7th yesterday\u2019s visions of spring have suddenly all been blanketed in white a rather raucous wind is whipping up a frenzy in the garden while we wait for&hellip; 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