{"id":4677,"date":"2023-08-04T15:34:19","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T19:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/?p=4677"},"modified":"2023-08-05T09:40:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T13:40:51","slug":"in-glasses-of-rose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/?p=4677","title":{"rendered":"in glasses of rose&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One of my very favourite times of the morning,<br>sitting outside by the pond,<br>coffee and conversational \u2018catch-up\u2019<br>with my love<br>watch one single puff of white<br>sail slowly across a pale blue sky<br>quite contentedly sink<br>deep<br>into the pages<br>of a<br>rather wonderful<br>book<br>just as the sun rises high enough<br>in the sky<br>allowing it to peek through the branches<br>of the spruce<br>that it starts to dance ever so<br>lightly<br>at the corner of my right eye<br>and dust the fine hairs on my cheek<br>with a sparkle of golden<br>highlight<br>instantly I will feel a slight flush of<br>warmth<br>like the blush of new love<br>and turn my face up to feel its kiss<br>full<br>and welcome<br><br>this always makes me smile<br><br>the sun then stretches itself wide<br>a light breeze rushes in<br>and the garden begins<br>its<br>response<br>to an utterly beautiful day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>this morning as we sit,<br>a small, gorgeous, black and white spotted<br>set<br>of wings<br>come to dine at the phlox beside<br>my chair<br>bold and rather beautiful<br>I try to get a quick snap, whilst also not wishing<br>to disturb,<br>really just so that I might try to identify<br>this new guest<br><br>who turns out to be an Eight-spotted Forester Moth<br>described by one as a <em>\u2018spiffy butterfly-like moth, that<br>dazzles the eye when it flutters around flowers\u2019<\/em><br>and very true, as it certainly does just that,<br><em>\u2018can be found near forests and woodland\u2019<\/em><br>which is always my favourite descriptor<br>for something (or someone) that appears<br>in my garden<br>such an honour,<br>gives one<br>a little heart squeeze<br><br>although hard to believe it is August already<br>this really is when the garden<br>comes into its own<br><br>everything currently wild and wooly<br>in various stages of blooming, fading and<br>roaming with<br>abandon<br>complete life affirming wonder<br>and<br>wander<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a lovely afternoon begins its<br>unfold<br>the sun, shining high<br>the breeze, blowing through<br>and for a few minutes, I sit,<br>beside me<br>a glass of water, with lemon<br>my book, my camera<br>the dogs asleep at my feet<br><br>contentedly I sit<br>half sun, half shade<br>watch the birds, the bees, the butterflies<br>a small toad and a fuzzy caterpillar<br>a tiny spider sails by on a silken thread<br>and I think to myself\u2026<br><br>What a Wonderful World <br>and my little place <br>in it \u2665<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>American filmmaker David Lynch: &#8220;There is a saying: The world is as you are. You can wear dark-green dirty glasses, and that\u2019s the world for you. Or you start diving within and experience the unbounded ocean of pure bliss consciousness, creativity, intelligence, all these beneficial things, and you start wearing rose-colored glasses. And that\u2019s the way the world looks for you. And it gets better.&#8221; \u2060<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/364377831_1760254117725569_5593047553537668723_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/364377831_1760254117725569_5593047553537668723_n-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/364377831_1760254117725569_5593047553537668723_n-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/364377831_1760254117725569_5593047553537668723_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/364377831_1760254117725569_5593047553537668723_n-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/364377831_1760254117725569_5593047553537668723_n-1170x1560.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/364377831_1760254117725569_5593047553537668723_n.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eight-spotted Forester Moth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4581-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4581-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4581-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4581-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4581-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4581-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4581-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4581-1170x878.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4537-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4537-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4537-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4537-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4537-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4537-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4537-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4537-1170x878.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my very favourite times of the morning,sitting outside by the pond,coffee and conversational \u2018catch-up\u2019with my lovewatch one single puff of whitesail slowly across a pale blue skyquite contentedly sinkdeepinto the pagesof arather wonderfulbookjust as the sun rises high&hellip; 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