In a perfect dance with the rhythm of life, we grow and feel encouraged by those around us.
Flowers. There must always be flowers to color my world. I dedicate this picture to #SundayPurple by @Kalemandra, who colors my world every single day!
red roses too.
I see them bloom,
for me and you.
And I think to myself,
what a wonderful world.
I see skies of blue,
And clouds of white.
The bright blessed day,
The dark sacred night.
And I think to myself,
What a wonderful world.
The colors of the rainbow,
So pretty in the sky.
Are also on the faces,
Of people going by,
I see friends shaking hands.
Saying, "How do you do?"
They're really saying,
"I love you".
I hear babies cry,
I watch them grow,
They'll learn much more,
Than I'll ever know.
And I think to myself,
What a wonderful world.
Yes, I think to myself,
What a wonderful world.
Oh yeah.
Louis Armstrong
And just like that, these musings are done. I want to thank @ace108 and @c0ff33a for hosting these challenges and just so you know, although much sun and shine was used up today, I can guarantee that there is still a little left in my heart. Have a most fabulous day!
I always post this poem down at the bottom of my posts. It is one that has become so near and dear to my heart. I only post the most famous part of it, but, wanted to post it in its entirety today.
i cried the way women on tv do
folding at the middle
like a five pound note.
i called the boy who use to love me
tried to ‘okay’ my voice
i said hello
he said warsan, what’s wrong, what’s happened?
and these are what my prayers look like;
dear god
i come from two countries
one is thirsty
the other is on fire
both need water.
i held an atlas in my lap
ran my fingers across the whole world
and whispered,
"where does it hurt?"
it answered,
"everywhere"
"everywhere"
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Thank you so much for the resteem @pixresteemer!
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Your post are so breathtaking! I mean, your photographs are truly beautiful, these ones actually brings me a sensation of peace and happiness, and your words are beautiful, how pretty your heart is? Hahaha :) and you got me when you write that Louis Armstrong song, I love it, This world it's amazing if we see it with the right pair of eyes. Blessing!!
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Wow! You left me such a beautiful comment! Thank you so much and I am so happy to hear that it brings peace over your soul.
I love that Louis Armstrong song and usually, I put the song on so it can be heard while reading the post. I forgot it this time!
And you are so right! We do live in an amazing world!! May there be a wonderful week ahead for you! Many blessings!
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Awesome macrophotos! I wondered how beautiful can be simple flowers on your photos...
Thank you so much for your sweet comment. I think that simple can be simply beautiful with nothing to clutter your vision.
I appreciate you stopping by and saying hello, leaving such kind words behind.
Have a most wonderful week ahead!
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Thank you! Have a great day too:)
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Oh I love that red bloomed tree thingie in the front! Is it a tree or a plant, if you know? I want one lol! Great words and awesome photos! I surely never know someone so full of happy and sunshine. It is amazing to me Every Single Day! You are quite the inspiration, I can tell you that most assuredly! So in touch with the magic of life! Oh and to get such fresh outstanding photos OMG! I can barely manage cobble cobble together some hack and trash! In a word: Outstanding!
My dear sir, red bloomed tree thingy in the front is called a crepe myrtle. That particular color is called dynomite. I tell you that because there are several shades of red / pink.
Well it's hardly worth putting it out there on the blockchain if it's all doom and gloom, knowing that it's going to stay there for the rest of your life and then after that. But I guess that's not true because a lot of people write about angst and things of that nature and are perfectly comfortable in doing so.
That kind of made me laugh when you said you need to Cobble together some hack in trash. Oh my God unbelievable. Your posts are fine and we all love them. I'll have to put a plug in for you because I just saw that your post is only voted it 50 cents, which means that a greeter at Walmart is paid 700% more than you are. Would you like to Kleenex to weep upon? Just kidding! Your posts are witty and funny and I love reading them. Now get out there and get some votes!
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Well, I learned something today. I've heard of crepe myrtle for years, of course, but I always imagined them in shades of lilac / lavender / purple.
Don't mind me. I once asked our waitress in a restaurant in Cape Cod if she knew what those huge gorgeous bushes laden with flowers in pink, purple, white (and I think I may have even seen blue ones) ... were called that grew in everyone's yard all over town.
"The rhododendrons?" she asked quizzically ... looking at me like I'd just landed from outer space.
Ok ... I'd heard of rhododendrons, too ... all my life, but I never recalled seeing one or making the connection with the name if I did. I envisioned those as low-growing and discreet ... like an azalea -- you know. The kind people give in pots so you can plant them in your yard.
We don't have a lot of any of those where I live.
I'm starting to feel kind of like a ignoramus when it comes to flowers. Maybe your posts will cure that ... eventually.
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Thank you for the mention in the #Hit-Parade @arcange! It is always an honor to make your list!
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Each time I come to visit you leave me more and more speechless...I don’t even know where to began. Your photography is a true work of art, a painting in a photo! It is so peaceful and overwhelmingly breathtaking. Do you sell your photos online? You sure would do well if you did! Your words always align with the beauty in your photos, making us think of warm thoughts and the joys of life. I am resteeming this post so others can have their worlds painted with these beautiful colors. There is so much to embrace in this one post! You are such an inspiration ~ 🌺
And oh my what a BEAUTIFUL home you have!!!!
Thank you so much! I am so humbled by your words. Truly. The photography is something that I enjoy today as much as tending to the garden. It's just an extension of my love for the beauty of nature.
I have you thought about selling, but I'm not really good at honking my own work because there is so much out there available. So, I just post my work here. Thank you so much for taking this home with you and sharing it with your readers. I want to thank you for coming by to hello, leaving your beautiful words behind.
And my house? Thank you. I know it sounds silly but I absolutely love my neighborhood and the feeling of safe and secure that it gives me over with such beautiful people. I hope you have a most wonderful day as you start off into a new week.
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So many great phrases in this post that if you only took one phrase in you would change the whole feeling of your day and every morning i make myself that coffee walk onto my balcony and do exactly as John O’Donohue said to do , stop and listen to the breeze, then breathe in some happiness and sunshine for your day and of i go to make the world a happier place and make myself happy in return :)
Hey!!!! That words stop and listen to the breeze, then breathe in some happiness and sunshine for your day happens to be dswigle's words. The next set of words are his as I quoted them. :)
Just so you know. LOL @hangin
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Well that makes it ever more sweeter tomorrow morning while i am having my coffee on my balcony i am going to breath in more of all that ..hehe :)
Hehehe! Well, that is more like it!!! :)
Thank you!
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Such a beautiful post, @dswigle ! It pours so much colours and beauty into my eyes * ___ * !!! I feel rejuvenated :D :D :D
And I love that song by Louis Armstrong and the poem you included at the end is very pretty, also :)
What a wonderful post, @dswigle ! You are truly a gift <3 !!!
Thank you and what a sweet and thoughtful comment! I love that song with Louis. He lives it. You can see it in his eyes!!!
I have been so remiss getting around. By the time I answer my comments, I am way out of time. In one way, that is an awesome problem to have and on another hand, I worry that I am not getting out to enough people. I hope all is well in your world! xxo
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A beautiful sunday with lovely those flowers and colourful appearance, with few words which can let you describe about what see, hear and feel. Its obviously a beautiful day, have a good and lovely memories.
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Thank you so much for stopping by to say hello and leaving your lovely words. I hope you have the start of a wonderful week ahead!
@dswigle you are just a spot of positive vibes when we are mostly seeing doom and gloom. Beautiful words and flowers, what more could a person ask for. I read you ending poem a couple of times, I really like it.
Thank you so much for such a lovely comment. I would like to think we can all find something positive going on in their life. For me, the beauty of nature and flowers in particular just make my day that much brighter, the mood that much lighter and something to look forward to when I start my day.
Thank you for stopping in and leaving your words behind. This is exactly what kind of comment makes my day a little bit brighter!
Have a most wonderful week ahead!
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Wow! What a beauty! It's just hard to take your eyes off
these pictures of beautiful flowers, dear Denise!
You always have such a beautiful comment you leave me, Svetlana! @singa Thank you so much and thank you for stopping here and leaving such a sweet comment! I hope your week ahead is wonderful!
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Those are some really lovely flowers, colors of natures
Thank you! Nature surprised me every single day with her beauty and her color my world attitude! I appreciate you stopping in and saying hello, leaving your words behind!
Have a great week ahead!
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You make every day a beautiful one, just like #marketfriday. Happy new week @dswigle
Oh, Sam! @mcsamm
Thank you and it is people like yourself that help make every day wonderful for me!! Thank you so much and yes!!! May we all have a beautiful week ahead!
And yes!! #MarketFriday still loves you!
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Looks like a very calming and relaxing Sunday! I had a very lazy Sunday did next to nothing.
You know what? Those are some of the best Sunday's in my life!!! Just to be. Ahhhh!
We are all so busy in life that when we have that opportunity, we hold it as long as we can! :)
Thank for stopping by and saying hello, leaving your words behind! Have a great week ahead!
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They sure are. You have an amazing week as well.
Many thanks!
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I can hear him singing that song so clearly in my mind! I will be hearing it and thinking of him when i look at flowers and nature from now on i am certain. I'm a little off topic but it struck that chord again for me to read those words. That wonderful man and the beauty all around :)
Oh, no!!! You are right on topic!!! I think of Louis every time I look around at life. It is truly a wonderful world and a beautiful life.
Louis had such a beautiful heart. Thank you again!
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It's just shines through him! I love his version of stardust too :)
It's just incredible. he's one of the greatest jazz musicians , trumpet player, and his vocals too. One of a kind.
Thank you :)
Yes!!! It really does!!! I will have to go listen to Stardust.
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Thank you very much!
My pleasure!
Your flower photos are always so magnificent, and never disappoint! Love the song by Louis Armstrong, too, which is a perfect accompaniment to this post! 💖
Thank you so much for your lovely words! Always! I love him too! He has such a great outlook on life!!
I hope you have a most wonderful week ahead! xo
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If you have time to tend to your garden, it's good.
Well, I love it so much, @ace108 I make the time. I will give up a little bit of sleep to spend time with nature. I am of the opinion that we much have more to life than work, otherwise, what is the point?
I hope you are having a wonderful week !!
Happy #BeautifulSunday! On Monday! :)
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The point is you have work and I am still trying to find work but I still have a busy month with the home renovation finishing (lots of cleaning up) and practicing for pickleball competition I am participating early next month.
Have a good week.
I guess I didn't realize you hadn't found work yet. I am sorry to hear that. Oh, yes! The home renovations always take so much time and now you will have to tell me what pickleball is!
Pickleball
Pickleball is a paddleball sport (similar to a racquet sport) that combines elements of tennis, badminton, and table tennis. Two or four players use solid paddles made of wood or composite materials to hit a perforated polymer ball, similar to a Wiffle Ball, over a net. The sport shares features of other racquet sports, the dimensions and layout of a badminton court, and a net and rules somewhat similar to tennis, with several modifications. Pickleball was invented in the mid 1960s as a children's backyard game.
Aha! I had no idea you were older - but, age is relative. What I find old, you may not. :)
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Beautiful, Denise. And the Louis Armstrong made me smile and put a song in my head :D
Thank you so much, Fiona! I love that Louis Armstong song! I get goosebumps every time I hear it! Thanks for stopping by and saying hello!
I hope you have a most wonderful week ahead!
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Beautiful words, beautiful photography, beautiful garden and house! What more can I say?
Wow! Thank you so much for coming to visit to say hello leaving those kind of wonderful words behind. That is so sweet and I am so humbled by these words.
Thank you! Have a beautiful night!
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Sounds like an absolutely splendid day! I wish I have a garden (I believe I will have it one day :D)
A summer day spent outdoor is a perfect time!
Enjoyed your photos :)
I have gardens all the way around the house, and I do love them, although at the beginning of the season, they are a lot of work.
A summer day spent outside... Heavenly. Yes!!
Thank you and I am so glad they could bring you some enjoyment! Enjoy the week ahead!
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I wrote about "summer day outside" because (and it sounds too sad) I spent all weekend at home. Had some work to do on Saturday, and on Sunday it was heavy rain almost all day long. Now I am sitting in the office with a feeling like the weekend wasn't real ))
Oh!!! That does make me so sad when that happens! I am so sorry and now I need to go read. I can only hope that this weekend is much better! xoxo
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Gardening makes every day more than beautiful, especially if the gardener is such a talented ... photographer.
When I see in films these very big American homes I ask me who does the cleaning in all the rooms. The European houses are much smaller and yet the cleaning is hard and tiring.
Thank you, Dan. @bluemoon
Every day I walk through my gardens, I have a rush of passion in my soul The new growth, some going to seed, whatever the turn of events...
Lest you forget, I lived in Europe, in several different locations. For the most part, small and cozy, very comfortable. Over here, it is often that the houses are larger. although we have many small one. I can say that my house is never out of place, but, I clean every day, jut a little and it all gets done. The house here is newer, so very easy to clearn. I also have another house on the Shore and it is an older Victorian house that is harder to clean and at least a house made in 1869... So not as airtight, etc. For me, you can only see the front tof the house, it is quite a bit larger, but, I have a big family that is always visiting, so there is plenty of room. That is why I will proably never downsize.
Thanks for stopping by.
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Yes of course! A big family needs a big house. The garden is always a joy and you are a happy woman from this point of view. Complete your wish for beauty.
Thank you, Dan! I hope it is a wonderful week, off to a good start!
Thank you, Dan! I hope
It is a wonderful week,
Off to a good start!
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Thank you, Denise!
My pleasure, Dan!
You offer us a lot to think about then off to the peaceful garden to work with pleasure...definitely a sublime, beautiful Sunday. Thank you.
Oh, sometimes I just left my mouth ramble and then I do run off to my Gardens and as your husband could probably tell you it is a most pleasurable experience. Although I gave up the beach for the garden oh, I can tell you that really was a sublimely beautiful Sunday. And I hope that yours was the same.
Have a have a most wonderful week ahead!
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It's a good thing to prod us to stop and think. I'm still thinking about "what did I see today". I can't seem to come up with a substantial answer except I think I'm seeing God in his work more than before. Kinda big!
I think I see that more and more in my life. Perhaps because I tend to enjoy what is around me, partly because I am more in tune with nature and perhaps it is because God has put himself in my path.
Very big!
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You always take such beautiful photos for your posts! I especially love the one for the Sunday purple. Just gorgeous!
Thank you so much! That is a very kind thing to say! I cannot even tell you what it is about flowers that I love. They speak to me. Or they don't speak and that makes it easier to take a photograph of something just quietly standing.
As always have a great week ahead!
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I to loved the red tree/Bush thiungy It really caught my Eye but all those flowers are delightful, your garden clearly rewards you for all the time effort and love you put into it
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The red tree happens to be a crepe myrtle, but I think that you are too far up north for them to live. They're really very eye-catching and you can find them from New Jersey, the lower part of it too Florida and all the way out west as far as California, you can even find them in Texas and Arizona which surprised me when I've lived there because I, you can even find them in Texas and Arizona which surprised me when I've lived there because I thought it'd be too hot. But I guess they adapt. this is actually only a very tiny section of my garden but I can honestly say that I do love it and it loves me back most days.
Thank you for stopping in and always showing your support and as always I wish you a wonderful week ahead.
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Thanks the for info and I can imagine you have such a large area of gardens around your property and the pleasure you get from tending and enjoying them
Well, honestly, there are some pretty sizable gardens, but, the larger gardens are at the house on the Shore. More land = more gardens! :)
When we move one option is going small and easy to look after which will mean minimal gardens , if we however decide to go bigger with either a duplex or multi level for the kids as well then we may have gardens who knows time will tell
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Pretty morning flowers photography in the garden.
Thank you so much! They are really growing! Thank you and I hope you have a most wonderful week!
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Beautiful, once upon a time .I also nursing many kind of flowers tree in my home .
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That is awesome. Mother Nature is amazing!
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You just brighten up my day yet again beautiful to see the shots full of positive vibes :D
Thank you so much. I hope you have a most wonderful day!
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Wonderful shots