Make Time for Small Reflections
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Camera Critters, and Pet Pride
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Camera Critters, and Pet Pride
Beauty found this week
in my garden, changing skies
and the Blogosphere ...
1. Janie in Utah bestowed this lovely Happiness Award on my blog (in the good company of 9 other bloggers) last week writing the following ..."Small Reflections Visit here for lovely mosaics and other interesting presentations of photos on a variety of subjects, a visual feast."... and I want to say THANK YOU Janie! I appreciate her 'no strings' policy because I have trouble with 'rulez' these days, but I will share
13 things I love:I offer this Happy 101 award to any visitors who would like to share what they love on their blogs and pass it along to their bloggy friends. I would appreciate a 'link' back here so I can visit your blog (and your friend's blogs too) if you do decide to share.
the companionship of family, fur-kids, & friends
my happily retired life ... health & energy
the unexpected coincidence (God's way of remaining anonymous)
opportunities to learn and to share with others
the healing effects of laughter (and tears) in the moment
sunrises & sunsets
music, books & stories to enjoy
authors & people who inspire others
collecting & sharing quotes
taking & publishing photographs
creating mosaics & collages
writing 'conversational' haiku
visitors to & comments on my blogs
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Below you can see what they looked like last year ...
3. I already have Johnny Jump Ups spread by the birds each Spring, Nastursiums ready to bloom, and this lovely (but as yet unidentified) white bulb blossom (might it be Lily of the Valley as some suggested previously?) bursting forth in my very wet yard ... with new growth on my rose bushes and more iris shoots on the parkway near some purple 'volunteers' (also of an unknown variety).
Some folks suggested it might be Lily of the Valley and my neighbor thinks it could be Narcissus, but when I looked those flowers up in Google, I discovered they don't look like this ... so I'm still hoping someone might know what it is and let ME know too.
4. This Amaryllis bulb is showing signs of life too (on the left) and here's a view of what it looked like last Spring (on the right) ...
5. In between rainstorms we had some variable skies (always beautiful) with opprtunities to get outside for a while!
window my view changes with
storms just passing through
In between rain storms
blue patches appeared for brief
moments ... happily
Molly played and Ms Kitty
watched the world go by
watched the world go by
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Finding Beauty, Friday Fave Five,
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Camera Critters & Pet Pride too
Feel free to snag & share the Valentine
at the top of my sidebar too ;-)
Finding Beauty, Friday Fave Five,
Haiku Friday, Sky Watch,
Camera Critters & Pet Pride too
Feel free to snag & share the Valentine
at the top of my sidebar too ;-)
Small Reflections ... Smile Back
Thought for Today
"Living on purpose requires us to find what we love fiercely, give it all we've got, and then pass it on, as if it were a torch, to those who follow." Dawna Markova
"Living on purpose requires us to find what we love fiercely, give it all we've got, and then pass it on, as if it were a torch, to those who follow." Dawna Markova
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30 comments:
Love to see those palms in your skyline. Thanks for sharing your California world with those of us in the north!
Oh, yes! Lovely California shots! Many of us would really love to see some of those when we look up!! Have a great weekend!
Sylvia
It is looking wonderful there in California, lovely sky photos.
Thanks for a wonderful post. I like your lists and I really enjoyed seeing your flowers in bloom. I'm going to have to wait several more weeks before we have anything blooming here.
Yes, I'll just have to face the facts. I'm envious. But I keep reminding myself that the DC Cherry Blossoms are just a month away...my favorite time of year!
those palm trees are beautiful!
You are lucky ! with palm trees in front of the door while we are sitting in the cold and snow ! Your fury babies are lucky too, my cats are confined inside, lol !
Lovely irises. We are nowhere near being ready for spring flowers yet.
It's Spring in your garden already! How lovely. :)
I so love your garden--I'm not able to grow a lot of what you have (red clay soil and lots of tree [meaning both too much shade AND lots of roots]), so I take particular delight in seeing yours bloom through the seasons. And I love your list!
Loved getting to see blooming flowers...a reminder of the joy to come in a few months in my world.
I am new to your blog via Dipity Road. I am also new to participating in the Finding Beauty party.
Thank you for shining some warmth and your beautiful flowers. I am in NJ and we had a few feet of snow last weekend and 18 inches more Tuesday and Wednesday.
Deborah
I love the one with the palmsilhouettes :) Have a nice weekend :)
Johnny Jump UPs! woo hooo.
I haven't heard anyone call them that in forever.
Very nice post today, I enjoyed it
Look at those floewrs! Love irises myself. I had to do some hunting but actually found some tiny blooms this week.
Lovely place here,I enjoyed it :)
Beautiful pictures!
Those look like Lily of the Valley to me.
Sweet doggy and kitty, too!
Happy weekend.
Such beautiful California skies! We have snow on the ground here. At least the sun was out today.No precipitation.
Cute pix of your fur babies ;-)
Beautiful signs of spring in your yard. Nice to see Molly and Ms Kitty. Have a great weekend. :)
Amazing how different the rain can make the same scene look.
What a lovely post! I ADORE the blue Iris. Congrats on your blog award...you really deserve it! I've never been to California, or even off of the east coast. So your whole world seems quite exotic ro me. Kind of like a travelogue. I always enjoy the palm trees. Are there many different kinds of palm trees, or are they all one kind?
Hi ya cute thing!
Wow... nice week here! I love how rain smells... YUM@
Your post always is BEAUTIFUL and most of all makes my heart smile.
Thanks for joining in on FFB -- :)
Claudia
such a fun post; I always feel as if I've just spent a lovely few minutes visiting at your house! And always I enjoy the visit. The flowers are beautiful.
Visting Molly and Ms.Kitty is beginning to feel like visiting family!
Wonderful shots as always!
Lots of fun things to see here!
Irises are always good to have & too many rather than not enough! heheheee
Hi Ms Kitty & Molly - Ya'll are lookin good, so very pretty!!!
Love the palms, Storyteller!!!
I love that picture of Molly!
Loved your post, the flowers are gorgeous, the skies are pretty and your critters are cute. Wonderful photos!
Great shots of flowers, palm trees silhouetted against lovely skies and of course your dog and cats.
Have a great week!
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