Where seeds of thought have room to grow
Category: Just Beauty
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I was sitting on the back deck yesterday morning, waiting for Max to finish his breakfast, when a small cardinal flew up and landed on the railing right in front of me. I'd love to believe he just wanted to greet me with a warm Good morning! which is what I told him, but I…
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Wa-rhoof…wa-rhoof…wa-rhoof…wa-rhoof…. I was still in my nightgown, getting ready for church, but Max's slow and steady barking, persistent, methodical and seemingly neverending, finally pulled me out of the house yesterday morning. What the heck is he barking about? I'm glad I went to investigate, because this is what I saw…
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The window beside me frames a winter scene I never expected to see – gentle white flakes floating down from a gray sky, frosting the tops of the cedars and oaks. The little creek cuts across a white landscape. The waterfall seems energized, excited by the rare snow, just as I am. The waterfall is more…
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That's the sound my day made yesterday. From the moment my eyes popped open, yanked from my dreams by the honking of my alarm clock (I think "honking"…as in "intrusive, annoying blasts of noise"…is an appropriate description of an alarm clock at 5am, don't you? More accurate than "beeping", that's for sure!)…anyway, from that moment my eyes first opened until…
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The first thought in my mind and the first words out of my mouth this morning…"I'm tired…" even before my feet hit the floor. Probably not the best way to start a Monday, but I wouldn't trade this past whirlwind West Texas weekend for anything. It was totally worth the exhaustion, and not just because I…
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It's almost too much for me to fathom that Thanksgiving is only a week away. Why does time speed up so much as you get older? Is it because you start to realize how precious each minute is and you know you've wasted zillions of them already that you can't get back? Do we then…
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Long Hollow waking up…what a beautiful way to start a new week… Happy Monday!
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I don't like working as late as I did today, shutting down my office about the same time the sun is calling it a day. I like to have it still shining bright when I pull up to the house. It makes me feel like I still have hours and hours left to get things done.…
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If I were an artist, I would paint a picture of this hollow as it looked this morning…muted greens and browns along the road where the mists and shadows of night still lingered…blazing golds and reds in the treetops and hillsides basking in the fresh sunshine….Max, Charly and Frankie making their way along the caliche road…
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