A Different Mountain Duet The mountain is waiting for my eyes to see the sunrise just the wilderness and me in the pre-dawn air a different mountain duet far from human voices no more drowning woman balancing impossible weight on my shoulders the mountain is waiting and my voice waits with it saving a song … Continue reading A Different Mountain Duet
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A World Beneath Our Feet
A world beneath our feet overlooked and forgotten outside of the careful steps we take a planet teeming with life invisible to our eyes a world beneath our feet sustaining us despite our blindness clearing the air we breathe absorbing our footprints and our whispers a world beneath our feet older than our souls meant … Continue reading A World Beneath Our Feet
Dandelions #MondayBlogs
Dandelions #MondayBlogs Hope comes dressed as a yellow flower meant to be a weed but delivering medicine Joy comes disguised as wishes upon the air innocent excitement from past summer days Hope comes dressed as dandelions dotting the landscape cheerful friends to the bees stubbornly returning - Caroline A. Slee
Obscured
Obscured Sweep the skies with fog and dust take downward brushstrokes to touch the Earth cover the canvas to haze the image shifting the vision to veiled perspectives color the skies with fog and dust our views obscured by silted air - Caroline A. Slee
Plumeria
Plumeria Elegant, friendly faces exotic perfume upon the air inviting us all to pause and breathe with each encounter towering through impossible heat while the rest of us wilt beneath the sun their flowering beauty triumphs over hostile climates a beauty neither fragile nor delicate - Caroline A. Slee
After April Showers #MondayBlogs
After April showers we find a world transformed all colors and perfumed air the cheerful hum of bees and birdsong melodies to celebrate sunny skies After April showers Mother Earth readies herself for a new season of abundance and health nourishing us body and soul with the miracles that spring from her soil - Caroline … Continue reading After April Showers #MondayBlogs
Sky Watch
Sky Watch There are days I feel like a farmer watching the skies for a prediction of tomorrow taking in the dawn reading the wind on my face scenting what it carries to determine my response there are days of remembered storms when the skies are suddenly greening and birds have fallen silent a time … Continue reading Sky Watch
Morning Whimsy #MondayBlogs
Morning Whimsy #MondayBlogs We turn ourselves like flowers to the sun morning glories blooming as we rise reluctant limbs our uncurling petals we leave our beds embracing the day full of the soft thrill of rest and restoration unlike the days of wilted awakenings we return fierce and in full flower casting our brightness before … Continue reading Morning Whimsy #MondayBlogs
New Beginnings
New Beginnings As the world tilts in a slow spin life returns to frostbitten soil a promise of new beginnings whispered by nodding flowers the sun spreads its cheer in a blanket of yellow bright faces follow the westward journey rising and setting with the day as above so below life begins once more and … Continue reading New Beginnings
The Heather #MondayBlogs
The Heather #MondayBlogs The hardy flower blossoms in brightness a cheerful spot of color standing out among the soil and stone out of place beneath gray skies blooming without a care in harsh environments and rocky soils holding fast against wind and storm a smile and a promise to all who see it - Caroline … Continue reading The Heather #MondayBlogs