Borrowed Beauty

While I wait for the snowdrops to push their way up and bring their beauty to my world,

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I’m enjoying nature as seen through an artist’s eyes, one of my very favorites…

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Something in nature inspires creativity, so I had to sit down with my own quail egg and try my hand at recreating one…

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Now that was fun!

And there are more in the fridge where that one came from, thanks to my desert-loving daughter with her own little apartment-dwelling covey of quail…

P1090664 Always a sunny-side up to be had, even on a rainy day!

–LS

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It’s Raining…

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And I certainly couldn’t imagine anything photo worthy today…

But I donned my gumboots and tromped out for a look… gradually calming to the cadence of a gentle rain as I stood and watched raindrops form…

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on the year’s new buds,

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and catkins…

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And is it my imagination, or do these branches not look rather festive?

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The orange peel fungus caught my eye, apparently undaunted by the rain, if not altogether edible!

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The ivy is in its element too, quietly taking over our little piece of woodland, one silent creeping tendril at a time

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And then I circled round to our winter ‘pond’, the end result of all this rain.

P1090609Is there any beauty here?

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I didn’t think so but… as I stood in the rain watching the raindrops endlessly forming perfect concentric circles, with just the softest little pitter…I saw a certain beauty even in our big winter ‘puddle’.

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A quiet rainy morning has a beauty all its own…

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Even the firs are decked out in a hundred crystal baubles!

–LS

“He has made everything beautiful in its time.” Eccl.3:11

Come walk with me?

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Winter’s here and the poplar woods are bleak and bare…
It’s a bit of a chore without even the dog for company, but I have in my mind’s eye a destination:

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The Strait is really rather lovely, any time of year!

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With front-row seating besides!

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For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, 
as the waters cover the sea. Hab.2:14
–LS