Sometimes you wake up and realize how alone you feel and your world seems a grey place. Sometimes you wake up and you think of the times you were happy in some far off place and it puts a big smile on your face. Sometimes you wake up remembering a dream that keeps recurring and you don’t even know why. Your thoughts are just jumbles in your head. The best times are those moments seeing the beauty of the dawn, when the morning light slowly shows its face and you realize that even in darkness, you can see the light, a wonderful vista of twinkling stars. Somewhere up there, you can see the brush strokes of a great Master and you feel blessed to be alive, to enjoy another day, to drink another cup of blessings.
It’s what I love about gardening, the hours spent quietly in the company of your own thoughts – the stillness of the moment, the silence of the hour, a therapeutic contemplation of the days gone by. Yesterday, it rained for a while and my rain lilies were happy. I smiled when I saw a few blooms while trimming the carabao grass. It is always a pleasant surprise to see something unexpected. It puts a smile on your face and the dogs think they are in for a treat. They are happy too when they roam around the garden and bark excitedly at every passersby that they see.
The last two days, I was engrossed reading two books. Still Life With Bread Crumbs by Anne Quindlen, my first time to try one of her books, a moving story, a journey into the life of a woman, her mind, her dreams, her career. It’s an e-book and e-books are sometimes hard to read. I read another fiction book , one of my stash from Books for Less. Imagine the joy of not expecting something lovely but it gives you more than that, a feeling of joy because you found a treasure. Blessings! I would like to thank my good friend Pete Johnson for including my blog in his list and wrote an inspiring paragraph about it. Visit his blog here. It’s a lovely and inspiring read.
Arlene, you certainly have a green thumb, your flowers are just beautiful. Blessings indeed. Take care my dear and happy blogging to ya. 🙂
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Thanks Laura! How are you?
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Arlene, Thank you for asking… I’m great and looking forward to Winter. I try every year to find the bright side to our long winter nights here in Canada. It really is very beautiful when everything is covered in the winter white. I suppose when Spring arrives finally, it makes the warmer temps all that much more enjoyable. I hope you are well my dear. Hugs and thank you for the message. It’s always a joy to hear from you my new friend.. 🙂
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Sometimes I wish we could experience four seasons too, the weather here now is okay, not too hot and the mornings are colder. The best months are during January and February.
Glad to know you are doing okay!
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I hope that you do not wake up feeling lonely too often Arlene. You had the company of some lovely flowers today at least.
Thanks for the link to my blog, it wasn’t at all necessary, but much appreciated.
Best wishes from England. Pete.
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Oh, I don’t always feel that way, no worry there Pete.
As for the blog link, I think people enjoy your writings just as much as I do. Thanks a lot for that wonderful intro 🙂
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