For this post, I thought I’d share some flower photos I’ve taken over the past year or two around my house. Seems like a little natural beauty is called for at the moment and flowers always make me feel better inside. Something about them, especially large fields of wildflowers, put…
Music
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Music Moment – Solsbury Hill
“Solsbury Hill” was the first single from Peter Gabriel’s first solo album after leaving Genesis. According to Gabriel, the song is “…about being prepared to lose what you have for what you might get … It’s about letting go.” For me, the song has always had a spiritual, metaphysical feel…
Gardening
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Poetry Moment – Chives
I often trim the emerging flower buds from my herb plants to prevent them from going to seed. The thought is that once they go to seed, the quality of the herb declines. I’m not sure if that’s entirely true, so this year I’ve been letting them flower. My chives…
Dogs
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Bubbie Update IV – He’s Off the Leash!
Bubbie has finally reached the finish line for his heartworm treatment. Looking back, the past four weeks seemed to have flown by, but the truth is that it was a tough 30 days for all of us. Bubbie couldn’t run or play (other than chew on his toys) and his…
Gardening
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Poetry Moment – Red
As this early spring continues here in North Florida, so many of my flowers have decided to bloom. The latest are my Amaryllis. The blooms above are from a potted one on my back patio. There aren’t any other flowers around it, so when these began to open over the…
Music Moment – Tank! (Extended Version)
I first discovered Yoko Kanno from watching the wonderful anime, Cowboy Bebop. She composed the opening theme, a high-energy throwback jazz song that sets the perfect tone for the sci-fi/film noir inspired show. Oddly, I’d never heard the extended version until earlier this week when it popped up in my…
Dogs
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Bubbie Update III
Well, we’ve made it to the last week of activity restrictions for Bubbie. He’s been doing well. Mostly. Being only 15 months old, he has a LOT of energy to manage. Luckily, he’s also fond of chew toys and he’s been releasing his frustrations on them. A few of the…
Nature
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Poetry Moment – Dew Drop
I captured the photo above last week on a very dewy morning. I had been outside with the dogs and was wrangling them back inside when this image caught my eye. I went back inside to get my camera so I could preserve the moment. A single bead catching…
Gardening
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Poetry Moment – Fallen Flower
I was doing a bit of yard work earlier this week when I snapped the photo above. With this early spring, my azaleas are in full bloom. The bushes are covered in color, of course, but that also means blooms begin to fall off the stem to make room for…
Abstract Art
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A Little Abstract Expressionism – Spring Inspired Abstracts
With the weirdly early spring weather we’re having in North Florida, I felt inspired to play around with some spring-like colors. There aren’t many blooms popping up yet, but the leaves are reappearing on the previously barren tree limbs and there is pollen everywhere. Even when I don’t notice it,…