A Wintery Morning Stroll
Written by admin on December 1st, 2009Winter may be slow getting here but she does finally make it each year! While it’s not nearly as cold here in North Carolina as it is for some of you, the air was frosty this morning and my fingers stung while dipping out food for the bunnies and taking the time to talk to them and check their water bottles (which were a bit frozen, by the way).
Though Annie was pulling on her leash like a prize sled dog, I managed to capture with my camera some of the beautiful pictures the frost had written onto the leaves and flowers.
When cold comes, and even sometimes when dark comes, little flowers bow their heads. It’s a sweet and gentle message to me on this chilly morning.
The mossy green patina on a short mosaic wall caught my eye this morning and beckoned me to stand for awhile. What will I do with this day? As always, there will be many things I could focus on. I certainly need wisdom to choose what is worth my attention and what is not; come evening the day will be gone whether I focused on worthy things or not. It would be nice to have a feeling that I did worthwhile things.
The pinkest of blooms brightens up an otherwise sleeping bed. This time of year I am always torn over stray buds. Cut before they open, they make beautiful additions to potpourri. But left alone in the garden, they are special in a way that says, “leave me right here.” What’s a girl to do?
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This morning was awakened (awoken?) by the sound of a snowplow… and snow covering everything. So winter is surely here, even if the calendar doesn’t quite agree. I love your sweet garden pictures, especially the last flowers that are left.
And speaking of things I love… your header is just beautiful♥ Did you do it yourself? I need to do some sprucing up over at my place, but don’t even know where to begin!
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So far this morning the sun has been shinning…but it is very cold.
Snow has yet to visit us here in Northern PA, but it is soon to make her appearance
many blessings to your day,
maria
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Dear Lynn,
Aww, Sage-Bunny Cottage~I love it! What a blessing to have a few flowers hanging on still. I never know what to do with “The Last Rose of Summer”, either. Of course, since I discovered how good the petals are made into an elixir, I have another delicious dilemma!
Love,
Marqueta
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Beautiful photo’s as always and a lovely new header!!! Your blog is so inspiring and encouraging to me just so you know
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Oh, Diane, you DO have winter.
I think we’ll have snow before winter ends, but we’ll see. Yes, I did the header. I used gimp, a free graphics editing program. I think your header is lovely!
Maria, I’m sure it is much colder there! Brrrr. I hope you have had a lovely day!
Marqueta, thank you.
You are so smart to make elixirs and such. I’ve done a few tinctures and I really really want to make syrups and elixirs. One of these days!
Thank you Trinity Mommy.
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What lovely pictures you captured this morning. I spent my morning inside by the fire.
I enjoyed talking with you and am praying for you. Daniel asked about you today and is looking forward to the next time he can see his friend.
Love you,
Leslie