Nest of blossoms

How wonderful to live up high

In a nest of blossoms

And beauty.

If only we might fall like cherry blossoms in the spring

So pure and radiant. — Anonymous

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The Hallelujah Chorus

The light

Makes itself heard

With trumpets and song.

A Hallelujah chorus to life.

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Spring light

Spring is all about

Flowers waiting to unfurl

And reach their full potential.

It’s about the lone wild daffodil

Growing on the shore of the lake.

It’s about the wild weeds

That are as beautiful as flowers.

(Yes – that’s Oscar in the background.)

And – most of all – it’s about

The magical light of being.

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Tiptoe through the tulips

Spring is about pollen

(Atchoo!)

And being knee-deep in flowers.

When you’re surrounded by petalled reminders of joy,

You just can’t help smiling…

Especially if you’re a dog.

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Looking for rainbows

Last week, we had a glorious rain storm. And afterwards, there were rainbows everywhere.

So, I took my camera out to look for some.

I found a string of glittering pearls;

And soft silver veils of clouds.

I even found the silver lining that everyone talks about

In the form of delicious sunbeams.

I enjoyed the dramatic beauty of the rain clouds

But no matter how hard I looked, I didn’t find any rainbows.

The moral of the story is: Don’t get too caught up in looking for life’s rainbows

Or  you might miss out on the beauty of its storms.

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Laughing in flowers

Spring sent me a bouquet of tulips

As a reminder that rays of beauty

Are also important in this modern world

Of practicality.

Or in the words of Basho:
The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers. 

Spring also sent me a wonderful reminder

To stop, to wonder

And to take the time to smell the flowers.

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Trilling times

When the silence of winter

Gives way to a wall of constant

Singing, trilling, warbling and chirping

By the birds of spring –

That, my friends, is a thing of wonder

And beauty.

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Love

Contentment is

A brother and a sister

(My kids)

Enjoying the beauty of sunset

In harmony

And with love.

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The blossoms of life

A couple of weeks ago

I went to see the sakura, or Japanese cherry blossoms, in the centre of Stockholm.

Walking under the trees was like entering a fairytale cave –

And you couldn’t help feeling uplifted and joyous.

The cherry blossoms remind us of life itself:

Of its extreme beauty

And vibrant colour  –

And they also remind us that life is fleeting.

So we need to bloom as beautifully as we can

While we can.

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Patience

Oh the conflict between being obedient and waiting for permission to swim –

And the overwhelming desire to jump in as soon as possible.

St. Augustine once said that “Patience is the companion of wisdom.”

I’m sure this is why I will never be as wise as Oscar.

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