Maybe I look half-crazed, kneeling down, waiting amid the greenery and dandelions, swaying as I try to focus…just a little closer, without alarming these airy, little creatures who finally seem to pose, appease the mad woman in the leaves; I wait as they dance and alight, swirl together and land, brushing my hand in aContinue reading “A Wild Joy”
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Delicate Wings
“Nature was one of the key forces that brought me back to God, for I wanted to know the Artist responsible for beauty… such as in the intricate designs on a butterfly wing.” – Philip Yancey Like a wisp of paper, these wings allow light to breathe through and lift this creature to sky, toContinue reading “Delicate Wings”
The Wide-World
The flowers are springing up, the season of singing birds has come, and the cooing of turtledoves fills the air. —Song of Solomon 2:12 The wide world opens in this lilac-eyed daisy with its glacier white petals and streaks of ice-blue, a treasury of beauty on one single, unassuming bloom, and it awakens this fieldContinue reading “The Wide-World”
Asea
May the sea roar and all it contains, the world and those who dwell in it. — Psalm 98:7 I saw this picture of the sea, the saturated sand, the gray, salt-mist, the line of foam from the fallen crest, and some deep need to walk out into that cold water spray that tingles ourContinue reading “Asea”
Present
Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing. – Camille Pissarro Tiny bouquets at my feet, just when I need them, these leaf-wrapped offerings from nature await, but to enjoy this miniature gift of beauty, I must be willing to do something extraordinary — stop, bend down, holdContinue reading “Present”
Cycles
You see life cycles when you pay attention to a garden —browning leaves and curling petals, the tender buds guarded until the blooming— a parallel to our living, the way each day moves into evening, opening and closing, new life and death, and we find meaning in the dark night when we have time toContinue reading “Cycles”
Rain Psalm
He covers the heavens with clouds, provides rain for the earth, and makes the grass grow in mountain pastures. — Psalm 147:8 A hesitant spatter builds to an open deluge, our backyard transforms into a temporary swamp, and the water- collecting barrels overflow, rivulets running down and over, a casacading reminder of plenty, and IContinue reading “Rain Psalm”
Imagine
…because when you are imagining, you might as well imagine something worth while…” ― L.M. Montgomery We have walked by this same corner along this same trek so many times before, but today it became whimsical when a little friend seemed to pause and look back before going up a winding staircase, and so our Continue reading “Imagine”
Notes of Santa Fe
The bells began, the clouds rolled in, the rain-cooled breezes moved along the adobe walls, drifting around, swirling down through the sprawling conifers, and everything seemed to pause, accept this moment’s reprieve from the high-noon sun, and we found a bench, surrendered ourselves to contemplation, heeding the notes of peace in the rhythmic ways ofContinue reading “Notes of Santa Fe”
Sway
Just one more look, one more going over the petals and gazing through the limbs, waiting, still, hoping a butterfly will land, one more moment with the sun against my skin, one more listen to the wind mingling with bird- chatter, just a little longer to sway in calming rhythm with the trees, a littleContinue reading “Sway”
