812. And sure enough even waiting will end…if you can just wait long enough. ~William Faulkner

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You can become blind by
seeing each day as a similar one.
Each day is a different one,
each day brings a miracle of its own.
~Paulo Coelho

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I’ve always been delighted
at the prospect of a new day,
a fresh try, one more start,
with perhaps a bit of magic waiting
somewhere behind the morning.
~J. B. Priestley

And waiting did come to an end, this day was a different kind of one, and there was magic waiting behind the morning. However, it wasn’t until after much waitng that such as what you see in the photo appeared in my yard, for I had had to plant three passion flower vines before one would survive much less bloom. I know not why the first two vines didn’t make it, but alas and sadly they did not.  But determined as I was not to give up I put yet another one in the ground last year, and that one not only survived but actually continued putting on new growth well into autumn. When it died down to the ground as these vines do in winter, I waited and as spring approached watched to see if it was going to make a come back and sure enough it did. The waiting finally ended a week ago when I spied its first two blooms. Then today another of these rather exotic blossoms is prettily perched atop the back fence. So here’s to waiting, morning’s magic, and miracles!

The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders; where morning dawns, where evening fades, you call forth songs of joy. ~Psalm 65:8  ✝

18 thoughts on “812. And sure enough even waiting will end…if you can just wait long enough. ~William Faulkner”

  1. I can identify with this one. I was wondering if the Clematis was going to put on any more than that one bloom. Noticed this morning before leaving for work that there is another tiny bud. So may just get more blooms before they start to wilt.

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  7. I’m glad you were home to see the first blooms! It seems like plants are like people in that some have stronger constitutions and are able to thrive even though we are no more diligent in our care for them than the others. This is an amazing flower!

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  8. Wow!!! Amazing . Thanks for sharing. It’s takes a lot of patience and ‘waiting’ to be a gardener — to see the fruits of one’s labor. So too, personal growth does not happen overnight — we too must ‘wait’, tilling our gardens daily to see progress, new growth, blooms, and the thriving we need to do in the face of trials, changes and life on a whole.

    Beautiful pictures. Have a great week. 🙂

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  10. I am so happy for you! That is so exciting, and the flower is such an exotic kind. It has this unearthly quality like a flower you might see growing in some exotic setting on one of those old Star Trek episodes. I hope that didn’t sound too corny. That is how they strike me when I see them. 🙂

    Hugs and Blessings,
    Theresa

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    • Thanks, Theresa. Not corny at all. It does have an otherworldly kind of appearance that one might have seen in a Star Trek episode. I just love passionflowers and am thrilled to have one growing in my yard at long last. Hugs and blessings to you too, my friend. 🙂 ❤

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