Now winter nights enlarge
The number of their hours;
And clouds their storms discharge
Upon the airy towers…
~Thomas Campion
Gray, foggy dreariness
ushered in the day;
A mist, a cold, frigid drizzle,
fell from on high;
Bare, starkly austere, lay everything
I could see; and
Silence, a stilled quietude, blanketed
my wintry garden.
Bleakly naked, towered tall trees that
stood above all else,
But underneath them from the secret place
murmured a voice,
The sacred, almost indistinguishable, faint
whisper emerged amid
The fog and fine rain to go forward undetected
past the woody sentinels
To allow its utterances to break into morn’s reverie
to tell of signs, longed for signs
Of tiny sparks of life that are preparing to push up
despite the gloominess
And ‘twas this message that stirred embers in my spirit
to keep their glimmer from
Becoming far too dim to continue sustaining my hope,
expectations, and “joie de vie.”
Don’t think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter.
It’s quiet, but the roots are down there riotous.
~Rumi
The tempest comes out from its chamber, the cold from the driving winds. ~Job 37:9 ✝
**Both photos taken by Natalie
Lovely, Natalie dear! 💖💖💖
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Thank you Trini❣️😘❌⭕️
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Beautiful post Nat. I love it and the pics. ❤ ❤ ❤
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Thank you V❣️😘
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Beautiful Natalie and the photos are amazing. Is that your garden? Hope you’re feeling better. ♥♥♥
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Thanks Patricia! Yes my yard is surrounded by old big trees and in it is an oak that’s over 50 years old‼️❌⭕️
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YOur post is terridic
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Thanks for the reblog Barbara😊❤️
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Always happy to do so. Hugs dear friend, Barbara
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We’ve had these foggy reflective days lately. Maybe I’ll take some time to be quiet and listen. 🙂
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👍😊❤️
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we’re sitting in the midst of Spring–last Saturday the high was 34 degrees—this weekend it was 74——we had fog, then ice, a smattering of snow and now…we’ll I’m thinking blooms
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Amazing! Who knows with this crazy weather what to expect next‼️❌⭕️
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