
**I would love to know who the artist is that created this marvelous piece
so I could give him/her credit, but sadly when I found it and others like it,
the name of the artist was not acknowledged.
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1381. May…the month when the foliage of herbs and trees is most freshly green, when buds ripened and blossoms appear in their fragrance and loveliness. ~Sir Thomas Malory
Well, spring sprang.
We’ve had our state of grace
and
our little gift of sanctioned madness,
courtesy of Mother Nature.
~David Assael

As oncoming summer’s blast furnace begins to heat up so do the colors in the garden. It has literally become a lively fiesta outside my doors and creatures, great and small, winged or afoot, are partaking of the feasts that have been laid before them on Creation’s table.

In fact they’ve been so busy of late supping on the produce of May’s “potent blood” that I’ve only been able to capture two recent “critter” images with my camera. But I wouldn’t keep any of them from their tasks even if I could for what they’re doing not only satisfies their hunger but also mine, and it guarantees that this time next year there will be more.

God’s designs are such ingenious plans! For example these pollinating creatures are so much smaller than we and their lives span such a brief period of time, but what power their tiny wings and feet have in the grand scheme of things! We, mortal humanity that is, think ourselves to be so mighty and yet mankind literally owes its very existence to what comes from the labors of these annual pollinating dances upon earth’s stage.

And sadly too many lives play out solely in the technological bubbles of modern society and so are completely unaware of the miraculousness of such scenarios and the utter life-supporting significance of what goes on outside myopic, sterile, and godless environments.

Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons, and the dove, the swift and the thrush observe the time of their migration. ~Excerpted line from Jeremiah 8:7 ✝
**All photos taken in her yard by Natalie
The most regretful…

**Images via the Internet; collage created by Natalie
Let me keep…

**Photo by Mandy Disher; text box via the Interent; collage by Natalie
Why should I…
**Photo by Mandy Disher; text box via the Interent; collage by Natalie
Mirth is…
Mirth is God’s medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it.
~Henry Ward Beecher
**Image via Pinterest; texts add by Natalie
Re-invent yourself every day.

“There is no statute of limitations on starting over.
Re-invent yourself every day.
Be the girl who walks barefoot and listens to the blues.
Tomorrow, wear a trench coat and speak fierce truths.
Be a phoenix. Be ashes. Burn down. Resurrect.
Let go of the idea that you must always be who you have always been.”
— Coalsuns
Art by Jennifer Yoswa
Text & image source: Rivers in the Ocean https://web.facebook.com/RiversInTheOcean/
God bless America…

Happy Memorial Day!
**Images via Pinterest; text added by Natalie
It is what…

**Photo by Mandy Disher; text box via the Interent; collage by Natalie
1380. This gives me courage to move forward and publish my book, in spite of my little fears and doubts.. ~A Friend
I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo,
and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly,
I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight,
to create a sense of hunger for life that gnaws in us all.
~Richard Wright

In my post (#1379) last night I discussed the importance of sharing our stories. And because of some of the comments I got about that post, I want to touch on that subject one more time. Storytelling predates the written word, and these narratives have been shared in every culture in order to entertain, and/or educate, and/or preserve cultural values and views, and/or instill morals. Moreover, “in addition to being part of religious rituals, some archaeologist believe rock art may have served as a form of storytelling for many ancient cultures.” Symbols were also painted on the walls of caves as a way of remembering stories. Even complex tattooing has sometimes represented stories. “Stories have been carved, scratched, painted, printed or inked onto wood or bamboo, ivory and other bones, pottery, clay tablets, stone, palm-leaf books, skins (parchment), bark cloth, paper, silk, canvas and other textiles, recorded on film and stored electronically in digital form.” And who knows what other form they may take in the future. The reality is that human beings are storytelling organisms who lead storied lives. And often it is only in the attempt to tell the story that one realizes the value of the experience.
Tell it to your children, and let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation. ~Joel 1:3 ✝
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