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A quote for Monday . . .

Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet.

Do your work with mastery.

Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! 

Shine.

~Buddha

(Photo by CHLOE)

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HIDE N SEEK EGGS

We have to look everywhere for our eggs! It's a game of Hide n Seek!


Today Matilda, our Silver Polish hen, was laying amidst the daisies. I almost missed her as I walked quickly by.

They all seem to have their preferences, where they are most comfortable. It could be the barn, the duck house, under the front porch, or nestled somewhere among flowers and leaves. 

One hen, a Buff Orpington, is sitting on eggs in the barn behind some hay bales, and has been for over fifteen days. She leaves once a day to eat and drink. Perhaps we'll have some baby chicks in another week.


Now off to find more eggs!
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 Linked to Farmgirl Friday

A SWEET SURPRISE

She had a surprise. It was something she discovered on her own and she seemed proud.

She held it ever so gently as she brought it closer.

Lifting her hand very slowly, she showed us a Wood frog which she found under the shrubbery below the deck.

She touched him lightly and felt his smooth skin. He didn't mind.

She talked to him, with her sweet soothing voice, to let him know he was safe with her.

Even when he started to jump, she stayed calm. A bit surprised, but still calm.

She even let her little brother have a peek and put the frog safely in an empty flower pot.

After a little while, she took him back in her hands, said goodbye and put him back where she found him. She knew it was where he needed to be. 


It was a joyous experience, as each experience with nature is.


As a child, one has that magical capacity to move among the many eras of the earth; to see the land as an animal does; to experience the sky from the perspective of a flower or a bee; to feel the earth quiver and breathe beneath us; to know a hundred different smells of mud and listen unself- consciously to the soughing of the trees.
~Valerie Andrews


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A quote for Monday. . . 

You can complain because roses have thorns, 

or you can rejoice because thorns have roses

                      ~Ziggy comic strip

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A quote for Monday . . .

Let the beauty we love become the good we do. 
                        ~Rumi


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A quote for Monday . . .

Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. 
~Nathaniel Hawthorne


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NATURE ART

Stems are pressed into the grooves in the rough bark to hold the leaves . . . 

or the leaves are pressed in tight.. . .

 to enjoy . . . 
until the next big wind takes them away.


Creating in the spirit of artist/naturalist Andy Goldsworthy

What will you create? Be sure to let me know!


                     happy day!