Wordless Wednesday

 

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Last Tuesday with high 80s expected, and or rain showers, a crew came out to take down a bent railing by the parking lot and replace it. They put up their tent and started grinding concrete about 10  am, and were still doing things at 3:30. Good muscular construction crew,  but when I walked along the other sidewalk coming back from lunch, I was taken aback when a sledge hammer was raised behind one guys head before he struck down on the cement. It was coming directly my direction on the upswing. Until he slung it down at least. It did take my breath away. I told them it had scared me.

Wednesday with new concrete and railing.

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Today's quote:

"The universe is a creative entity. We are both the result of that creative process and participants in it. When we do creative work we express, in our own unique way, our reverence for life, for the holy aspects of the creative forces out there, whatever they may be. And we often then sense that those forces approve, and provide support, provide energy, to our journey. But first effort. First dedication. Before entering sacred realms, we need to offer a sacrifice, and that sacrifice is part effort, part courage, part faith. We need to believe in our uniqueness, the value, perhaps even crucial necessity, of what we have to contribute."

Journal of Heron Dance DOT org

An old photo

It was 1979. A single mom moves in with a couple in a communal setting, studying Gurdjieff's philosophy and practices. Here Murphy and his wife Marilyn welcomed me and baby Tai to their home. I traded housekeeping work in exchange for room and board, for a few months anyway. It was my last try at living in a community. Sharing expenses made sense in lots of ways, but I personally do best living on my own.

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More Wildflowers

 

Some of the many wildflowers...ephemerals!

Trillium off Mt. to Sea Trail near Blue Ridge Parkway by Rusty Brown

Some wildflowrs from the Blue Ridge Parkway site.

Bloodroot in Summerville GA, photo by Bret Love & Mary Gabbett

Monarch on swamp milkweed.

Butterfly on Turk’s Cap Lily, photo via Canva

Dwarf Crested Iris at the Blue Ridge Visitor's Center

Eastern Redbud Tree in Summerville GA, photo by Bret Love & Mary Gabbett

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and Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day

Today's quote:

When we look back on our lives, we see that we have survived many trials, often to our own amazement.

Small sugar  bowl

Flowers past and present

 

I have gone early in springtime to a park, Pearson's Falls (near North Carolina/South Carolina border,) where wildflowers are early and abundant. I finally found some of those photos from 2015!  I also have a great book about wildflowers, but couldn't find it on my last trip to the park. Fortunately my friend Helen knew more than I did! She wrote down the flowers she saw and the date of the trip! 

We went to Pearson Falls again in 2022, probably wearing masks whenever we were around people. Here are two blogs I wrote about that trip: Pearson Falls One, and Pearson Falls Two.

Did you have fun matching Helen's list with my photos? Hope so. Of course these Iris were recently taken, or may be from the internet. 

Today's quote:

Being worthy of happiness!

And to share part of my life, here are more of my pottery pieces.

Two views of two planters. I recently gave one which had been used, to a neighbor who loves plants. Since my plants had white fly fungus several years ago, I made sure she knew that since it was used, it needed to be sterilized before she planted anything in it.

Wild flowers and campground photos

 All of these are from Arches National Park in Moab UT.

Indian Paintbrushes (I think)

Milk Vetch

(Can't remember...looks like the daisy family)

The parking at Devil's Garden was totally taken. But since I'd already found my limit of about 20 yards to walk, we didn't try to stop. But we did drive into the campground, where it said there were no spots open as we entered. But we did see a couple available (not that we wanted one then) and noted that the reservation system might offer some drop ins. My son and his wife like camping in areas where they can hike into wilderness, so they noted a few sites that they liked.

Most of the sites had picnic tables, and paved pads in case you had an RV. Some of the occupied sites also had tents, which is the way my family would be camping. I do hope they return to enjoy this area and get to hike it also!

A second shot from the campsite above.

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Today's quote:

There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth. 

-Leo Tolstoy, novelist and philosopher (1828-1910)

Pearson Falls, part 2

 As I post this, I'm on the way to the dentist today. Finally (hopefully) to get a tooth extracted which was under the bridge which broke last month. Then I can come home and relax...and take some Tylenol for the pain. And nap maybe. So I hope everyone else enjoys Tues.

Some dying flowers, but some were just like them on the other side of this rock...

We enjoyed our walk, stopping to see the flowers all along the way!

Today's quote:

 "Strength of feeling, reverence for mystery, and clarity of intellect must be kept in balance with one another. Neither the passive nor the active must dominate, they must work in conjunction, as in a marriage,"

 and "I'm not very good at praying, but what I experience when I'm writing a poem is close to prayer."

Denise Levertov