#WeekPforPurple #AlphabetChallenge

"Flowers are beautiful hieroglyphs of nature with which she indicates how much she loves us."

- Goethe

(photo by a friend)

Time for the month of April to shine, in my project of writing about each month. I loved the way when I said the word 'April' it felt like a kiss being released. One of my quirks.

#Poem #Poetry #April #Months #Seasons #ECK #KissToTheWorld

#Poetry #PoetryMonth
#NationalPoetryMonth

"O chestnut tree, great rooted blossomer,
Are you the leaf, the blossom or the bole?
O body swayed to music, O brightening glance,
How can we know the dancer from the dance?"

- #Yeats

#ThickTrunkTuesday

An Indian woman dressed in an orange-print silk sari performs pradakshina (circumambulation) along the walkway around the samadhi shrine where the mortal remains of Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950) are entombed. The shrine features polished black stone pillars and a prominent gold-leaf plated statue of Sri Ramana in a seated meditative posture. In front of this statue, the sanctified body is enshrined in a sitting position facing Arunachala, with a sacred Shiva lingam positioned directly over his head. Before being discontinued recently by new management, this meditative practice could be done morning and evening by devotees during the chanting of the Vedas by trainee Brahmin priests at Sri Ramanasramam, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India.

They reckon ill who leave me out;
When me they fly, I am the wings;
I am the doubter and the doubt;
And I the hymn the Brahmin sings.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, 19th century

#Photography #India #SpeirGorm #SpéirGhorm #ImageAndVerse #ArtOfBlueSky #HumansOfBlueSky #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin

Ralph Waldo Emerson YouTube video by NBC News Learn

"Let us honestly state the facts. Our America has a bad name for superficialness. Great people, great nations have not been boasters and buffoons, but perceivers of the terror of life, and have steeled themselves to face it.”

youtu.be/qrYVvFo7mKs

To experience love & joy,
one must be open & vulnerable,
but that same openness leaves
you susceptible to deep sorrow.
~ Paula D'Arcy

#InsectThursday #FlowersOnFriday #JoyTrain
#MentalHealth #CompassionForAll #SelfCareMatters

Yes, posts by
@venetiajane.bsky.social
are wonderful!

#WeekPforPurple #AlphabetChallenge

Kind hearts are the gardens,
Kind thoughts are the roots,
Kind words are the blossoms,
Kind deeds are the fruits.

Take care of your garden
And keep out the weeds,
Fill it with sunshine,
Kind words, and kind deeds.

- #Longfellow

📷 by a friend

#poetry #lavender

A red-sailed boat sails on a glassy river between mountains during a foggy sunset. Source: www.danielkorden.com

She who is centered in the Tao
can go where she wishes, without danger.
She perceives the universal harmony,
even amid great pain,
because she has found peace in her heart.

🖋️ Tao Te Ching, ch 35a, Stephen Mitchell, tr.
📸 Daniel Korden

#BlueTue #ColorADay
#ColourADay #TuesdayBlue

#WeekPforPurple #AlphabetChallenge

"Flowers are beautiful hieroglyphs of nature with which she indicates how much she loves us."

- Goethe

(photo by a friend)

A detailed close up of lush green foliage. Large, broad Bird's Nest Fern leaves with dark central ribs dominate the background, showing some signs of age with brown, weathered edges. In the centre, a bright lime green frond with a unique, deeply lobed pattern stands upright, catching a soft glow of light. To the right, smaller textured leaves with bumpy surfaces add variety to the composition. The lighting is dappled, highlighting the intricate textures and varying shades of green.

Vibrant new growth emerging from the heart of the ancient fern.

Wodonga, Victoria, Australia.

© All Rights Reserved by Kev Peirce.

#Photo #Photography #Australia #Victoria #Ferns #Botanical #NatureCloseUp #Greenery

rainbow over whitewater & I-10 - it looks like to me

Postits that actually stick

#WeekPforPurple
#AlphabetChallenge
#PurpleFriday 💜🪻

Good🌞morning, Susan!
@sdcushing.bsky.social

How are you?

May I have a cup of #BlueBrew?
☕️
For #BlueSkyMonday & #PoetryMonth

#QuoteOfTheDay #qotd is on this blue box in #AmherstMA:

"Never be bullied into silence."

- #RobertFrost

(photo by a friend)

#poets #poetry #amherst
#nationalpoetrymonth

Good morning vegy power! I’m good, how about you?!

You absolutely may have a cup of #BlueBrew, and thank you so much for the great post! ☕️ ✨ 💫

It’s a wonderful quote! thank you to both you and Robert Frost for his brave and clear thinking!

#WeekPforPurple #AlphabetChallenge

A bush of magenta moss phlox flowers.

Bursting with color 💗🌿
#MagentaMonday
#flowers #Spring
#EastCoastKin

🌸 #PinkMon 🌸 #ColorADay 🌸
#ColourADay 🌸 #MagentaMonday

#poetry 🍎 #veggiepoetry 🍎 #poetrymonth 🍎 #nationalpoetrymonth

#BlueSkyMonday

photo by Robert John Teitelbaum

“There is joy in self-forgetfulness. So I try to make the light in others' eyes my sun, the music in others' ears my symphony, the smile on others' lips my happiness.”
~ Helen Keller ~
Good morning, everyone. The roses do not mind the drought.❤️
Happy Monday.🦋

“In a world that often lacks compassion, pink stands as a reminder to be kind.”
~Matthew Green

#ColorADay 🌸 #PinkMon
#Spring #Flowers #PNW
#BeKind

Close up picture of a bright pink peony bud, getting ready to bloom. Leaves in the background.

Peony coming 🌱
For #MagentaMonday and #Gardening
#Bloomscrolling

Closeup of a Pink Gerbera flower

#MacroMonday
#ECK
#photographersunited
#photography
#flowers

The Patience of Ordinary Things It is a kind of love, is it not? How the cup holds the tea, How the chair stands sturdy and foursquare, How the floor receives the bottoms of shoes Or toes. How soles of feet know Where they're supposed to be. I've been thinking about the patience Of ordinary things, how clothes Wait respectfully in closets And soap dries quietly in the dish, And towels drink the wet From the skin of the back. And the lovely repetition of stairs. And what is more generous than a window? - Pat Schneider

#nationalpoetrymonth #poem #writingcommunity #poetry

#EarthDay is April 22nd!

#MagentaMonday