This Life Has Been A Landscape Of Pain

this life has been a landscape of pain

and still, flowers bloom in it. Sanober Khan, A Thousand Flamingos. Indeed…..indeed…..thanks to the Artist who created it all….Joyeux Vendredi, mes amis!

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive. Eleonora Duse Ah, yes.....the simple things....the small things....such as glancing out the window at a stoplight & witnessing the yellowy green grasses punctuated by petite golden blooms as they sway in the fresh breezes that only spring can bring.....then, snapping a less than stellar picture & having the hutzpah to post it & wax poetic.....yeah, I gotta say, I'm lovin' the small stuff today....hoping you are too....Bon Mercredi, mes amis!

People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us. Iris Murdoch. Riotous red ruffled blooms bursting from the corner of my garden….yes dahling, the azaleas have arrived, and aren’t they simply mahvelous? ;-) Lol. Bon Jeudi, mes amis!

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about? Henry David Thoreau Words to contemplate, Mr. Thoreau…..to be peculiarly specific, I was busy about pondering the way the ant hills in the pavement look like some strange colony on a foreign planet, the textural contrasts are just too cool….this now concludes “Morning Musings Before Coffee”, you may all return to your regularly scheduled lives ;-)….I’ll just be over here making my coffee…given the way my mind was waxing all sci-fi poetic, a rather good idea, don’t you think? Lol. Bon Mardi, mes amis!

Some distance away is an azalea bush which stuns me with its stately beauty. This is pristine natural beauty. it is irrepressible, seeks no reward, and is without goal, a beauty derived neither from symbolism nor metaphor and needing neither analogies nor associations. Gao Xingjian Yeah, that…..the Master Artist has once again blown me away with the beauty & intricacies in His creation…..these just started blooming in our garden….needs no filter, no enhancement….it’s perfect the way it is…just. like. that……..rain or shine, take the time to marvel today…I can guarantee, you’ll be glad you did….Joyeux Vendredi, mes amis!

Mum came through surgery okay yesterday, flowers delivered, sleep deficit not eradicated…..need coffee. Yeah, not waxing poetic today, but God is still good & sharing some beauty nonetheless….I can’t seem to turn that off…Lol:-). Bon Samedi, mes amis!