I'm a poet, gardener, and freelance writer who lives in California by the coast, in a small town surrounded by pastures, woods, and vineyards. Other things I am: recovering LA magazine editor and recovering alcoholic, wife of a tolerant man, mom to two beautiful daughters, mistress of beagles and cats, lover of mysteries and photography, a survivor of suicide, depression, addiction, and sundry minor ailments. I write for a living and write poetry for life.
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Without Fail
“Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out.” (Art Linkletter)
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We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems. (John W. Gardner)
Survival Tip #19
My strength lies solely in my tenacity. (Louis Pasteur)
I'm a recovering Lutheran
"This life therefore is not righteousness, but growth in righteousness, not health, but healing, not being but becoming, not rest but exercise. We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it, the process is not yet finished, but it is going on, this is not the end, but it is the road." (Martin Luther)
A Philosophy of Life
“It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.” Samuel Johnson
Go Figga
Visitors are beautiful people.
My AA Recovery Story
I got sober in 1990 after a life of drug and alcohol addiction, and I had 15 wonderful years. Then I moved and left my homegroup behind. I didn't replace my sponsor, who had died. I didn't work with newcomers, and I went to only one meeting a week. Ultimately, I didn't stay sober. I experienced that strange mental twist, and I picked up. But I jumped back into the program, and my life has continually gotten better. I'm married to a man with 23 years of sobriety, and we work our program at home. AA is the hub the wheel of my life revolves around. I've been able to explore a creative side of my personality that once lived only under the influence of drugs. I have perfect moments during each of my precious days. We are none of us invulnerable to that strange mental twist that precedes the first drink, and all that stands between us and the drink is our constant thought of others. My prayer these days is: God, do your will in and through me today. If I can be an inspiration to others, then my life is rich. God bless you all.
Rosebud on Ice
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. (Anne Bradstreet)
12 comments:
That bee is so close I can almost hear his wings! Lovely close-up shots of this busy little critter and his bright, sunny flower.
Pictures that are as warm as the weather outside. Lovely.
Fantastic pics
I love bees. Such a pitty colony collapse disorder is killing them. I hope a solution is found to save the bees.
how cool would it bee
to bee a bee...to flit around...nice pics!
A-Bee-Cs-U.....hee hee.
That is a busy bee. Not bothered by the photographer at all. How much did you pay him?
excellent photos! The flowers accent the bees!
His little legs are laden with pollen. He's spreading the love.
Wonderful shot!
Bee-coz I am Bee(u)-sy...
Nice pics...I am scared of Bees, You are brave enough to capture that little fellow so closely...
Some natural poses by the mighty bee..."This way, now that way.How about that angle...No click me like this.." :-D
It must be hot and brilliant in your neck of the woods. We are barely getting warm.
However, our 60+ is just right if you try to escape the 100+.
My post today is a bee on a daisy...but I was too far away - would have loved a macro shot like this wonderful one of yours!
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