Walking Tour - Flowers and Fences

It's been dangerously hot the past few days. I last walked on Wednesday. Today, it will be an adjusted 108 degrees Fahrenheit, 42 Celsius.

Next week, we'll look at orange construction cones.

blinded by the blindness of my yearnings

looking up and out and beyond, I am searching for the stars in the sky, the sparkling twinkling lights that will add something special to my daily existence

the otherness that will transform this mundane shell I inhabit into an exotic dancer with twirling veils and tinkling bells, the added mystery of wafting incense, thick and spicy

my vision so distracted that I nearly miss the gems at my feet

ears to hear

silence in the garden

quiet in the yard

a lull upon the lawn

stillness on the porch

peace 

the game of love

He loves me

He loves me not

Is a dangerous 

Game to play

You pluck each

Petal of a bloom

Hoping to get

Not the nots

Much better a

Happy ending

He loves me

He loves me lots

white on white - 4 thursday 13

13 white things i love

vanilla

snow

the crests on ocean waves

angels

daisies

crisp Egyptian cotton sheets

seashells

pearls

smooth delicate porcelain tea cups 

clouds

stars

thick sweet whipped cream

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the potential of a blank sheet of paper

wordless wednesday - remembering summer

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Wordless Wednesday @ The Jenny Evolution

Flash 55 - ground zero

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& : I spoke to Abbey earlier today.

# : Oh? Did she stop by?

& : No. I called her. I wanted to see if we could make other arrangements.

# : You don’t trust me!

& : You lied.

# : How could you check up on me? I am so embarrassed. I am never speaking to you again!

[See where it all went wrong?]

Don't be a fair weather friend like me - go play with the G-Man even when it rains.

I planned and executed a going-away/wedding for 60 for my daughter, then immediately following, I helped her and her husband pack up all of their belongings and drove them 20 hours to FL, move into their new place, get settled, then the next day bring the truck and trailer 20 hours back to NJ with my daughter, followed by cooking and packing for my 82 year old father's family reunion in the mountains of PA. Yesterday, I sent my daughter back to her husband in FL along with my grandson. I haven't really been home in about 2 weeks. 

And then there's the broken hearts we are all suffering from due to a family estrangement. Please hope it is resolved before my parents, who are in their 80's, die from the grief.

dVerse ~ Poets Pub: Rondelet

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Tony Maude is teaching us Form For All ~ The Rondelet 
at dVerse ~ Poets Pub

Here are a couple I wrote. The first is more traditional.

awash

waves crash and burn

along the coast of heart’s thin walls

waves crash and burn

so much to learn

from sorrow, ache, more danger calls

to bring us out of closed off halls

waves crash and burn

ere

she heard an air

of perpetual emotion

she heard an heir

so bold and fair

express his inner devotion

but couldn’t abide the notion

she heard an err

Flash 55 - The Accidental Gardener

"Nanho Blue" Butterfly Bush Buddleia (on the corner), Salvia (purple across the back), Coreopsis (yellow in the middle), Coneflower (white in the front) 

All of my plants are perennials because I'm not doing this again. They are officially on their own.

 Astilbe (in the back) miniature blue hydrangea (on corner) Hosta (under the mailbox)

They are in the shade of a holly (full of berries) and a dogwood. 

I’m not much of an outdoors sort of person

I have to wear sunglasses on cloudy days

The sunshine is ok but only if I’m in the shade

God made air-conditioners for a reason

I cried when my mother made me pick blueberries

Flowers should take care of themselves

So I deserve lots of points

I worked up a sweat getting an idea for the G-Man's story.

I'm trying to identify these bushes. They were here when we bought the house. They are evergreens. Right now they are over 15 feet tall. I thought they might be a form of Privet but I don't recall there be flowers in the Spring or berries in the Fall. I don't think there are thorns deep inside. The birds love hanging out in them. Any ideas?

Wordless Wednesday - Coneflower

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It's The Thought & The EFFORT That Counts

Snoogs, my daughter gave me roses for Mother's Day. 

She knows green is my favorite color so

 she got white roses and put them in green water.

The extra effort to make them special just for me

made them a perfect gift.

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On May 12th.

On May 13th.

On May 15th.

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all of you Mothers and mothers out there.

I'll have 3 generations of mother's at my house today. 

I plan on consuming copious amounts of peach margaritas. 

My mother is 79 and I am 54. 

The most important thing to my mother regarding me 

is that I never comb my hair enough. 

Sad. 

My daughter and I are best friends. 

Happy.

Flash 55 - Give It a Blow

 

         

The G-Man wants you to play with him.

Wordless Wednesday - Blue, Not Sad

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Simple on Sunday #2

Happy Easter

New Day, New Beginning

"Hope"

Photograph by Vanessa V. Kilmer © April 13, 2008

We take a deep breath and start anew, hoping for the blossoms to come again.

Foto Friday #5 - Crocus

"Crocus"
Photograph by Vanessa V. Kilmer © March 8, 2009

Wreath

Longwood Gardens, PA

December 30, 2007

Photograph copyright Vanessa V. Kilmer