Sunday Serenity ...

Every vine

climbing and blossoming

tells of love

and

joy

~Robert. G. Ingersoll~

the old fashioned charm of clematis

looking so pretty after an early morning rain

covering our garden arbour

a tiny nibble taken

"You carry Mother Earth within you.

She is not outside of you.

Mother Earth is not just your environment.

In that insight of inter-being,

it is possible

to have real communication

with the Earth,

which is the highest form

of prayer"

~Thich Nhat Hanh~

"Happiness held

is the seed.

Happiness shared

is the flower"

~John Harrigan~

in rainy arms ...

it's been raining all day {switching back and forth from misty to pouring}

and I had been patiently waiting for a lull

to head outside with my camera.

Even when I thought it had stopped long enough to take a few photos

I was only able to take these 11 before the skies opened up again :-D

But everything is so green and full of life

and the peony have opened up and will only be in bloom for a short while

so I want to savor every moment ♥

"I was in love

with the whole world

and all that lived

in its rainy arms"

~Louise Erdich~