This post is for FOTD, Flower of the Day.

Once I see my lilacs in bloom I know that summer is truly coming.

This post is for FOTD, Flower of the Day.

Once I see my lilacs in bloom I know that summer is truly coming.

Weekend Music Share.

This week Hugh has asked us to share a favourite song or piece of music that you would listen to while travelling, or just share a favourite piece of music or song. We can either share a link to it in the comments on Hugh’s page, or link back to this his post on Hugh’s Views and News from your blog.
Like Hugh I will be traveling up to London to go to the Annual Blogger’s Bash on Saturday 15th June. I will be on the train early, wending my way up to Paddington then by tube to Victoria. Where I am meeting some blogging friends, some I have met and some I haven’t then we will walk together to the venue.
I am not the most confident of travelers so I shall need some music to calm my nerves. There is so much I love but…
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“Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.”
Jonathan Swift
This week we’ve been challenged to share some of our favorite things. There isn’t enough room in all of WordPress for me to cover all of my favorite things, so instead I’ve focused on only one – creating impressionist art from some of my images. Above, three beautiful little spoonbills are being observed by a long egret. Do you suppose he/she was wondering where they got those amazing pink coats? Or is he just glad he has a normal beak?
“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight and no vision.”
Helen Keller
On a bike ride along one of our local golf courses last week I came across a group of landscapers working in our marsh of newly summer-green hues. I had only my iPhone but with a few swipes of an impressionist brush…
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This minuscule spark
This insignificant flame
Please, Divine One, come
Ignite it with Your sacred breath
Let it dance ever higher
These dry and brittle bones
Seek to be rekindled
Into something warm and kind
This, my soul desire
To walk a path straight and true,
To be a blessed reflection
Of all I know of You
All that is decent,
All that is good
Forgive this flawed, imperfect creature
And if it be Your will,
Let me grow quietly in love
Light my way to You
The Canadian Rockies sing of poetry; rocky outcroppings as smooth as a metal edge swords, fast flowing rivers, lush verdant forests, abundant wildlife, colourful meadows dancing in the breeze, and peaks covered in white icing rising into the misty clouds. The First Nations referred to the Rockies as the Shining Mountains, most likely in reference to the sun glinting off the snow covered peaks.

living cathedral
poetically pleasing
the Shining Mountains
©Heather Carr-Rowe
Written for Cactus Haiku’s Haibun Road Challenge #15 and Ragtag Daily Prompt: Verdant
via Addo’s Diversity