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Blessed to be spending the weekend in the garden! Enjoy your Memorial Day ––3 day weekend and be safe.
Take a moment to remember those who’ve died and those in active military service.
Lupines Russell
Lupines Russell
Coppertina Ninebark
Veronica Waterperry
clementine salmon rose
Renaissance-White Spiraea
Eight straight days of rain have weakened the cherry blossoms and down they have come, blowing in the breeze like falling snow blanketing the ground below. The local Forecaster predicts rain for the whole week a head. Momma chickadee is visiting the yellow nesting house routinely now perching on the roosting peg outside the round entry hole, watching over the first white egg dotted in pink. This year I’m hoping to get a glimpse of the little fledglings.
In the cold rainy mist ventured out to the library today, taking time to stop and adore the pink magnolia tree along the walkway, with fading blossoms of large fluffy blooms, so pretty reminds of cotton candy. Brought home two journal memoirs by May Sarton, an intriguing women and love her colorful writings. Her books aren’t offered on the Kindle, which forced me into acquiring a library card the first one in don’t know how many years. The change off between the Kindle and the hardcopy has been pleasant as, “The House by the Sea,” is the type of book you want to hold in your hand and flip through the old yellow stained pages.
Now I shall heat some warm rainy day soup and cuddle up and read!
Have a wonderful weekend and stay well my friend!
April Cascade
Cherry pink petals cascade of fragile flowers
drinking in the early morning shower
shy pollinated buds bloom.
Spring air swims through a wave so gentle
the wetness trickles to tiny rivers
a surpassing caress of euphoria overcome
a spiritual healing.
Like the hovering hummingbird kisses nectar
the kiss of life.
–– Betty L Thompson
Today I’m enjoying the pink cherry blossom cascade outside the studio window. A surpassing wave of gentle spring air flows through the screen showering inspiration of light, life and hope. Like the hovering hummingbird kissing nectar, the kiss of life. I think later I shall sit below the light of warm sun and capture the life of a hummingbird.
Hoping you too are set down under the warm sun with light and joy in your heart. Happy Monday!
I’ve been so intrigued with the technology of the e-readers capability to download pages of a book in less then a minute and store up to 3,000 books, it’s like a virtual bookcase. After being accustomed to holding the traditional book in hand feeling the texture of the colored illustrated cover, and flipping through the creamy white pages smelling of ink, often highlighting excerpts with a yellow Sharpie marker. I was not quite certain if the Kindle was going to serve me well.
A month ago I gave in to the urge and purchased the 6” Amazon Kindle along with a soft suede jacket smelling of fresh leather, like a paperback the velvety nap with each scrape and ding sketch artsy scribbles of worn character.
Here are just a few of the features the Amazon Kindle offers that I employ for my specific need––strictly for reading books only. Replacing the yellow sharpie is the ‘My clippings’ feature, which archives a note with the name of the book, page location number and the date and time it was highlighted. The Kindle quickly flips through the pages, they may not smell of ink but the text is sharply crisp against the non-glare screen. Another fine attribute allows for creating new folders to categorize each genre in a specific folder for organization and less clutter. Specially relish downloading a free sample preview of a few pages before purchasing.
Magazine subscriptions, art and photography books are still purchased in hardcopy filling my artist desire for paper, color and ink. Everything considered I’m enjoying the Kindle.
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