Pretty puffed pungent petals Prancing pirouetting primadonas Pastels, pompous pinks, Peeking, pouncing, Passels praying Proud, precocious Parades primping Precious pronouncements Sarah is the host of Mindlovemisery Menagerie’s Saturday Mix. Sarah says: For this week’s Lucky Dip, I have reached into my mystery bag and pulled out a Tautogram. The topic is up to you! …
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Meijer Gardens in Winter — part 2 of 3 — exhibit
The following pictures are of parts of an exhibit at Meijer Gardens called, “The Womb,” created by Rebecca Louise Law. The exhibit is pretty sparse with clinical-like representations of how big the fetus is and how it grows over time. There is another case that shows how the placenta grows over time, which was new…
dVerse — Paeonia
Born deep Root of roots Snuggling close Waiting for warm, until My green and purple spears Pierce the sky Lanky legs Ferny arms Swelling buds Hot June’s charms Fill me to bursting Blossoming joy Taste my ginger crack pollen! All hit my pipe Humming and staggering Donating parts to Boardrooms And hospital vases Painters love…
Winter at Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park — Part 1 of 3 — outside
You may have been wondering where I was today. Instead of signing in, I brewed a pot of coffee, took a quick bath, then headed over to Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids. Younger son and his wife bought me a membership for Christmas. I chose today to go for a few reasons. One is I’M…
dVerse — quadrille 97 — Breathe the Stars
“Essential oils are like little packages of positivity.” – Valerie Ann Worwood, from The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy, 25th Anniversary Edition (2016) Build dreampaths that are Blessed, mindful; balancing Hills and holes along the way, A journeyed setting of the stage For living to bloom. Essential oils of geranium, grapefruit, Petitgrain and…
Nature’s Medicine — Essential Oils
Last night I attended a lecture from an expert in essential oils and learned quite a bit; enough to know I’m going to start using them for aromatherapy and for medicinal purposes. Each participant concocted a small cobalt blue glass spritzer bottle of a refreshing combination of tea tree oil, lavender oil, and orange oil,…
Doodads — 12/26/19
I woke up today to sunny skies. When I put recyclable items in the bin outside it wasn’t even cold, somewhere in the 50’s. I ended up walking out back to check things out. More trees have fallen because of the extremely high water table. Looking up the clouds were moving fast. Looking down I…
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