“it’s a forest cake.”
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“the earth is what we all have in common.”
— wendell berry
Apr22
Author Archives: beth
Apr21
let it grow.
“i’m going to give this to my mom, it will make her so happy!”
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“love is the flower you’ve got to let grow.”
-john lennon
Apr20
attention.
when we set out on our hike
to see what spring animals
were out there
we thought maybe
we’d see a bear
awakening from a long winter’s nap
though we most likely
scared any creature
who happened to be in our oncoming path
or most anywhere in the vicinity
with our marching and laughing and yelling and jumping
and then
we looked closer
and at last
found an animal
passed over by many
who was not afraid of us
just waiting to to be discovered
a single ant.
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“life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece.”
-nadia boulanger
Apr19
b.i.n.g.o.
spring conferences begin today-
here’s to all the teachers and parents out there.
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credits: mark parisi, offthemark.com
Apr18
fruit of life.
aviary water ripples
butterfly lands
penguins free swim
ibises play
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all on a sunday picnic at the zoo with the family.
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“color is the fruit of life.”
-guillaume apollinaire
Apr17
flux.
maybe the pool opens when the last of the snow vanishes?
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“nature is never static. it is always changing. everything is in a constant state of flux.
nothing endures. everything is in the process of either coming into being or expiring.”
― kilroy j. oldster
Apr16
easter finest.
this may or may not be me in my easter finest.
happy easter all.
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“fashion fades, only style remains the same. “
-coco chanel
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image credit: pinterest vintage
Apr15
on easter’s eve.
“a recipe is a story that ends with a good meal.”
-pat conroy
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image credit: easy.com
Apr14
be a good one.
something is lost or wandering.
(*question and response chain on my neighborhood website – mixed in among the recommendations for contractors, giveaways, news and upcoming events)
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*Anyone lose a peacock? peahen?
A. C. from Crest/Washington · 8h ago
Was leaving the house a little after 11 maybe and a large peacock or peahen appeared wandering through the Kenwood backyards heading north.
P. V. from Crest/Washington · 8h ago
are you sure it wasnt a turkey?
C. G. from Dexter-Miller · 7h ago
A wild turkey has been seen on the South West Side in the last couple days.
A. C. from Crest/Washington · 5h ago
A friend and I were at the end of the drive way when we saw it come through the spaces between the garages and at first I thought I was really losing it because it looked like a vulture perching and then for a split second I did think it was a turkey but it was gone. I swear sometimes you never know in this neighborhood.
S. P. from Crest/Washington · 5h ago
Yes, saw the turkeys last year ( or year before ? ) walking up and around Fair Street near Glendale. I thought there used to be three of them.
J. S. from Dicken · 1h ago
Well. I can think of even a few turkeys who think they themselves are peacocks!
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image credits: eric carle, pinterest
Apr13
risk.
with a hundred possible self-serve drink combinations,
what could possibly go wrong?
all that we have to do is choose all of them.
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“the risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.”
-maimonides
I didn't have my glasses on.... 