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This Is Our Father’s World
This is my Father’s world, And to my list’ning ears All nature sings, and round me rings The music of the spheres. This is my Father’s world! I rest me in the thought Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas… His hand the wonders wrought. This is … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, forest, inspiration, Life, Maltbie Babcock, memory, nature, photograph, song, thoughts
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Thanksgiving Memory
It was with great trepidation and much excitement that our family of five trailer-ed all we owned from Red Deer Alberta through the Rockies to British Columbia. My father had received his first full time church posting in a small … Continue reading
Posted in Living Simply, thanksgiving
Tagged Beauty, inspiration, Life, memory, photograph, thanksgiving, thoughts
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Rosemary
Rosemary is viewed as a symbol of love, fidelity, and longevityMany people believe that using rosemary and keeping some sprigs under the pillow aids in sleeping and keeps the negative thoughts away.Placing a rosemary garland at the entrance of your … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Hints, inspiration, Living Simply, Simplicity
Tagged anti-inflammatory, fidelity, herb, longevity, love, memory, remembrance, respect, rosemary, sleep aid
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Tradition
Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes—our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking around. ~ Gilbert … Continue reading
Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity
Tagged ancestors, Beauty, democracy, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, hope, inspiration, Life, memory, nature, photograph, Quote, survival, thoughts, tradition
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Anniversary Rose Preserved Forever
Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity
Tagged bc, Beauty, flowers, inspiration, Life, memory, nature, photograph
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Christmas Eve Covid Style
We’ll have a covid Christmas Eve alone, spending the day in our own home, hanging the stockings out in the shop, sharing the love that no virus can stop, as we open our gifts in our own living room watching … Continue reading
Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity
Tagged Christmas, freedom, happy place, heart, home, hope, inspiration, Life, light, love, memory, Peace, photograph, poem, share, survival, winter
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Worn Out
My hard drive needs defragging, my memory has crashed, the trash is overflowing, and my flash drive is trashed. Now my monitor is fading looks like shut down is complete, wish I could be reconditioned before I’m obsolete. ~2016 Sharron … Continue reading
Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity
Tagged crashed, done, flash drive, hard drive, memory, monitor, obsolete, poem, survival, tired, worn out
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Life In The Cemetery
A beautiful, quiet place to contemplate the meaning of life. Words, symbols, plants, flowers, birds all add meaning to the place where ones body ends up, and where life no longer has any meaning at all except to those who … Continue reading
Scented Memories
Lilac bush in bloom. Butterflies ecstatic, So am I. I breathe in memories, walking to school, Red Deer Alberta, spring, freedom, happiness and laughter. 2020 Sharron R. McMillan
Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity
Tagged bc, Beauty, flowers, freedom, garden, happy place, home, inspiration, Life, memories, memory, nature, Peace, photograph, poem, seeing, spring
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Make Meaning
The human ability to make meaning is so versatile, so powerful, that it can make almost anything tolerable, so long as it’s woven into a bigger story that makes it meaningful. We need to reflect consciously on the ways we … Continue reading
Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity
Tagged bc, Beauty, hope, inspiration, Life, meaning, meaningful, memories, memory, nature, Peace, photograph, Quote, remember, Roy Scranton, seeing, share, thoughts
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Frames
It’s the frames which make some things important and some things forgotten. It’s all only frames from which the content rises. ~ Eve Babitz American writer
Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity
Tagged Beauty, Eve Babitz, forest, forgotten, frames, green, important, inspiration, Life, memory, moss, nature, Quote, seeing, thoughts, woods
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Bunnykins cactus
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Tagged Bunnykins, cactus, garden, inspiration, memories, memory, nature, photograph, seeing
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Oranges in January
I don’t know if the cold kitchen has shocked it into producing but our little orange tree has flowers and oranges on it at the same time. Smells lovely and reminds me spring will come again.
Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity
Tagged Beauty, hope, inspiration, Life, memory, nature, orange, photograph, spring, survival, tree, winter
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Christmas Is – Part 4
Mother. Father. Child. Together. Alone. Guests who arrived had been invited by angels. Angels. And a star. Shepherds. Wise men. How simple it was, how thrilling. How lonely. Christmas. Family. Presents. And an unexpected sense of loneliness – We too … Continue reading
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Tagged angels, Christmas, hope, inspiration, Life, memory, Peace, photograph, poem, remember, soul, thoughts
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