The tropics are aflame with brightly colored florals that brighten the mood. Sharing with you a capture that brings a smile in my heart, hoping that it does to yours as well.
Cee’s more happy vibe in Flower of the Day
CFFC: b&w and buildings
This photo is in my archived files of our Australian trip exactly a year today. It is a blessing to reminisce this moment with Bob as we had a meaningful morning just taking our sweet time capturing the experience into lovely memories.
more lovely captures in Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge
sunday trees: 352
Silhouetted trees in the shadow of Your awesome creation bring to light Your amazing presence of grace and hope. Thank you, dear Lord, for touching my heart as I remember You at this moment when the vast backdrop makes me feel puny but assures me that I have a special place in the niche of YOUR embrace for always. Likened to reclining on the boughs of your majestic trees in steadfast peace.
inspired by Becca’s Sunday Trees
flower of the day: 14 aug – rose
Roses seem to be the favored flower given to a loved one to celebrate a modest or momentous event in a lover’s life. Could it be the supple petals wound in a spiral pattern, the faint fragrance of its rosy essence that evokes a lover’s charm or the simple beauty of love this flower pegs?
I took a photo of this rose one wintry day, while in travel, not noticing immediately its wilting beauty. Yes, even at the verge of its final days, it still tugged at my heart as an embodiment of love foretold.
joining Cee’s Flower of the Day challenge
flower of the day: 09 aug – sunflower
the bleak days of rain,
hug us in vain
hiding the cozy feels,
that sunshine always deals
an imprint of the sunny flower,
in my heart gives power
of peace that surpasses,
and joy that encompasses.
joining Cee’s Flower of the Day challenge
pic and a word challenge: fly home
being left behind
unable to bind in mind,
the reason why
you said goodbye,
acceptance is pain
healing will ultimately gain,
the peace that will endure
as the trauma will secure,
a heart moment to forget
only the regret,
of missing and loving you
always and true,
fly home, DAD, my dear
bring with you my heart here,
I will hold your memory not in vain
until the day i see you again.
responding to Patrick Jenning’s Pic and a Word Challenge: Trauma
photograph captured in Brighton Beach, Melbourne
flower of the day: 08 aug – Lily of the Nile
I struggled to identify this beautiful floral masterpiece, but even in its huddled state, it still elicited charm that tugged at my heart. I deemed it to be a chrysanthemum, as there were not much floral variety in that place we visited and mostly they were just that.
My utmost thanks to mariawijk for helping me identify this beautiful flower.
joining Cee’s Flower of the Day challenge
one word sunday: chimney
Since I live in the tropics, chimneys are not one’s usual visual fare on rooftops. Just thinking about having heating inside an almost all-year summer feel of a weather, wrenches sweat on my brows. Yet, the thought of a chimney is a whimsical idea of a threshold for someone in red, with rosy cheeks and has passion for cookies and milk. Although it is pure fantasy, the thought of Santa gliding down a sooty chimney is cozy and warm.
However, I was able to take some photos of some chimneys as I peeked out our hotel room in Kensington when we went back to London a few months back. I was thrilled like a little girl enjoying a backyard sight that was ultimately different from mine back home. Yes, there are mundane things we take for granted because they are the norm in our lives, but experiencing some and appreciating their novelty raise the level of the moment to a unique instant altogether.
Joining Debbie Smyth: One Word Sunday
thought snippet fifty {time}
Ecclesiastes 13, 11a — He has made everything appropriate in its time.
When driving, I used to be irritated (enraged even, whenever I was running late) as the stop light suddenly turns red and I am about to cross an intersection or make a turn, because prior it was green and go.
As I grew in the faith and realized that everything has its appointed time, not even the beat, rhyme or reason of my existence is my own. Thus, I began to understand that God’s timing in my life is appropriately perfect.
A delay may mean safety or a time to wait,
a denial of self may mean humility to accept our bounds,
a rejection of support may mean better opportunities,
an unanswered prayer may mean to accept God’s will,
a broken promise may mean to claim God’s alone,
and the learning list of life’s lessons goes on.
Pointing to the reality of God’s presence and perfect timing in every moment of our life is the only truth to uphold. As HE alone knows the right moment for every birth, life and death that beat to HIS perfect cadence.
flower of the day: 03 april – mussaenda
One sunny morning as I took my walk, this little yellow star-shaped floral darling caught my eye and I captured its beauty. It was aglow against the pink sepals that seemed too protective of its little sprout. These are the puny things that we fail to appreciate but as seen up close, they tug at the heart that beat up joy to a tempo of celebration!
joining Cee’s flower of the day prompt
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