And Then There Were Three

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So I stumble into
Not the admission but
The fascination I have with
You


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Gathering to that moment
The distraction of words, silence on my lips
I reach out and touch you, but
Instead, letting the words unfold
Into greater peace and harmony


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The Hellebores are back, coming to a neighborhood like yours!

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In a thousand valleys, far and wide
Where the sun comes out and greets the sky
Her branches reach out to meet the day
Flowers are scented without even a try
Words cannot even begin to describe
The love that I have, for her
My beautiful Mother Earth


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I made a threesome of a phone call after dinner tonight, It was with the other girls that I have gone on vacation with every year since college, except for 2020. I love my friends. I don't have a lot of free time to have those meaningful conversations that mean so much to us... so, I did it together, just like we might be having coffee or a glass of wine. I love my friends. Did I say that already? They are the words that create so many chapters in the story of my life, adding the beauty and making it hard to put down.


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I must confess, I told my lovely friend @sunscape that I have never seen these kind of daffodils before. I was scrolling through my camera tonight, and what did I see? Yes... just like that. I saw them and never noticed.


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I used these words on my friends tonight. All the loveliness in the world would never match the heart you both have. I am amazed at your capacity to do good works and be open with your heart and life. Of course, your friends would fill your life with love. It's only because they mirror you in some way or another. I really mean that and I hope they embraced it.


Love makes the world go round. Truly. ❤️


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Their beauty whispers, in my world, even as they fade, wither and as a final point, fall back to the earth.

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All I have are my words, armed in my mind, written in pen, stand by stand. Oh, yes. Still by hand. It has a different feel. Altered not by keys, backspace, and delete, I write, erase, tear it to pieces and start all over again. And again.

It’s my way. I walk out to the deep end of the page and dive right in.

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The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost


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Bang, I did it again... I just rehived your post!
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Love makes the world go round. Truly. ❤️

Love is everywhere. I love the first two photos. They look as if the central part of the flowers would glow, emanate light, or something like that. Sometimes I also take similar photos about flowers. They are beautiful, and they make our days better and more colorful.

!PIZZA.
!LUV.
!hivebits.

Have a nice day. All the best. Greetings and much love from Hungary.

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They do, don't they? The tulips glowed even more. I love when the sun is in the right position like that. Flowers do make the world a better place. Flowers are mood boosters. The presence of roses and rosemary, for instance, are known to improve your concentration and focus. I will have to try that on a day I am having trouble with focus.

Thanks for all the tokens! Have a great day!

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Love indeed is what makes the world go round.
Lovely pictures ma

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Thank you so much. Love has always made the world go round. :) I hope you had a great day!

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Love the photos! Close ups of flowers really make fun subjects!

I’m glad that you’ve got some great close friends like that! Through time and one reason or another I don’t have anyone from college that i still talk to but it’s for the best. I enjoy reading that people still talk with friends like that though!

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A few of us always kept in touch, even though all of us live over 1,000 miles from each other. One just recently relocated to the East Coast from Oregon! Yay! But, even with marriage, kids and illness, and death, we get together and go away once a year together. We promised we would.

I love close-ups of things although I am not a real macro person. I did buy a macro lens, but, I have to say I love close-up better. Macro is a skill, close up is a look. Does that make sense?

I hope you are having a great day, it is much cooler than I suspected it could be at the end of April here in the DC area.

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I'm also obsessed with hellebores and all the flowers in the garden :) And the thought of the blank page in this way is so familiar, we attempt to share our love in words and hopefully deeds. Lovely post @dswigle

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I am too!!! There are so many different varieties, some almost look like another species altogether. We always had them in our New England garden, but, I think as years go by, they have really gained a lot of popularity!

I see them everywhere now and are very much highlighted. It delights me to no end.

Blank pages are the only way to begin again, yes?

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Sooooo many flowers. So many. Love it!

I made a threesome

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It's more challenging than you think. ;)

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Oh I know! I've tried in the past. Failed miserably.

... we are talking about photographing flowers, right?

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Oh I know! I've tried in the past. Failed miserably.

No. I was talking phone conversations. Three people/one conversation. It is quite challenging with talkers.

What's love got to do with it?

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Beautiful shots. That is cool that you are still able to talk to them even if you aren't able to get together. I commuted for college, so I kind of missed out on the whole social piece of it. I kind of wish I had some crazy college friends I could talk about, but I really don't :)

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A few of us always kept in touch, even though all of us live over 1,000 miles from each other. One just recently relocated to the East Coast from Oregon! Yay! But, even with marriage, kids and illness, and untimely death, we get together and go away once a year together. We promised we would. A time or two, one even shows up on a doorstep... just because they can tell you need it.

Like when my mother passed away.

So, yes. Love makes the world go round. College is no longer what it was either. Just look at it now.

I have a great family that I love and love getting together with them. YOU have an awesome family and even go to your nieces' softball games. You have the best of friends there. With the way families are today, you hit the jackpot. 💙

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Yeah, I think you are definitely right about family. That is good you have that support system in place.

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Poetry in motion with flower power, this is a treat to read.

Yes that road not taken, sometimes we miss the turn.

Daffodils with curly frills make the best of friends come to mind.

Always a lovely end to a day Denise, thanks and take care!

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Who can deny the beauty of spring, plus a few words sprinkled in just for good measure. It is always such a pleasure to get a comment from you, it surely makes my day brighter!

It's so nice to see you as you go around the block chain making the whole place smile.

I hope life has gotten better over there and just know that you are in my thoughts and prayers as well as all of South Africa. 💖

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Seeing positive beauty I find within Hive, taking a break with a cotton wool head in swirling thought, this is what calms me down. Other than watching my garden grow and birds flying to and fro.

Thanks for kind thoughts and visit we will survive and carry on, one way or another we have to! 🤗

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Ah... So beautiful @dswigle!!!
!LADY

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I love the daffodil! I love the Magnolia! I love the Redbud! I just love flowers! Beautiful Denise as always.

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Awesome that you have been blessed with such friends! I have to say, I never have found much value in friendships of such, but that is certainly just my bad luck. I have seen it happen in films, so I believe it to be true, yet never had that experience.

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