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Don't flowers put on their
prettiness each spring and
go to it with
everything they've got? Who
would criticize the bed of
yellow tulips or the blue
hyacinths?
So put a
bracelet on your
ankle with a
bell on it and make a
little music for
the earth beneath your foot, or
wear a hat with hot-colored
ribbons for the
pleasure of the
leaves and the clouds, or at least
a ring with a gleaming
stone on your finger; yesterday
I watched a mother choose
exquisite ear-ornaments for someone
beloved, in the spring
of her life; they were
for her for sure, but also it seemed
a promise, a love-message, a commitment
to all girls, and boys too, so
beautiful and hopeful in this hard world
and young.
The Poet Comments on Yet Another Approaching Spring, Mary Oliver
Oh darling Caroline...these are so delicate and lovely. And the poem is a special one to me. Isn't Mary Oliver a clear, delicate yet strong thread to nature and what lies beneath her surface?
I just get so enchanted by your eye and sensibility.
xx00xx
Posted by: kateri | Friday, 25 January 2008 at 14:25
Once again, you've taken a beautiful photograph. Really, it's so exquisite. You certainly have a talent for capturing beauty in this world, Caroline. And I like this Mary Oliver piece. I had never heard of her or read her writing before I started blogging and without a doubt she has touched the lives of so many women.
Posted by: susanna | Friday, 25 January 2008 at 15:00
hee!
i have a bracelet on my ankle with a bell on it!
be-oooh-tiful photos and amazing words.
mary oliver is amazing
and so are you
xx
Posted by: chocolate covered musings | Friday, 25 January 2008 at 17:13
If I could meet one person in the world to thank them for having an effect on my life it would be the amazing Ms. Oliver. I haven't read that poem before - thank you so much, I just popped in for a bit of inspiration and this was absolutely perfect for me right this moment. Thank you and love to you!
Posted by: megg | Friday, 25 January 2008 at 17:35
soft....delicate....beautiful...perfect...
like you xx
Posted by: Linni | Friday, 25 January 2008 at 21:03
I LOVE snowdrops. Such a sign of spring. Delicate spring with promises of new beginnings and sunny summer days.
Posted by: Anne Marie | Friday, 25 January 2008 at 21:07
So beautiful... so ethereal... what magic you are...
:-)
(((HUGS))),
Love,
Me
Posted by: PixieDust | Friday, 25 January 2008 at 21:48
how incredibly beautiful ... the promise of spring, she is out there waiting with bated breathe blowing her warmth occasionally across the snowy tundra :)
what gorgeous photography! xox
Posted by: daisies | Friday, 25 January 2008 at 22:17
Beautiful photos...I really like your Etsy store too!
Posted by: Carolina Eclectic | Saturday, 26 January 2008 at 03:56
Snowdrops and orchids are lovely in themselves. When combined with the wisdom of Mary Oliver, they become exquisite.
These are beautiful photographs!
Posted by: kate | Saturday, 26 January 2008 at 04:41
The one thing that stood out for me above all else?....
I love the beauty mark that adorns your left hand.
xoxoxo
Posted by: joan | Saturday, 26 January 2008 at 05:29
Beautiful photos and beautiful poem!
Have a real nice weekend :)
Posted by: Marie | Saturday, 26 January 2008 at 23:19
Beautiful photos and beautiful poem!
Have a real nice weekend :)
Posted by: Marie | Saturday, 26 January 2008 at 23:20
Beautiful words and images!
Much love,
Oceangypsy
Posted by: Oceangypsy | Sunday, 27 January 2008 at 08:05
exquisite photos Caroline ~ put them on
your etsy ~ they are vastly poetic:)
they just made my heart soar!
Posted by: maddie | Sunday, 27 January 2008 at 15:46
Such a beautiful photograph -- and the flower between the toes and fingers -- makes me feel ready for spring!!
Posted by: Sherry | Sunday, 27 January 2008 at 22:48
Beautiful! The sentiment and the images.
Posted by: Marilyn | Monday, 28 January 2008 at 14:40