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World Poetry Day and Julius Meinl Coffee
Mira, This sounds like the beginning of a lovely tradition: this is the second year that this café spotlights World Poetry Day in this way!
Which Emily Dickinson poem did you select?
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/23/2014
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida): Spring's Early Pink, Red, Salmon, or White Pastels
Mira, Me, too, I appreciate the tapestry throw blanket, which is beautifully designed.
The effect of flowering dogwood, blooming in the landscape, is really special, quite spectacular, and definitely unforgettable.
It's interesting that you kept ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/23/2014
Hauntings on the Assonet Ledge in Freetown State Forest
Nelda_Hoxie, That's such a lovely view from the Assonet Ledge that it's unexpected to learn that it's haunted.
It's interesting also to hear that, amidst the suicides, there have been those who have been stopped.
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/23/2014
Ecopsychology - How Wild Nature Can Heal The Broken Spirit
Mira, thank you for reading my article and your comments too. I think your idea of walking the hills surrounding a city is a great one - you get the whole picture of the city, it's particular shape and place in the terrain - plus the joy of ...
KathleenDuffy, on 03/23/2014
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida): Spring's Early Pink, Red, Salmon, or White Pastels
Nelda_Hoxie, Flowering dogwoods convey such beauty in the landscape that you are fortunate to live next door to this lovely tree.
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/23/2014
All About The Limelight Hydrangea
Dustytoes, Limelight hydrangea is a lovely variety. I enjoyed your photos, which capture their beauty.
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/23/2014
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida): Spring's Early Pink, Red, Salmon, or White Pastels
Dustytoes, The next best thing to having a dogwood in your back yard is having one in your next door neighbor's yard!
Me, too, I enjoy the blooms of the flowering dogwood. It is a serene beauty.
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/23/2014
Ecopsychology - How Wild Nature Can Heal The Broken Spirit
I read this in two sittings. Didn't want to rush through it. What a great idea to write such an article. I often feel the need to be in nature and suffer when I can't act on the impulse. Often when I travel abroad, I walk the hills surrounding ...
Mira, on 03/23/2014
Film Review of The Littlest Rebel: Shirley Temple and Bill Bojangles Robinson in 1935 Musical Drama
I plan to watch this movie. That black-and-white photo is her is so good! I had a thought this might have been one of her first films but I see on imdb.com that she did 12 movies in 1934, 11 movies and 1933, and 5 movies in 1932, before this ...
Mira, on 03/23/2014
Ringtail Panda (Ailurus fulgens): Red Cat-Bears of Mountainous Southwest Asia
These ringtail pandas are so cute! I love the photos you included, including that of a snow leopard. Nature can be amazing. I've never known about these pandas :-)
Mira, on 03/23/2014
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida): Spring's Early Pink, Red, Salmon, or White Pastels
I love the botanical illustrations and especially the one by the first lady - I think these Victorian women who took up natural history illustration are often under-estimated.
KathleenDuffy, on 03/23/2014
Why do I love The Magnificent Magnolia Trees?
Yes, we have a huge magnolia tree in our communal garden. It is as tall as our building now, which is three storeys high. When the huge white flowers open out they look gorgeous. However, it is only 15 years old and was planted in all ...
KathleenDuffy, on 03/23/2014
Ecopsychology - How Wild Nature Can Heal The Broken Spirit
Frank, your descriptions of your feelings on Long Mynd are very beautiful - this sort of thing would make a lovely article. I was thinking about nature and young troubled people again today - being out in wild nature also, I imagine, takes off ...
KathleenDuffy, on 03/23/2014
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida): Spring's Early Pink, Red, Salmon, or White Pastels
The tapestry is my favorite. I never paid attention to dogwood (I don't think I saw it in Romania; apparently it does exist but it's not something we talk or read about) but I kept finding references to it in English-language fiction. I can now ...
Mira, on 03/23/2014
Ecopsychology - How Wild Nature Can Heal The Broken Spirit
Your statement, Kathleen, that nature has many faces is wise, as in a land like Britain there are few areas untouched by human activity, but British landscape is still nature, can be wild and is certainly beautiful. In much of the land nature ...
frankbeswick, on 03/23/2014