23 Replies to “Birch Ballet in Blue Sky”

  1. grantresults – If you wish to reach me, please comment on a Grant Results blog post or email me at grantresults@gmail.com. As an on-staff grant writer and as an independent consultant, I have extensive experience in writing funded proposals for both rural and urban organizations. Over time, I have assisted school districts, social service agencies, health service providers, and others from Florida to Alaska and from Maine to California. Out of more than 450 proposals written thus far, about 80% have been funded, with a total value of more than $146,000,000 as near as I can track it. Grant Results is a resource for finding and winning competitive grants. Its intended audience is all persons interested in effective grantsmanship, ranging from novices to experts, the curious to the committed. Its audience embraces those professionals and consultants who belong to the various special interest groups on the Charity Channel (www.charitychannel.org), who attend training through the Grantsmanship Center (www.tgci.com), or who seek membership in the Grant Professionals Association (www.grantprofessionals.org), the Association of Fundraising Professionals (www.afpglobal.org), or the American Grant Writers Association (www.agwa.us). As a blog, Grant Results offers tools for writing proposals for funding – primarily in preK-16 Education, Social Services, and Health Services. Its scope of potential funders encompasses federal and state agencies, private foundations, public charities, and corporations. Although its range of possible topics remains open-ended, most posts focus on proven and potential strategies for creating proposals that win grants.
    grantresults says:

    A fine photo and a fine meditation, SeedBud. The ballet metaphor is apt given how both birches’ limbs kick out to the right. Keep it up!

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  2. wildsherkin – Sherkin Island, Co Cork, Ireland – I like to make things, and I don't always have time and space to do that. Sherkin Island is a tiny island off the south west coast of Cork. It's one of the Carbery One Hundred Isles in Roaring Water Bay, just a ten minute ferry ride from Baltimore in West Cork yet a million miles away from my day job.
    wildsherkin says:

    I am dancing with them in the breeze!

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  4. jane tims – Canada – Hi. I am a writer and biologist. I am also interested in history and community sustainability. I write mostly poetry. My training is in botany, so I often include plants in my poems. Visit me at www.nichepoetryandprose.wordpress.com
    jane tims says:

    Hi. I like the phrase ‘symphony of the wind’. Jane

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  5. Cathy Ulrich – Fort Collins, CO – I am a creative, first and foremost, and I love writing and photography. As a bodyworker and energy healer, I enjoy sharing my experiences and insights as well as some of my more eclectic and creative adventures here on this blog. Feel free to read more by clicking the "About" link. Welcome!
    Cathy Ulrich says:

    love the blue sky

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  9. Wendy L. Macdonald – Comox Valley – Living for Jesus, loving Him, and listening for His voice bring me great joy. I'm an inspirational writer who also loves photographing creation and making handbound journals. ~ My faith is not shallow because I've been rescued from the deep. ~ Blessings ~ Wendy ❀ https://wendylmaccreations.etsy.com
    greenlightlady says:

    The colors & contrasts are so lovely with the equally beautiful words.

    Blessings ~ Wendy

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  11. Sandra – Abruzzo, Italy. – I was a wild child in the sixties, married in the seventies, became a mother in the eighties, and moved to America in the nineties. From a very early age, my brain silently recorded my life story as it happened. It was a story that begged to be written. After living in the US for almost thirty years, I retired to Italy with my husband, where I continue to write.
    Sandra says:

    striking.

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  12. Don MacIver, Writer, Poet, RPA – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – A resident of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada since 1987, I am located on the southwestern coast and immediately north of the Washington state border. I hold a lifetime Real Property Administrator (RPA) professional designation in the property/facility management industries spanning over thirty years. My studies were administered by the At the end of 2012, I retired from the industry to pursue other opportunities. Canadian and International Building Owners & Managers Institute with formal examinations through the Simon Fraser University of Vancouver, BC, Canada. In 2001 I came to realize that life fulfillment meant so much more than just income and having enjoyed a successful 28-year career in property management services, I looked internally to explore and discover through creative writing, specifically poetry, prose, and lyrical verse. This newfound love of writing was a natural progression for me as I had spent my entire career writing professionally to engage, inform, inspire, and move client groups to responsive action. With poetry, reader engagement and response has been a tremendous part of my life, unimpeded by any sort of mental block at any stage of the creative process. The focus of my writing leans strongly to the romantic side while also very strongly influenced by my love and connection with nature and the stunning beauty of so much of the planet. Most often, I incorporate high-resolution photographic images to enhance the reader experience. I am also a freelance editor, proofreader, line editor, grammatical and structural editor of author book manuscripts and publishing services.
    Don MacIver, RPA, author, poet says:

    A lovely write! The Birch is such a distinct and beautiful presence, bright in an otherwise darkened woodscape.

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  15. sharonstjoan – Poet, writer, and advocate for wildlife, wild lands, and the earth. President, Forest Voices of India - a U.S.-based group which aids charities in India that further education, culture, the well-being of women, children, and animals, and the restoration of sacred groves. websites: https://wordpress.com/view/forestvoicesofindia.com https://wordpress.com/view/echoesinthemist.com https://wordpress.com/view/wildvoices.world book: Glimpses of Kanchi https://www.amazon.com/Glimpses-Kanchi-Sharon-St-Joan/dp/1982901179/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Glimpses+of+Kanchi&qid=1581769003&sr=8-1
    sharonstjoan says:

    Reblogged this on Voices and Visions.

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  20. Jennifer DiCarlo – Brooklyn, NY – Jennifer DiCarlo was born in 1988 in Erie, Pennsylvania. Currently she is pursuing a BFA in Fine Art and a BA in Psychology at The New School (Parsons and Eugene Lang divisions) located in New York, NY. She has studied printmaking with Paul Marcus at Parsons. She interned for Harlan & Weaver where she worked on Louise Bourgeois' piece, 24-hour Clock. Jennifer was an assistant curator for the “BFA & MFA Couplings” show at Parsons 25 East 13th Gallery in 2009. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.
    Jennifer DiCarlo says:

    beautiful image

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  21. It's only P! – I'd like to say this about myself: exactly what a restaurateur told me when I asked what was in his divine sweet Thai chili sauce: A little bit of this and that. That's me.
    It's only P! says:

    Stunning contrast! Birches and evergreens are my favourites, especially in each other’s proximity.

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