64 Replies to “Surfacing”

  1. Björn Rudberg (brudberg) – I love to write poetry in all forms and matters. Almost unpublished but busy writing poetry daily. Love to see the music and color in words and grab my poetic license with English.
    Björn Rudberg (brudberg) says:

    Ahh soon weeks away here…

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  2. This rebirth is always amazing no matter how many times we’ve seen it.

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  3. Monica Graff – United States – After two decades of editing scholarly monographs for university presses, I decided to put down my red pen and pick up a black one. It's a lot more fun! Some of my musings have been published on various websites and in two anthologies.
    Monica says:

    The very picture of hope. I can’t wait to get back to Montana and look for tiny shoots of green.

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  4. barbara moss – Kent, England – Entrepreneur dealing with e-commerce, affiliate marketing and help for those just starting online. Also do travel, composting and worm farming. Life is full
    barbara21moss says:

    Our first daffodils opened and then were engulfed by snow. They are still fighting on, though.

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  5. Lovely picture – again we are on the same track only my photo of emerging rhubarb didn’t come out too well so I haven’t shared it! Our daffodils are slightly ahead of this and should be in flower soon.

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  6. betty - NZ – New Zealand – I post more of my photos on my Blogspot blog. You can find it here: https://myworldthrumycameralens.blogspot.com/
    bettyl says:

    Isn’t it always exciting to see the first signs of spring!

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  7. BeyondTheWildGarden – Kildare , Ireland – Hi Everyone, My Name is David Corscadden and I am a fourth year Horticultural student in UCD. I have keen interest in wildlife friendly gardens or as I like to call them “Wild Gardens”. I have in the last year taken a u-turn in what I thought I would do after college. I have moved more in to the literature side of horticulture and plan to do a masters in journalism next year as soon as I am finished my undergraduate degree. I set this blog up so people can follow projects and activities I am doing in my own back garden with the hopes that they can learn with me. Hopefully you will learn from my successes and on occasions maybe from my mistakes! I plan to also share my experiences and the inspiration I find in my daily life. I plan to share idea, plants and garden design that feeds my desire to garden. Hope you all will enjoy the journey you are about to go on with me, and hopefully then you will find the wild in your own garden. David
    BeyondTheWildGarden says:

    It is great when you find moments like this in the garden! Fills you with excitement !

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  8. Janet Holt – Bald Head Island, NC – I am on a journey of discovery. One that involves discovering the world around me and discovering myself. I have found that using a camera is making this process of discovery much more enjoyable. I trust you will enjoy it as well. My passion for all animals knows no bounds, but it is the parrot that has caught my heart! I am now involved in a campaign to help bring parrots in the wild back into their normal existence! The Indonesian Parrot Project is first on my list, and with a little help from our friends we will bring the Abotti Cockatoo back into a full, strong life in their natural habitat.
    janethilton says:

    Amazing, it is a renewal of sorts!

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  9. I like “shouldering”: it’s not just a pretty face, the stuff of romantic poetry; but a determined little thing, doing hard–and beautiful–work.

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  13. pishnguyen – I love photography, writing, anime, my family, and my dogs. And I seem to spend a LOT of time chasing my muses around in circles.
    pishnguyen says:

    Fantastic poem. “Noble daffodil” — I love that.

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  15. greenmackenzie – Scotland – Hi, I'm Seonaid, and I share my home on the shores of Loch Ness deep in the Scottish Highlands with my husband, my son and a couple of dogs. I love art which is here now and gone tomorrow...like food and nature...but also have a passion for vintage and the ancient past! Nature is my favourite muse, with her wild ever shifting seasons. I have been using and teaching mindfulness and relaxation for over 12 years, and have yet to become any sort of expert :-) I'm a Psychotherapist and Cancer Support Specialist in Maggies Highlands
    greenmackenzie says:

    Oh I love the sight of those little green spears 🙂

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  16. Eddy Winko – Poland – Left the rat race to live a less hectic and harmful life. From the building of a straw bale house to the composting toilet diaries; read my blog http://winkos.wordpress.com/
    Eddy Winko says:

    Good to see 🙂

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  19. Coral Swan – Cairns, – Dr Coral Swan, Early Literacy Specialist, Teacher, Tutor, Dyslexia Consultant & Barton Certified Dyslexia Screener (and novice photographer) gives teachers and parent strategies to nurture children as competent readers, writers and confident, independent learners. Coral's book, 'Teaching Strategies for Literacy in the Early Years' is available for purchase on her website: www.morethanreading.com
    Coral Swan says:

    lWhat a lovley sight! Still too much snow here for such delights. Next week…?

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  20. Silvia – Buenos Aires – I earn a living working as a graphic designer in an aviation magazine. The rest of the time I mostly read, write and draw.
    Silvia says:

    So beautiful!

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  21. I returned home yesterday to about half the amount of snow we had when we left…so that along with your beautiful photos/words of the daffodils gives me hope for a spring soon to arrive!!! 🙂

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  22. Gretchen Del Rio – Crestline, California, USA – I first discovered the magic of water based colors when many years ago I began to paint with procion dyes on silk. I loved the unexpected quality of the process. It was so exciting to never be sure what the colors and water would combine to produce. It seemed as though the medium had its own passion. Painting with watercolors and paper is much the same. I love the color combinations and separations that occur spontaneously as the color floats on the water. You can never totally predict what effect will result. If you try to control the medium too much, your painting will be very tight losing its aliveness. The artist must be bold and decisive or the work will not be clear and fresh. It is really like a dance. It becomes a controlled folly in knowing when to let go and when to take charge of the direction that the painting is taking. The images that I paint reflect my emotions and are expression of my life experience. They are not extensively planned, but rather evolve as the painting progresses. I am always surprised by the end result since it comes into being because of what the medium and emotion has suggested. The paintings are from my heart and I always fall in love with the subject. I believe that we are all connected and, if an image touches you, it is because we all have the same heart even though our paths may be different. Most of all, painting what I paint makes me happy. The paintings are my own path unfolding. They are an opening door for me and contain my own passion for life.
    Gretchen Del Rio says:

    It is always wonderful to greet them each spring.

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  25. djdfr – Daily life experiences by a Franco-American woman living in the Breton countryside form the basics of this blog. Gardening, watercolour, choral music, food, are some of my interests. I seek to balance the physical, mental and spiritual. I am a free believer praying from the Bible, the Qur’an and The Revelation of Arès. In 1974, with Jesus as the messenger, and in 1977, manifesting as a stick of light, Our Creator spoke directly to a man in Arès, France, named Michel Potay. The message is in the book “The Revelation of Arès”. It is a call for us to change, to practice love, peacemaking, forgiveness, to free ourselves from all prejudice, to develop our spiritual intelligence, the intelligence of the heart.
    djdfr says:

    I can feel the force in your photo.

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  28. heavenhappens – Welcome to my life. You can share my grown up world here at http://heavenhappens.me where I blog my thoughts, my life, my travels, my photographs and my poetry. Growing up just after the war was a grim experience. So, now that I have 7 grandchildren, I am reclaiming my childhood by seeing the world anew through their eyes. Every minute I spend with them is magical. So this blog is for them ~ Ben, Rosie, Tiffany, Stanley, Thea, Mateo, and the youngest, Olivia! I hope, when they are all grown up, they will enjoy reading it and finding out about their grandma’s life, and know how very happy they made her. I hope you enjoy reading my posts, leave a comment or a link and I will get back to you. I’m sorry to say that my darling husband died of Covid on Good Friday 2020. Since then the wind has gone out of my sails and I’ve hardly written a thing. I will try to pick up my life and start writing again one day. But for now please enjoy exploring my life🕊️
    heavenhappens says:

    Lovely, our daffodils are out now and they really cheer up the garden x

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  29. 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. They are certainly tough… I like the word ‘shouldering’. Jane

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  32. liliesandleaves – I love the True and Living God, all He is, says, and does, and all He created, and I want to share that with the whole, wide world. Behind every THING there is a THOUGHT, and when we discover that thought, we learn something of God.
    liliesandleaves says:

    Lovely! Resurrection – life through death… We are preparing for winter here at the moment.

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  35. pamelajeannestudio – Antioch, IL – I started this blog to participate in the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge by Leslie Seata. I have been a creative person from childhood and have always loved making things. I have been a professional quilter for many years. Just recently, I have been doing more drawing and took up watercolor as my medium.
    pamelajeannestudio says:

    Can’t wait to see this at my house. It’s snowing as I gaze out my window. Maybe there is green already under all this snow.

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  36. Oh, so nice to see.Not for a while here, we got a foot or more of snow.

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  37. Rene Yoshi – Just a transplanted Okinawan-French Southern girl with a wee bit o' Irish, sharing photography and what I'm learning about spiritual things, including putting off legalism and religious traditions, and embracing God's matchless love, tender mercy, and amazing grace!
    Rene Yoshi says:

    So exciting! But you’ve got daffodils popping up already? I’ve still got snow, and we’re due to get 6+ inches!

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  42. Oh look! Daffodilts and strawberry plants emerge from under the snow.

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  44. Cynthia Guenther Richardson – Pacific NW – Hello fellow readers and bloggers, Writing has always been a powerful connector to diverse ideas and people. We each are a meaningful part of this beautiful, ever-widening web of life. Blogging enables more interaction, which I love even after 11 years of blogging posts on three different sites. For thirty years I was an addictions/mental health counselor and also a manager of home care services for elderly folks. Now that I have hit 70 and am more devoted to a creative life! I've published online or in literary journals/collections several times, including fiction and creative non-fiction pieces and poetry over five decades. Additionally, I was nominated for a Pushcart Prize for an excerpt of my novel-in-progress, Other than Words (the work gathering dust at present), about a mute dancer and her impact on her adopted community and a world-travelling photojournalist. I also am working on a connected set of stories about a close-knit town in northern Michigan. On Wordpress I enjoy writing about living richly despite (or because of) life's setbacks and a diagnosis of heart disease at age 51. Posts tagged "memoir" share spiritual adventures, interactions with nature, the healing of trauma's impact and challenges of writing full-time. Short stories and creative nonfiction, and poetry are favorite genres but I enjoy sharing my photography as well My hope is my offerings reflect a profound faith in God and our humanness which cloaks spiritual natures. I include myself as part of the diverse group of writers who discover and share the illuminating, positive experiences amid life's uncertainties and hardships. Let me hear from you when you visit--I appreciate your comments a great deal. Blessings and regards, Cynthia
    Cynthia Guenther Richardson says:

    …”shouldering its way”–you are a lovely poet.

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  47. Emily Carter – Annapolis, Maryland – Emily Carter Nature as Art Photography Tours As an award winning and published photographer, Emily Carter has extensive photography teaching experience in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Through her work “Nature as Art” she encourages her clients to grow as a digital artist by aiding them in visualizing images that are creative and unique. Nature as Art Photography Tours celebrate the Wonders of Nature by connecting people with nature and sparking compassion, curiosity and inspiring people to care for our planet. These tours provide clients with real-world opportunities to make memorable connections with nature and wildlife, while learning about conservation.
    Bella Remy Photography says:

    Looks like your spring is behind mine. Our daffys started blooming is week

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  49. Kat at travelgardeneat – Life sometimes gets so busy, we forget to stop and smell the roses. Travel.Garden.Eat is a reminder to slow down and enjoy the things that make good memories and replenish the soul!
    Kat at travelgardeneat says:

    Vicariously enjoying spring through these posts as we received yet another large blanket of snow!

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  51. M. – Since I was little I liked to visualize and create things. Painting with watercolors is what makes me happy now. That, and spending time gardening and reading. I love long walks, biking, and the beach.
    mehrlich125 says:

    Love your photo & words. My daffodil buds are under snow right now in Boston. Boo hoo.

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  52. typewriterpoet – I enjoy many poetry styles but enjoy short poetry the most and a little bit of microfiction, but the challenge of a long poem has it's enjoyment as well!
    typewriterpoet says:

    New spring life, always worthy of of some wonderful poetry

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  53. chrisbkm – Chris Morrison was born on the north shore of Lake Superior and currently lives within moments of the Atlantic in Nova Scotia, Canada.
    chrisbkm says:

    Yay!

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  56. dbubble12 – Hi, I'm Dawn. I have spent most of my life as a jack of all trades; master of none. Which has worked great for me since this translates into being a fast learning, divergent thinking mom and wife. Photography, travel, family and journaling as I go is the essence of great moments in life as I know it. I blog about all these moments and everything in between.
    dbubble12 says:

    So exciting! Looks like you’ve got little soldiers standing to attention. I’ve got 5 in my garden, so far.

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  57. Isobel – I like animals, colour, the Thames, reading, cooking, writing, eating, walking. I don't like bullies, butchers' shops, crowded public transport, Nigel Farage.
    IsobelandCat says:

    Do you have a like button? I looked to click but couldn’t see one.

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  58. Dr. Denny Wilkins – Dr. Denny Wilkins professes journalism at a small, private university in the Northeast. He has climbed, hiked, kayaked, photographed, skied, and otherwise meandered aimlessly throughout the American West for decades. He has degrees in geology, environmental studies, and communication — and has tried to make use of them as a co-founder of the progressive cultural blog ScholarsandRogues.com. He’s broadly interested in how the world works and why it works that way. He hates writing, although he does like having written well.
    Dr. Denny says:

    Wonderful image, appropriate title …

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  61. Inside the Mind of Isadora – Intriguing, sensitive, mysterious, loving, artistic and crackling with excitement for life is a pretty good description of who I am. I just retired from the world of art where I sold my Artfully Designed Handmade Jewelry for 28 years; although, art will always be a part of who I am no matter what venue I choose to express it in.
    Inside the Mind of Isadora says:

    Cute strong little daffodils … they smell Spring

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    1. simon7banks – Harwich, UK – I write poems and stories, often mystical or fantastical. I believe very strongly that poetry is an art of the spoken word, so the sound of the words is important: so please say my poems aloud, if only in your head. I live in the U.K., in Harwich, Essex, but have worked in Kenya and Finland, and travelled to many other places. This is my literary blog. I'm also a Liberal Democrat political activist, birder, long-distance trail walker, real ale drinker and Quaker.
      simon7banks says:

      Excellent picture – full of meaning and somehow amusing too.

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