33 Replies to “Hollyhock’s Gifts”

  1. blondie63 – I love crochet, knitting, photography, dogs, cooking, baking, scrapbooking, music ,blogging and did I mention dogs? I also love to collect movies which is a big hobby of mine!
    Lisa says:

    Beautiful purse holding its bounty til ready! I love it! Hugz Lisa

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  9. Over the years I’ve remembered the flowers, but I’d forgotten the pleasure of those dried seeds. As children, we used them as “money” for our very important transactions.

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  10. LB – I'm a woman who loves spending time on the motorcycle and in, or on, any body of water. I love traveling and reading, baking and cooking, taking way too many pictures, and enjoying my family and friends. Life is an adventure, and I want to remember and express my joy for it! This is a journal for me ... so I'll never forget the good times and to remind me of them on more challenging days.
    LB says:

    what an amazing macro shot! and what an eye you have!

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  11. chrisstov – I have reached retirement age. I am a keen amateur photographer. I like walking and listening to classical and film music, also some popular and pop music from the 60s and 70s. I like reading and have recently discovered Kindle and lately the kindle fire.
    chrisstov says:

    I like the green and black background.

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  12. 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:

    Lovely. Yes the ground for rebirth is being set now. This little reminds me dim sum.

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  14. I’d like to express my thanks for your visions of natural beauty. Your posts enrich my life every day. – Wishing you all good things.

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  23. GrannysPlace – washington coast – I am my husbands care giver. He is a disabled Nam Vet with schizo effective disorder and secondary bipolar, and heart disease, insulin dependent diabetic, frontal lobe dementia, and other stuff. I find the beauty in the world through the eye of my camera lens and this is also my inspiration for when life gets tough and it does at time with a loved one with a severe mental illness. I am Mother to two, grandmother to three and great grandmother to two. I am a 12 stepped-clean and sober for many years and am 65 years old.
    GrannysPlace says:

    Great shot

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  25. I can see by this poem that you have been thinking similar thoughts. I try not be sad this time of year as I watch the flowers go by but think about how nature is already getting things ready for next spring.

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  26. 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:

    very sweet, cannot wait to see it open!

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  30. 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:

    Leaf and twig you are full of magic

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  31. wow. i love your posts! *following* 🙂

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  32. Reblogged this on doubtproof and commented:
    what do you see when you look at a hollychock seedpod? 🙂 i love the insight and imagination:

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