37 Replies to “April Showers”

  2. derrickjknight – UK – I am an octogenarian enjoying rambling physically and photographing what I see, and rambling in my head as memories are triggered. I also ramble through a lifetime's photographs. In these later years much rambling is done in a car.
    derrickjknight says:

    Once again, superb photo and apt verse

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  3. pastpeter – Sometime Senior Scientist, sometime Senior Pastor, now senior citizen, happily retired and living once again on Long Island, New York – the place people always want to leave but always come back to. Our retirement years have taken Marian and me to mid-coast Maine (A Maine Winter), to the New Hampshire Lakes region (A New Hampshire Journal), and then back to Long Island, where we had spent the 17 “best years of our lives” (Past Pastoring). We loved the north country, but are so glad to be “Home” (Long Islanders).
    pastpeter says:

    “April is the cruelest month” -T.S.Eliot

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  5. If shown the photo and asked to identify the month, I’d say January. Geography may not be destiny, but it certainly makes for different seasons. This is a beautiful photo that almost makes me long for the cold again.

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  6. Fife Photos and Art – Fife, Scotland – I'm an amateur photographer who just loves getting to really know the area I live in. I grew up in Cornwall, lived in Surrey for a number of years, and I'm now happily married and living in Fife, Scotland.
    Fife Photos and Art says:

    That sums up our Spring here in Scotland exactly. I’m so looking forward to day time temperatures above 8°C

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      1. Fife Photos and Art – Fife, Scotland – I'm an amateur photographer who just loves getting to really know the area I live in. I grew up in Cornwall, lived in Surrey for a number of years, and I'm now happily married and living in Fife, Scotland.
        Fife Photos and Art says:

        That’s true 🙂

  9. Jane Lurie – Hello! Berenice Abbott said, “Photography helps people to see.” It is satisfying when someone looks at one of my images and remarks that they now see something in a new way. I hope that my photographs delight and surprise you.
    Jane Lurie says:

    Fantastic image and the poetry is perfect.

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  11. Robyn Haynes – Australia – Robyn enthusiastically pursues a green and writerly life on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia, where her background as a doctor of social anthropology equips her with an interesting slant on the human condition. She spends much time indulging a passion for her garden where she ponders life and attempts to stave off existential angst. In her more reflective moments she makes wry observations on courtyard gardening and its parallels with life.
    Robyn Haynes says:

    So dainty, like jewels.

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  17. for us, it was more than rain last week – snow burnt our peach and magnolia blossoms that were out about one month too early!

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    1. oh no! So sorry to hear about your peach and magnolia blossoms. Three years ago we had a wet, heavy snow in May. Go figure!

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  21. 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:

    Photo made breath stop. Can rain seem a chandelier of weeping and that be a wonder? You did that.

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  29. That Smiley Girl – *My name is April Kooy (Riley), and I have been selling books for 12 years. I work at katesusedbooks.com. Please visit me as I search for great books. *I love photography and worked in photojournalism for years before going back to school. *I find that painting relaxes me. *I am obsessed with books and an avid reader. Katesusedbooks.com
    Travel Nurse April says:

    Beautiful photo and caption (poem).

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