Rain Gardens
For the second month, we are having high volumes of rain. My flowers, bushes and grass are thriving. Mowing seems to be my occupation and I’m starting to feel the impact of the weather like when I lived in Portland. After a certain number of days without sunshine, I start to feel lethargic, closed-in and even depressed. I’ve considered moving back to the Northwest for its milder climate and beauty, but this is a good reminder of how challenging all the gray weather is for me.
The thing to do… is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else’s cloud. Somebody who may not look like you. May not call God the same name you call God – if they call God at all, may not dance your dances or speak your language. But be a blessing. ~ Maya Angelou
Meanwhile, my flowers are thriving and they bring me joy, so I’ll start working on those rainbows!
roses are red
the garden is fed
violets are blue
morning glories too
your beauty is waking
my heart is quaking
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what a fun write on the morning glories 🙂
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Thanks Neha. I wanted to lighten my mood and maybe others too. 🙂
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You definitely lightened mine 🙂
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Yay! 🙂
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Wow, Brad! Your garden sure looks happy! I understand about the drab gray affecting your mood. I’ve been back up north for five days…and only one of them was sunny and warm!! It can get to you…I love your post. It brightened my day, friend, thank you!! Hang in there…the sun will shine soon ❤
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Thanks Lorrie. My garden and I are well. 🙂 It’s nice to hear from my sunshine friend! You often manage to brighten my day. Thank you! 🙂
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Awww! Thanks, Brad! You do the same for me. Have a super beautiful day! ❤
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Beautiful and inspiring. I especially love the Maya Angelou quote. Blessings, Lisa
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Thanks Lisa. I hope you find rainbows and sunshine today! 🙂
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Had rainbow light in my meditation today 🙂
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Awesome! 🙂
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Hi Brad, I invited you to a challenge, no rush as to when you do it but thought you might enjoy this one :https://forgottenmeadows.wordpress.com/2015/06/18/intentional/
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Thanks Neha. I’ll check it out.
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That sky and your garden, what a beautiful combination gifted by nature!
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Yes they are wonderful gifts Archita.
Have a beautiful evening. 🙂
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Beautiful. Nature has so much to offer for our senses. Just love it.
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Thanks Jyoti. Yes, nature has such wonderful gifts for us. May we cherish and protect her. 🙂
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Wow indeed! Seeing your beautiful garden makes my heart quack too. Thumbs up for your green thumb, Brad!
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LOL. Quack, quack Aina! It’s the rain more than any talent on my part, but thanks for the smile!
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Your garden looks wonderful, Brad! Hope some bright sunshine comes your way soon…
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Thanks Julie. Me too. I guess I need to make my own for now. 🙂
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It’s all grey and cloudy here in Helsinki too Brad! And they promise lots of rain tomorrow. I know what you mean about feeling hemmed in when the sun doesn’t shine. I feel like a spider clawing my way up the wall when it’s pitch black here in November! 😀 Which brings us to the big question of when to move and when to stay? And why? And the wisdom to know the difference. But like you said, in the meantime, let’s bloom where we’re planted and make some rainbows! To gardens and lots of sunshine. Happy Mid-summer! Sharon
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Indeed Sharon, you’ve tapped into the bigger question for me of when and if to move. This place has been very challenging for me, yet I don’t have clarity of where or why to move. So I do the best I can to bloom where I am. Thanks for sharing your love and wisdom, making the journey a little brighter.
blessings to you and yours 🙂
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This made me smile.
So great when we have that ‘aha moment’. Appreciate the new perspective it’s a rainbow blessing to us all. Great story 🙂
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Thanks. May I ask what was the aha moment? blessings, Brad
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It’s a phrase made popular by Oprah. The moment when we “get it” — when our eyes are opened to the answer that was there all along 🙂
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Thanks. I knew what aha means. I was asking what your insight was from reading my post.
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Oh, I love it Brad, and I’m so glad you getting rains and your garden is loving them. Hugs, N 🙂 ❤
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beautiful garden !!
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Thanks Leyla. Your photography is gorgeous!!!
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Thanks Natalie. Everything went wild. I had to do a lot of thinning and culling today. 🙂
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Brad your garden is looking well and thriving.. Today here in the UK grey skies and rain. But the flowers bloom.. They continue to give their best what ever the weather. So too we learn that the rainbows are worth all of the grey skies.. 🙂
Blessings for a wonderful week.. 🙂
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Thanks Sue. The rain helps me look like I know what I’m doing. Mostly, I plant, weed, water and hope for the best. Like the weather, our emotional cycles are always changing. 🙂
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Yes, I know only too well what those rainy Cloudy days feel like my friend.. But ever cloud has that silver lining.. all we need do is Look UP .. 🙂 for it.. 🙂 Hugs
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Thankfully the sun has returned here. By next week I’ll probably be begging for the rain and cooler weather! Hugs and sunshine to you Sue! 🙂
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you have wonderful flowers in your garden, too. Thanks for your comment in my last post. Unfortunately, it disappeared so that I cannot answer it. Sorry.
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Thanks Mitza. All the rain has really helped my garden. Sorry about the glitches on your site. If it was your latest flower post. I simply expressed how beautiful the flowers and colors are. 🙂
Have a beautiful day! blessings, Brad
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Thanks a lot, Brad, for your comment and understanding and for liking my flowers. Flowers give me a lot of peace and move my heart with their beauty. Regards Mitza
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You are most welcome Mitza. Flowers bring me much joy too. And your photos are wonderful. Makes me yearn for a good camera! 🙂
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Looks good. My garden is struggling here too, nearly into July in the North of the UK and still not a decent days sunshine ! Keep on doing the sun dance hey!
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LOL. I can see our WordPress community having a group sun dance. 🙂 May the sun return and warm your heart and garden. blessings, Brad
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You’re quite the magician with that garden, B. Look at it thriving under your loving watch – with a little help from the sky. Yes, I completely understand how you feel when the sun holds out. I now do the dishes in the morning when the sun stares me straight through that window for my morning chi, Vit D, and my circadian rhythm. I like what you did in the first 4 lines of the poem, too. =)
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Thanks Diana. You give me too much credit on the garden, it is mostly rain, sun and nature doing her thing. That sounds like a great routine for your morning chi! I’ll take your praise on my poetry!
hugs or smiles if that’s too touchy for you! XD
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