God is our refuge and strength a very present help in the time of trouble.
Psalm 46 : 1
It has started early .
Very early.
A gift a week ago and today
Christmas day
a flower from deep down where the bulb breaks the ground to the …
A cone of purple bell-shaped flowers. They have a powerful floral scent with sweet spicy notes.
As the seed(bulb) buried in the earth can’t imagine itself as an orchard or hyacinth, neither can a heart packed with hurt imagine itself loved or at peace. The courage of the seed is that once cracking, it cracks all the way.
Mark Nepo (poet, story teller, teacher)
Red is energy and power.
Blue is peace and tranquility.
” The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.”
“Yesterday and tomorrow cross and mix on the skyline.
The two are lost in a purple haze.
One forgets , one waits”
Carl Sadburg
Early bloomers enjoy many advantages in different societies. But one huge disadvantage they face is that by dint of their youth and accomplishments, they give themselves credit for their success , more than the rest of us do. That’s understandable: adolescents and young adults tend to be self-centered. The problem arises when early bloomers have a setback : they either put all the blame on themselves and fall into condemnation and paralysis, or they blame everyone else.
Richard Karlgaard. (Author, journalist)
“Every stage in life is another kind of beautiful.” Cindy Joseph. (She was a model who only started working as one , at the age of 50. She was modeling until weeks before she died at the age of 67. During those few years she started a company “Boom” making makeup to compliment age and not to disguise.)
I hope Christmas for you has had peace with a seed of energy planted deep within.
Sandy 🙂
ROADS WE TRAVEL AND DESTINATIONS REACHED 
Your hyacinths are absolutely stunning.
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Yes , they were a surprise. So much better than my last year’s water “forced ones”. I wasn’t going to try that again.
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Interesting post. I love hyacinths.
” The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.” Brilliant quote.
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So glad you were touched by that. So waa I.
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I love the smell of hyacinths, my Mom always had them in her garden. 🙂 I hope you and Roy had a lovely Christmas Day!
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Yes, thank you. Christmas was good. Smells bring back memories . Glad your Mum enjoyed them. They weren’t part of my Africa years so no triggers there.
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Such gorgeous flowers and wonderful quotes. The seeds of peace are needed throughout the earth.
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Yes, wouldn’t it be lovely to plant tonnes of them .
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