Brilliance floats on the wind
as fluttering, you brush my hand.
Glints of sunlight shimmer and gleam
though all the color is not as it seems
from beneath.
Ignoring me and my electric eye
you dance, jump, caress the world.
Your velvet slippers and painted wings
speak to my soul of magical things
you have seen.
Zip, zip, flit and fly, a busy fellow
I wonder at the gleam in your eye.
What sights have you seen as you soar above,
When you sleep what is it your brain dreams of?
Fresh worms?
Did you know, do you see, you are not alone
in this world of eat or be eaten?
One smaller than thee is approaching you see,
Will you share or reject a fair bee
at your door?
Ghostly, she proves ’tis not only color
that defines magnificent perfection.
Shadow and light, much grander than hues
of oranges, yellows, violets and blues
mere illusion!
Elusive, faster than the eye, the hand
that snaps the camera shutter.
Holding my breath I do click, click, click
as, too busy to notice, you lick, lick, lick
the sweet nectar.
Will you join me, then, for a sweet draft
from this perfect crimson cup of delight?
Come into my world, leave the big behind
as i show you the treasures you surely will find
in wonderland.
What do you mean I don’t fit here
with the winged, the lovely, the delicate?
Look in my eyes, ancient worlds will appear
the print of my history as I shed bloody tears
for evolution.
What treasures are in your world? Have you looked at the small miracles lately? There are so many wonders that exist around us, waiting to lift us up-things that shine, glow, sing, flutter, crawl, jump and thump. When you slow your pace to keep step with the natural world, there is so much peace to be found. Time, space, and purpose lose all definition as you meld into the landscape. I challenge you to spend half an hour in your day just observing something in nature. When you begin to really look, you will be amazed at what is there, even in the busiest city. You don’t have to live in Costa Rica to experience Pura Vida. It lives in your mind, heart and soul. Make it happen today….
Bueno!
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Como esta usted?
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Beautiful!
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Thanks Gina! Hola my friend! :))
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Hola! All is well in Costa Rica?
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Si.
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Really great photos! I really love butterflies and those birds are lovely. I find creatures that can fly very facinating.
Liked your poem as well!
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They are my favorite. And this garden at the reserve has SO much life. Thank you.
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You have absolutetly put Costa Rica on the list of plces I want to travel to 🙂
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Wonderful!
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Lovely post Cheryl. Nice poem and you really have the knack of photography. Nature is amazing and you are an excellent tour guide.
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Thanks Frankie. Maybe you could shoot off a recommendation to the CR tourist board. I could use a job! 😀
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I will.
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You’re the best Frankie! 😀
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I am 🙂
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And modest too….
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This is so beautiful and true. There are so many beautiful things around us that we often take no notice of. I particularly love bumble bees. Weird but true. This was lovely Cheryl.
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Thanks Janey. Glad you enjoyed it. I love bees too-through my 300 zoom! 😀
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Ah, I would love a good camera. That’s on the to-do list 🙂
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Ahh you’d be hell on wheels with that girl!
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“When you begin to really look, you will be amazed at what is there, even in the busiest city.”
Agreed. There is so much to uplift the heart and enrich the soul. If we only look.
Thanks for those astonishing photos. I’m from a meeting and seeing them here has distracted me a little.
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So glad to have brightened your world a bit today Peter! Meetings…😕
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Something is happening that I have lately been unable to receive blog notifications. I have not changed the settings (I confirmed yesterday) but suddenly, from last week, I do not see the notifications. I do not know what my friends are posting. Even the comments to which I subscribed. I have to follow up to see the conversation. What could this be? I must investigate.
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That is odd. Once I had to go in and clear my cache. Hope you get it worked out!
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I just found out it has all been going into my junk folder!
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You know I have recently found random things going to my spam folder in Yahoo! That is so weird. How does a person fix something like that?
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