Hi All!
I am back. I waited for the Vernal Equinox because it felt was the symbolic and right threshold date. I have not announced my return anywhere else yet. I am going to take this slowly at first and see how it feels. Last year was one of the hardest years I have been through in my 61 years, and I am still quite fragile. So I don’t want to make any big promises just yet. But for the time being, I will be posting here daily, just like I used to. You can see, I have switched to black. It also feels symbolic and right after the fire, but truth be told, I had planned to switch to black after the book came out (and prior to the fire). You will all be hearing much more about all of this as I move forward here. Baby steps for now. But it feels really good to be here with you again! I missed you all so much!
xoxo
Mary Jo
blossom and bud
i see a mother and a daughter. what do you see?
pink magnolia
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I see the process of birth, life and death and all the stages in between. The tight bud, the bud that is stretching open, the flower almost ready to bloom hiding behind the one that is almost ready to fade, and the cut ends of the branch. All so beautiful in the stillness of the moment that you captured them…all them on their way to the next stage…
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Mother/daughter works for me! And it reminds me that spring is indeed coming, it leaves a feeling of hope in my winter weary heart. And it made me think someone did some pruning on their magnolia and decided a bud might be far enough along to bring inside and force. All very uplifting, MJ. Welcome back, my dear.
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firethorn bush
unfurling
leaf quilt
sometimes in our lush midwestern summers, the abundance of foliage starts to seem like single note chorus of green. this little quilt reminds to look closer. the variation is infinite.
My heart did a little happy leap when I checked STILL this morning, MJ!! Welcome back! And happy spring. I do hope you’re taking it easy and your commitments are minimal. We’ve missed you terribly.