The Need for a Beautiful Sunday

in #beautifulsunday5 years ago (edited)


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Words bound in a gentle touch
As the whisper of your kiss
Lingers
Breath so soft against my neck
Touching that place
In my heart
Again

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Oh, Sunday! Where would the week be without you? We would just be another six days, wouldn't we? That just wouldn't work, you see. You complete me, make me whole, finish the cycle. I thank you for that and so much more. Sunday seems to be a day of grateful vibes passing from one to another, crisscrossing the globe. If I stop and think about it, I have so much to be thankful for. But, that is a post of another color.



“We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.”
Frederick Keonig

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When memories start to fade, clip them back a bit... then provide food and water to the "cutting" while it is establishing roots.

Today is a perfect day for a perfect day! I've said this before, but, when it is full and unavoidably true, it requires to be said again and again.

Today will be a down day for me, which means that I will probably be spending most of my day in my gardens, giving them a little extra love and deadheading and weeding a bit. I planted some marigold seeds late in the season and now I need to take the time to weed around what their overabundance has caused. I broadcast them throughout the garden, sending the seeds far and wide... and now, we live in the land of Marigold. Here! Take a couple of flowers! Flowers! There always must be flowers!

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Sunday is a most popular day! This post is for #BeautifulSunday by @ace108 (where you share the story of your day with us!) and #SublimeSunday by @c0ff33a (where everything eclectic and true, finds a home!) and #SundayPurpleColorChallenge by @Kalemandra - there are so many more great tags out there! Pick one and post!


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If ever a moment shall present itself
Silent you should be
Your gentle touch only serves to remind
Of a love that shall never be

Sometimes, doing the needful is enough for a #BeautifulSunday, although not as exciting as some days, is just exactly what we need to be doing. For me, today needed to be all about getting the little things done, as I have spent so much time in the last few weeks doing all the big things that are visible and leaving the small things behind. Toiling about the house, and the flowers and I will be calling it a day, a definite #SublimeSunday in the making, by the Meister of my morning, @c0ff33a. I do love my @c0ff33 and he likes eclectic! A match made in heaven.

I bought a new car yesterday!! I was totally excited! It is a Toyota Highlander Hybrid Limited and it is in my driveway right now, saving me gas money! Woo-hoo!

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And just because this is so eclectic (It's true!!) I am showing off me steeming with you. I nixed the refrigerator picture this week because there was nothing to show. I haven't gone shopping yet so I could show off the remnants of nothing, but, where is the fun in that?






Even the fuschia on the porch is loving life right now. The right amount of heat, guarded against the sun and plenty of water. Rinse. Repeat. Fuschias are forever thirsty. Such a simple request. Water me generously. Oh! Life is good. Just ask this plant.

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I knew before I saw you
Your touch would start my turn
From the bottom to the top
To a place I can breathe
Once, all over again

With you, but alone
The night almost gone
I know how I feel
Getting off this merry-go-round
Again, all over again

And just like that, these musings are done. I want to thank @ace108 and @c0ff33a for hosting these challenges and just so you know, although much sun and shine was used up today, I can guarantee that there is still a little left in my heart. Have a most fabulous day!

Thank you for visiting my post 💖 Because of you, I come back to post, again and again. Keep it classy, people. Kindness counts. Wherever you go, whatever you do.




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I always post this poem down at the bottom of my posts. It is one that has become so near and dear to my heart. I only post the most famous part of it, but, wanted to post it in its entirety today.

they set my aunts house on fire
i cried the way women on tv do
folding at the middle
like a five pound note.
i called the boy who use to love me
tried to ‘okay’ my voice
i said hello
he said warsan, what’s wrong, what’s happened?

i’ve been praying,
and these are what my prayers look like;
dear god
i come from two countries
one is thirsty
the other is on fire
both need water.

later that night
i held an atlas in my lap
ran my fingers across the whole world
and whispered,
"where does it hurt?"
it answered,

"everywhere"
"everywhere"
"everywhere"

warsan shire



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Congrats on the new car! We are seriously considering an electric (or Hybrid) for our next car. Most of our driving is in city (Europe), so range is not such a critical thing... plus the recharging infrastructure is okay here as well....

All Electric is feasible here, especially where I live, the recharging infrastructure is alive and well. The hybrid actually works better here for an all-around car because everything is much further if you go out of the city. When I lived in Europe oh, I couldn't believe how close everything was he said it was nothing to go through three or four countries in a day. I just trade it in 1 hybrid for another and the mileage is amazing on them and I like the system that takes over once you have powered up enough. So for my purposes, the hybrid is good however if I did live in Europe I would consider an electric also. Better for the environment in so many ways.

I I want to thank you for stopping in and saying hello and leaving your coming behind. As always I wish you a most wonderful week.

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We are also considering a full electic, but I have sometimes some longer trips late at night when I think I would just be a little worried about having enough range! Maybe a hybrid would be a better way of easing into it!

If I get another, it will be full electric for around town, but, I believe until the range gets further, it will be a hybrid parked in my garage. I love the electric and if things were different, then that is the way I would go. Everyone I know that has one loves it.

Good luck! But, yeah, hybrid is the best way to ease into it! And the milage is great!!

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Congratulations on the new car and helping the environment out less pollution and the environment will love you for it and always love your pretty flowers :)

Have a great week ahead my friend :)

Thank you so much my friend! I do all I can to help the environment as I would like to leave something positive behind for my children! You know that there cannot be a post that does not have a flower in it, don't you! Thank you for stopping by and saying hello and leaving you're always kind and wonderful words.

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Your most welcome my friend and your post wouldn't be a post without leaving a beautiful flower for us to admire...hehe :)

Hehe! So I have been told!!!

Oh, the pressure!!!!! :)

The pressure...lol...but you are always so cool :)

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Now you know I couldn't resist! :)

What can i say just beautiful thank you my dear friend :)

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It is always a pleasure!

Beautiful pictures and words from you today. I always love a Sunday. We have a church full of friends that meets here at our house. And we occasionally get something done. Today we had a short power outage, but it came back on within an hour. That's a good day! LOL

Thank you so much! I always love Sunday too and the first thing my family always says is we go Church, and have fellowship with those around us. It's always a very warm experience and feels like we start off our day and week the right way.

I am sorry to hear about the power outage but grateful that it came back in a short time. I know that there are so many places in the world with rolling blackouts that I feel fortunate, for the moment oh, that we are not experiencing those things. However we know how fleeting good luck and be in that department. I am glad you consider it a good day and I wish you well as you start into the new week.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by and say hello, leaving your kind words behind.

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Thanks for the tip! :) I hope that you have a great week as well. Mine has started off pretty good. Already being productive on this Monday morning! Blessings!

You too!!! I just read the second and third part of your story!!!! What an experience!!! You were so brave!

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Wow you certainly have a gift with writing. Of all the posts I read, no one can wrap up their feelings for their loved one with better prose than you. Simply outstanding! Then you add the marvelous photos, and it is no wonder we all keep coming back for more.

Oh that is a beauty of a car! Great lines and super classy. Nice choice, Denise.

What a comfy looking place to blog! I would never ever want to leave there! They would have to drag me away.

I think that is so cool how you keep putting in different selfies! Hope to see some in the new ride :D

Thank you so much for always stopping I to say hello and leaving those most wonderful words behind. The car was planned and not planned. I've been looking at different ones since they totaled my car, but I did not know that today would be the day. The Highlander Hybrid limited is one of my top picks for my needs. The dealership is one of my favorite does they have outstanding service in every way.

You have no way of knowing this, but that is one of my most favorite places to blog, sitting there with my feet propped up and look stretched out with something nice to drink as I let my thoughts wander right down to my fingertips. As always, I wish you a most wonderful week ahead!

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Yes well your blog is my number one first and last stop to check and see if there are any fresh musing. I think no one does it better, but I am not impartial I suppose. I must say the most touching words, and being a connoisseur, I have seen it from time to time, is when you write of a love that will never be. That is it right there. The true essence of a real heart ripper. That which is so close yet still out of reach. The unknown pleasure and magic of what could be.

I am sure you could find a comfy spot in any of your MF homes you have shown, but I must say that spot right there is mighty comfy and seems to fit you just right. Just think it wont be too long and you will be blogging in front of the fire all cozy, now that is hard to beat! I just hope you have a coaster for your cup!!!! LOL. I hope your week is stellar Denise.

Oh! Be real!!! I am all about the coasters! :)

I buy special ones all the time. No run-of-the-mill coasters for my coffee cups! :) Oh, I am not sure that I am looking forward to the warmth of the fire, no quite yet... not quite yet.

Can we wait just a little bit longer for that to come creeping around? Otherwise, I will have to leave for a bit and find some summer. Somewhere!

:)

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Congratulations on the new car. Looks nice. We don't have that model here.
I had taken a shot like that recently in a different location. :-)

Thank you for the well wishes on the car! That, of course made it a truly beautiful Sunday! I'm not sure where those models are located in the world but they seem pretty popular here. You have a shot taken like that recently in a different location? Now you know that I'm going to have to stalk your profile until I find it.

I want to thank you for hosting the Beautiful Sunday tag because it is one of my favorites that I love doing. Even if I have to stretch it some weeks. I wish you a most wonderful week ahead!

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Things are happening ... congratulations on the new car. It is very beautiful and I think it is comfortable.
I noticed that you went with the photos to the detail, to the macro. the result is very good!
I like marigold, I like the scent of flowers and leaves.
I would love to live in a marigold land!
Yesterday and I worked over six hours on a post on travelfeed.io, I wanted to make a very long blog but at 1.30 a.m. I gave up.
To my amusement, all $ 0.25. I wanted to prove once again that length doesn't matter. !trdo

Well, don't feel so bad because my post didn't do much better! I have said over and over since the beginning of time that it doesn't matter how long or how many post one does for the day. If you have 50 people voting for you, what are the chances are that they are going to vote twice or three times a day? So my thoughts are is that people will vote once a day and why could have three posts so that they have to decide which one they want to vote on? Perhaps it doesn't make any sense especially as someone who likes to blog, but I found when I was short on time that one works just as well as two or three. A little less satisfaction for my part but, I can't have everything.

Thank you for the well wishes on my new car. It is very comfortable and I think it's beautiful also. I am not one of those Americans who just buys a new car because the new year has happened. My old reliable car I was at a stop and someone came up from behind and didn't bother stopping. It total the entire car and made it so it would cost it more to fix up then to scrap it. So the insurance company totaled it. It was not new and so it wasn't worth as much in value to anybody but me. But things happened in life and so it forced me into another sale. I guess it's not all bad because it's newer and safer and even though the other one that I traded for it was also a hybrid. I do like the hybrids.

I do love the macros in the flowers but I have had so little time to photograph. Hopefully things will slow down and I will be able to get out and take more pictures. Marigolds have such a irrationally wonderful smell to them. I am sorry to hear about spending so much time on the post and I can honestly say that I have done the same thing. It is when I sit down to plan it that it doesn't come easily and there are days where it takes me probably less than an hour to put out one. I need to get better with that and hopefully with time it will.

I did get to read the post and I will respond to it in a little bit when I finish my responses on Market Friday. As always, I wish you a most wonderful week ahead!

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Thank you, Denise!

And I love the nails! Hahaha! 💅 Everyone else loves the flowers and your poems and all your thoughful words and musings, and I love them too, as always. Yet those nail polish just caught me. Hahaha! 😂 Happy that you're enjoying your day.

This comment has absolutely made me laugh so hard because I cannot believe that up all the things he pulled out of this post, the little shop of my nails was the thing that you commented on. Actually that's very observant of you and I am one of those people who just loves to have her nails polished. It's just makes your fingers feel happy. LOL

I am having a most beautiful Sunday and I hope that you are too! As always I wish you a most beautiful week ahead.

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Because I have seen the comments and all of them are about their praises of your photography and musings. So to be different, the nail polish that stood out for me anyway is worth mentioning. Hahaha! 😊

It is already Monday nightime here, but I had a beautiful Sunday too. 😊

Thank you!! It is now Monday nighttime here! :)

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Thank you for bringing more beauty into my life.

It is always a pleasure to see your post and those beautiful flowers. Congratulations on your car is beautiful

Thank you so much and I am happy to see you here as I haven't seen you in awhile. I was hoping everything was all well with you and I see that you are now back just in time for the hard Fork.

The new car was necessary because somebody hit my other car and totaled it. So it was a necessary evil. It made me sad because the car was not new and have been around for a long time and it took one moment for somebody else to take that all away. It lived a full life and now I hope that this will also. Have a most wonderful day! Happy Monday!

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Good morning dear Denise. If lately I have not been so active! But here I still want everything to improve with Steemit, that would help me so much.

It's a shame what happened with your car. But I'm so glad you could buy another one, that's wonderful. Day by day I want so much to live in a place where buying things is possible and not quite a challenge as it is here in Venezuela. I wish your week was wonderful

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