That Thing of Beauty

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What thing of beauty, in my midst? Alas, her heart is merely a reflection of a beautiful soul. Yet, they compare not to the light reflected from a thousand stars, emerging straight from your soul.


Oh, the love whispers in your ear and breathes on your heart. Will I dare reach out to touch your soul, igniting the fire in your heart?


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Soft whispers from your lips
A gentle kiss
Is it too much, too much
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(¸.•´ (¸.•' to ask for this?

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As always, there must be a flower to color my world. #alwaysaflower

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All I have are my words, armed in my mind, written in pen, stand by stand. Oh, yes. Still by hand. It has a different feel. Altered not by keys, backspace, and delete, I write, erase, tear it to pieces and start all over again. And again.


It’s my way. I walk out to the deep end of the page and dive right in.



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Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed,
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature’s changing course untrimmed:
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st,
Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st,
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

Shakespeare


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OMG! the close shot looks so mesmerizing.
A good start of my day!

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I hope you have a wonderful day!

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The flower of close at the center petals is very energetic and capable imagine what about you write, a soft gentle kiss is the symbol like that. The petal fold of red rose is the true mysterious of live and affection which unfold with you soft touch from heart, have a nice day.

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Thank you so much for your kind and generous words! They are much appreciated! Have a wonderful day!

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Awwww.... just beautiful, @dswigle! Your photography is top notch!
Thanks for sharing 🥰🌺🤙
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Thank you so much, for stopping here and leaving your words. You truly have done an outstanding job of welcoming everyone and making them feel at home.

Thank you for being you. Have a great day!

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Thank you for such a lovely photo of that rose! I really love it!

Have a great day ahead and take care!

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Thank you for leaving your kind words! Much appreciated! Have a wonderful day!

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Flowers always makes the heart sing, those last three photographed what are they, very pretty colour and excellent words and photography as always Denise.

Uplifting one to get underway in a brand new day!

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Good morning from here, Joan! @joanstewart The last flower is actually an aquilegia double pleat blackberry columbine. The first time I saw it was this spring. I was in love with it!! Such a fancy little flower that swings in the breeze on its long stems.

Thank you so much, Joan, for so many wonderful comments you leave me. Have a most beautiful evening, coming right up!

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Awesome flower never seen one like that so thanks for revealing the beauty Denise.

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The flower photography is extraordinary even by your standards and the words befit them. That's just a beautiful post, end to end.

Thank you!

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Thank you, Tom! @bigtom13 You leave some of the most uplifting, positive comments on the platform. I love to see your words, all over the platform.

Thank you for taking the time to come here and leave your words. Good morning from here and have a most splendorous day!

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Such exquisite flower photos I edited a few flower shots now and they pale in comparison, and then you wonderful flowing words and thoughts to go with them makes such an amazing post to visit

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Thank you so much for your kind and generous comment, and your shots will never pale in comparison! You have this magic editing finger than makes yours amazing.

Always and forever.

Thank you for stopping by and leaving your words! Much appreciated!

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You are so kind but when it comes to flower shots, you are incredible, I love them whenever i see them, your love of nature and flowers comes across in your photos

Cheers and !BEER

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Well thank you, but, we all see what we want to see. :P

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Thats true enough :)
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Wow, just LOVE the poems and the flowers and I have to thank you, as if we had not of connected last night, then I would not have found out about this brilliant community and here I am!
So thank you soo much!
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Thank YOU for stopping by and leaving such a wonderful comment! I appreciate your thoughts and words.

I am so glad you wandered over. :)) Have a great day!

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You are more than welcome and it was my pleasure to anyway and if it hadn't of been for you, I never would have found my real tribe so thank you once again! 😊

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The Ladies of Hive Community appreciates your support and encouragement!
Have a great week @dswigle, and take care 🥰🌺🤙

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Thank you so much for YOUR support! Have a great day and congratulations on starting off with a huge splash!

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Oh you got some real tight shots in here! Very nice. The focus and the colors stunning!

Cool looking pineapple shirt!

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Oh! I'm appalled. That is even 100% Yikes!

Thank you and there is nothing quite like a flower for me. I can't even tell you why. Oh, yes! And pineapples. Just because.

They are quite addicting!

Thanks for stopping by and leaving your kind words.

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It's great to be back and to see old familiar names and faces. You always brought sunshine with your posts. Great photos and wonderful words.

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OMG!! There you are! How good to see you! You have been gone forever, but happy to see you!!! How are you and how is life? I need to go see if you have posted!

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Sweetheart, thanks for the donation. I really appreciate your help and support. I had to Power down because I needed a new and better mobile phone to surf the Net. Thanks.

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As long as you aren't leaving, it's all good! I can understand the need for a phone. That is why we are here. To help one another.

Have a great night over there!

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Sweet words and beautiful flowers as always and always lovely to read and see 🙂

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Thank you! It makes me smile to get comments like this! I hope you have a great day!

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Nice that i can do that to you and you have a lovely day also 🙂

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YOU.... are a thing of beauty.😊💖

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Me? That just made my day!💖 Thank you!

Have a great night, @jacey.boldart!

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Of course you, little Ms Sunshine !

You spread happiness and joy wherever you go.

The world needs MORE of that !

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Thank you, but, in fact, I can say the same about you, my little elf friend. Always sharing a piece of you with others. ❤ One of the reasons you deserve the best!

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No, no.... this is just about YOU !

ha ha....

I feel like an elf. Today the thought crossed my mind that since it's "covid" maybe I should decorate for Christmas now. I'm kidding, I won't do it, I mean, that would be bizarre even for this Christmas nut ! ... but I still thought about it. Can you imagine having to keep all that stuff dusted for months ??!!

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You dust??

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Occasionally..... LOL dusting up a cloud...... coughcough*

Oh My ! A dragon ! I don't do Halloween now. The last two neighborhoods I lived in, there weren't but 1 or 2 trick or treaters... here none, but that's ok, cause I don't care much for opening my door to masked people..... of course now.... covid.... mask.... eh.....

I use to do it big though. We did a haunted yard for several years that people could walk through.... it was grand and SO much fun !

Those were the days.

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My community is gated, so everyone that is in there belongs there, you know, for the most part. Also, we all drag our BBQs out front and grill hot dogs and cookies and juice. We have a block party of sorts. Nobody uses their cars, just walk around. Oh, yes. Wine is involved.

If I lived where there were no kids, I wouldn't go through the effort either. It is a lot of fun! I am pretty sure we aren't doing anything this year, especially trick or treating. But, I will still decorate a little. :)

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One year when my niece Miranda was young, she wanted to come to my house and help give out candy because we had SO many goblins coming for candy or pencils or whatever we were giving out that year. I happily agreed. When she got there before we started, she had brought some fat chalk and the first thing she wanted to do was way down my porch in a funny "fallen" position and have me outline her in chalk like they did at crime scenes so the kids would have to walk over it to get to the door. So of course that's what I did !!

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Hahaha!!! We did that on the street!!!! Actually, one of the CIA guys did it. Talk about hilarious. Did you have any kids that hesitated??

We did. I am going to miss it this year. I really am. Don't you miss going to work at all? I mean, telecommuting is fun, but, the interaction? Online is fun, but, not the same. Although, it is fun, don't get me wrong. And when I get old and granny-like, I will still be online. LOL

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Kidding. Trust me, I thought long and hard about it, but because I have this giant three-headed dragon for Halloween, I just couldn't! I bought him at the end of the season last year for 1/2 price, so I needed to see if he was okay. How awkward would it be to bring it back a year later because it wouldn't blow up?

Well!!! He was taller than my two-story foyer! LOL It was like trying to squeeze thirty people in a mini cooper. Anyway, the kids in the neighborhood love my Halloween decorations and take pictures with them.

My giant pumpkin died after 15 years last year. RIP Punkin!

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