Find one beautiful thing every day and take a photo of it.

Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

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Beauty Day 98 Mt Rainier

Rainier impresses

yet not alone–the foreground

threads frame, bow, applaud

Find one beautiful thing every day and take a photo of it.

Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

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Beauty Day 96 A Wooden Fence

there’s something about

a wooden fence

that gets me every time

I’m talking about the see-through kind

not those brick wall jobbies

that are meant to separate

so that not even viewing is allowed

a wooden fence with wooden bars

like a ladder, easy to climb over

such a style boasts the grain of wood

and permits a person to compare

which side really looks the greenest

this side or that

though winter wet deciduous leaves

aren’t green at all

mainly I like a fence

because it’s like a young child dancing

in wild and crazy polka dots

expressing vibrancy

that costs nothing

and leads to nowhere

that’s why I love to look at wooden fences

I think the adult word is

aesthetics–kind of dead sounding–

yet fences are alive

Find one beautiful thing every day and take a photo of it.

Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

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Beauty Day 95 Ready, Begin

spring crouches in the wings

wound tightly as a nearly pouncing cat

like a Broadway musical

at the moment the curtains lift

props set

the stage arranged

actors’ lungs filled

first syllable on countdown

score practised

choreography complete

instruments tuned

musicians in posture

ready

for the sudden rise

and strong descent

of the conductor’s magic wand

The show begins!

greens and pinks

purples, yellow

I see it all

in these living buds

silently screaming

all over town–

spring has almost sprung

we only need that one sunny

warm day

for all to be transformed

from winter’s muted tones

of deafening gray

to spring’s essential touch

 bright cacophony

of bursting sound

a healthful baby’s

chubby flush

Find one beautiful thing every day and take a photo of it.

Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

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Beauty Day 94 Raising a Standard Against the Gray

Gray is a permanent fixture

no one’s fault

that’s just the way it is

brightness can be fleeting

a moving, temporary thing

gray needs no help in being gray

while brightness must be fed

encouraged

because brightness is alive

and gray is dead

brightness will succeed

brightness overcomes darkness

turns everything around it

into day

Find one beautiful thing every day and take a photo of it.

Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

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Beauty Day 93 Strings of Things

Walking in a rain

that doesn’t end

one rain after another

day after day

I encounter

strings of things

nice things

things that don’t matter

a string of days

a string of birds

perched

high and dry

on strings of wires

a string of pussy willow buds

and a string of pearl drops

formed by rain

a perfect circle

stitched together

by strings of straight things

Find one beautiful thing every day and take a photo of it.

Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

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Beauty Day 92 Dragon Fruit

Hylocereus undatus

exotic fruit

from an exotic land

surely it must be exotic

because I am a tourist here

and I don’t see this fruit back home…

riding the bus

to see where it goes

riding back again

hopping off to visit awhile

not knowing what we’ll find

maybe the best decaf

I’ve ever tasted

maybe an out of this world

whole wheat

blueberry muffin

juicy not too sweet

or perhaps the flakiest

baklava

I’ve ever laid eyes on

(we gave it as a gift)

maybe this exotic fruit

called dragon