Past, Present, and Pondering
Love as deep as the ocean
Unfathomable
Love as vast as the sky
Immeasurable
Love as abundant as air
Incalculable
Love as infinite as the sands of the earth
Unbelievable
Love as wide as the world
Incomprehensible
Perfect, plentiful, unconditional
Jesus loves me this I know
For all creation tells me so
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Bright pink and purple ruffles
Adorn
A touch of blue and a splash of yellow
Accent
Deep greens and vibrant reds
Accentuate
A beautiful garden
Appreciate
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I finally found a new space and I am so excited to be part of Whatcom Art Guild and Whatcom Art Market!! If you are in the Bellingham area and want to find unique art and crafted items come take a look! 
Famed artist makes a local visit
Splashing vivid tones across the landscape
A dizzying array
A wild frenzy
A fantastic display
Gradients and bold, bright hues
Shades of pink and yellow, orange and blue
Matching and contrasting
Grass, trees and sky
Filling my garden and pleasing my eye
That glorious creator of color
Blossoms and blooms
Frantically bless our senses
Delightful and delicious to behold
His creative hand and eye at work
In His studio called Spring!
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Blossoms and buds
Awaken
Brilliant red rhodie
Perfect pink peony
Bright blue rock seed
Orange and yellow with purple splashes fill out spring’s palette
Trills and tweets
Twitters and sweet whistles
Carrying tunes of joyful birds on wafts of morning breezes
As they gather pieces of nesting treasures
Coolness ahead of summer-like days
Saltwater fragrances fill the sky covered in a thick marine layer
Awaiting the big reveal of sunshine blue skies
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In a shadow
Sun set stretches her thin along a path
In a pond
Ripples reflect the skewed expression
In a mirror
Reveal the flaws hidden in her skin, her hair
In a window
Reality distorted peering back
In his eyes
Perfection
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Finch plays her piccolo
Flicker on percussion
Robins join in soprano trills
Hummingbird with her metronome
Bees buzz in perfect harmony
Sparrows round out the symphony in melodious notes
Tones and tunes in perfect pitch
Notes and measures played on queue
All in praise of their maestro, conductor, creator
The music of spring returns
Pulling on heartstrings
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Clock radio sings me into consciousness
I slowly peel my eyes open and leave my dreams upon my pillow
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Coffee maker brews hot Italian roasted coffee
I inhale its rich aroma and pour its elixir in a swirl of just enough cream
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Little robin red breast breaks the silence of my morning quiet time
Reminding me there is work to do
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off I go
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©Belindabotzong2018
Conversations
Two haggard men
Bent backs and stubbled chins
Shuffle down the sidewalk
Intent in conversation
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And I wonder
What are they talking about?
How cold it was sleeping outside last night?
How good that coffee was at the free coffee stand they just passed?
How they are tired of the rain?
A cough or aching joints?
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Two preteen girls
One swaying with her right arm around the branch of a full-bloom cherry tree
Far from the others on the playground
Giggling as they converse
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And I wonder
What are they chatting about
The latest phone app?
Their math homework assignment?
The cute boy over there?
The kid who eats lunch alone and picks fights?
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Two men at a cafe table
Dressed in business casual
Hair neatly trimmed as they dine on fresh fish
Speaking loudly as one monologues about Work and stress and traffic and commuting
Then family and faith and procuring an analyst for an open position.
Selling a house and amused the owner of the new house wanted to keep the bird bath
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And I wonder
What’s the other guy thinking?
The stock market has been good?
Business has been booming?
New grand baby on the way?
Or maybe awaiting the results of a medical test he had done yesterday?
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So many conversations
Surround us all
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Happy news
Complaints
Worries
Frustrations
Thankfulness
Commiserations
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Tune in
Listen
Share a burden
Rejoice with success
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Life is all the same no matter the conversation
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Life is hard and good and unpredictable and beautiful
.
©Belindabotzong2018
Pondering
She sits on a bench by the edge of the bay
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Deep thoughts
Fill her mind with questions
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Mulling things over
She is unsettled as to what answers might come
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Contemplating
The path and perspective unknown
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Considering
The ups and downs, twists and turns
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Meditating
She quiets her mind and opens her heart
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Reflecting
Acceptance and peace enter in waves
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Praying
In gratitude and praise to the God who knows all
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©Belindabotzong2018
