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Dalai Lama, Book Spines and Periwinkle

1   These important words from the Dalai Lama came into my inbox today:

If we are demoralised, sad and only complain, we’ll not solve our problems. If we only pray for a solution, we’ll not solve our problems. We need to face them, to deal with them without violence, but with confidence – and never give up. If you adopt a non-violent approach, but are also hesitant within, you’ll not succeed. You have to have confidence and keep up your efforts – in other words, never give up.

2   After a busy weekend with the Grandchildren, we have come home and decided to decorate the sitting room!  As I cleared a bookshelf, the beautiful tooling on the spine of these little books caught my eye.

Golden spines

Golden spines

3    I love this very pale Periwinkle flower, flowering in the bitterest of winds today.

Periwinkle

Periwinkle

NaBloPoMo

 

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Tree Trunk, Periwinkle and Wren

1   A brief walk this afternoon down Lovers Lane and back up Chapel Walk and we found this lovely old cut-down tree trunk with moss. Looking up at the tree there was beautiful bark and a tangle of branches.

Looking up the tree

Looking up the tree

Bark and ivy

Bark and ivy

Cut section of trunk

Cut section of trunk

2   There’s a Periwinkle flowering in the front garden.

Periwinkle

Periwinkle

3   J and I spent a happy half hour watching the birds at the feeders in the back garden He can identify all of them!  The highlight of the afternoon was a tiny wren who stayed around long enough to have its photo taken.

Tiny wren

Tiny wren

 

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