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Wedding, Water Lily and Wet Leaves

I conducted the loveliest Humanist Wedding Ceremony this morning, in a beautiful garden with Cornish mist mizzling and everyone smiling.  It was personal and very moving and made even more special by the fact that a small group from The Suitcase Singers, one of the choirs I sing with, sang a number of most appropriate songs, chosen by the couple and beautifully arranged by our MD, Claire Ingleheart.  Thank you to the singers who helped to make that a very special ceremony for everyone involved.  Photos will follow later.

Two of our number invited us all back for lunch and that was really good too, to unwind with friends over a truly delicious meal and then to have a walk around their lovely and very productive garden. There was a Water Lily just opening on their pond.  (Thank you, P and J, for the rhubarb!)

Water Lily

Water Lily

I love taking photos in the rain! I love how droplets collect and act as little magnifying glasses on the leaves. Do click on the photo and then zoom in – it’s like magic!

Water droplets

Water droplets

 

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Weekly Photo Challenge – Curves

Curves in the leaf shape, in the droplets of water and in the magnification of the veining – one of my favourite photos. Click on the photo for even more detail.

Droplets  on a leaf

Droplets on a leaf

 

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Lupin, Camellia and Living Well

1    They had just finished watering at the garden centre and the lupin leaves were holding onto the droplets as lupins are inclined to do.

Lupin leaf with water droplets

Lupin leaf with water droplets

Magnification

Magnification

2    This white camellia is very beautiful.

Magnification

White Camellia

3   I love these words and just though I’d share them with you!

“You’ve gotta’ dance like there’s nobody watching,
Love like you’ll never be hurt,
Sing like there’s nobody listening,
And live like it’s heaven on earth.
(And speak from the heart to be heard.)”

They were spoken by William W. Purkey, a man who received many accolades for his outstanding teaching.  He used to end speeches with this poem. I wish I had known it when I was teaching – I would have followed his example and closed my classes with it too!

 

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