A Place Like This

Category: Nature

  • It’s Spring

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Spring usually makes it's first appearance with the sign of side walk chalk.  Close behind this is my favorite Forsythia bush. This year the yellow is almost palpable.  With the warm weather comes the fairy house building. I had a couple of very cute scavengers in the yard this week collecting sticks for their fairy…

  • Tuesday Through My Window

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    Valarie Budayr
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     Tuesday Through the Windows is officially over at Swedish House but how could I not share this. The colors in my garden are so intense I can almost taste them. Though there is a bite in the air I still feel the warmth of the sun on my face.    These are the views from…

  • The Fairy Forest

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Where the forest meets the sea,   there is a pilgrimage of sorts. Mothers, fathers, grandparents,aunts,uncles, and all the children who love them, all become gatherers of sticks, bark, stones,sea shells, and moss.      All walking down the forest path with their arms loaded.   All coming to build a metropolis for Fairies.  Hundreds of fairy…

  • ~ Visiting about “What do we know?”

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Today I'm visiting over at The Yellow Door Paperie. Mary has so graciously asked my views on gratitude in her Tell Me A Story series. Before you head on over I thought I would leave you with one of my favorite poems by Mary Oliver. Be well and have a wonderful day filled with much…

  • Have a Bee u ti ful Day

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    Valarie Budayr
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     In the fields surrounding Avonlea farm bees take their treasures back to their hives to make the liquid gold we call honey. Though I love honey and buy many organic jars of the beautiful stuff, I had never really thought about a bee's life and how needed they are. Luella prepares to smoke the hives to…

  • The Splendour Falls on Castle Walls

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    Valarie Budayr
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        The splendour falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story: The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory. blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying,dying,dying.     O hark, O hear! how thin and clear, And thinner, clearer, farther…

  • The Living Bush

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    Valarie Budayr
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    What happens when an ordinary moment becomes extraordinary? I was just sitting there reading my book by the hydrangeas and butterfly bush. I heard it first and felt it second. The light rustle of breeze that comes from fluttering wings. Looking to my left I realized that this butterfly bush was completely teaming with life.…

  • The New Edition of Rhythm of the Home

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Today is the day,… the new edition of  Rhythm of the Home is out today. This issue is completely incredible. It is chalked full of creative moments to have and share with your families. About a week before the new edition comes out I start getting just plain giddy. It is a completely magical moment of discovering what other…

  • The Hidden Village

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    Valarie Budayr
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    During a little ramble in the Great Smoky Mountain National Forest, We spotted a large wooden barn house by a stream.  Let's see what's inside? A Warning sign forbid us to enter but it doesn't hurt to have a look does it? As we turned to continue our hike up the hill we spied even…

  • {This Moment}

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    Valarie Budayr
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    {this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. This week also honoring our participation in the great outdoor challenge  and over at Jump Into A Book we are building fairy…