Seven Words
There has been a lot of rain here and no sunshine and hence no photos so I needed some inspiration. I headed for the Daily Post’s writing prompt. The first one didn’t inspire me but the second one did. The writing prompt was: “Seven Wonders.” It is said that Khalil Gibran (a Lebanese artist, poet, and writer, born in 1883) once said that people will never understand one another unless language is reduced to seven words. So I was thinking what my seven words would be. So in no particular order –
1. Wonder – We need to be curious about the world we live in. This is a bee I found in our garden two summers ago now. It’s a leaf cutter bee called Megachile versicolor and it was the first recorded sighting of the bee for County Mayo.
2. Nature – If you read my blog you know I love nature in all it’s shapes and forms
3. Freedom – of every kind.
4. Peace – for everyone
5. Growth – nothing makes me happier than seeing things grow
6. Happiness – we all need to smile and laugh
7. Children – a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children (Wendell Berry, 1971)
ooooh! you got me thinking – My wonder words: sparkle, magic, delight, dance, malarkey, skedaddle and motherhood
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Love them!
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love your words too, they could so easily be mine as well – your words sparked me off, I feel a new post coming on! – and thank you for the intro to the Daily Post
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Lovely words, thoughts and photos to go with them. Impressive about the leaf cutter bee and I love the iris close-up – so gorgeous!
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Thanks Eliza. The bees do quite a bit of damage the young lime trees but they are wonderful to watch as they carry the cut leaves back to their nest sites.
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So long as the tree continues to thrive and put out new leaves, perhaps it works out okay in the end?
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Exactly right Eliza.
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Delightful thoughts!
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Thank you
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Such a lovely post. Sometimes rainy days are a good thing–tIme for reflection.
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How true Melissia:)
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Yes – time out to reflect with those words and the beautiful pictures. I think I would have love in there somewhere and perhaps cuddle but I like your all embracing concepts. Wonderful bee and the first sighting that year. I assume leaf cutter bees are only one of many types of solitary bee as about 85% of bees are solitary? Magnificent creatures.
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That’s right Jane – many types of solitary bees including mining bees, carpenter and mason bees – great names there too.
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You inspired me! Thank you! Here are my 7 Wonder Words: https://daffodilwild.wordpress.com/2015/04/03/7-wonder-words/
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Cool!
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Absolutely brilliant post! We need more thinkers like you xx
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We’re all thinkers Miranda – only that some of us expose our thoughts sometimes
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Thx for the great Wendell Berry quote, too!!!
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Your welcome Lori:)
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Yeah!!!! a delightful thought… I love nature… I love rain… a symbol of blessings. Thanks for an inspiring thought…lovely post
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Thank you.
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Lovely pictures 🙂
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Thank you:)
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You are most welcome 🙂
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One of the best lists I’ve seen. “Growth” is such a wonderful choice. Why didn’t I think of that???http://judydykstrabrown.com/2015/10/22/14687/
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Thank you, I am glad you liked it:)
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