wild random beauty
by Elouise
wild random beauty
explodes through summer bounty
brilliant remnants flash
against tangled undergrowth
painting the old canvas red
That’s how I’m imagining my life today. A mess of tangled undergrowth, already beautiful in its own lively way, surprised from time to time by wild random beauty exploding from nowhere.
D took this photo at Chanticleer Gardens in late summer 2016. It invites me to consider my life today, and what might yet be waiting around the next corner. I feel like a child; I want to know how the story ends before it gets there. Not because of death, but because of all the good stuff that’s hiding, waiting along the way to surprise me with brilliant red.
© Elouise Renich Fraser, 20 September 2018
Photo taken by DAFraser, Chanticleer Gardens, summer 2016
Wow, what a lovely sentiment, and such a gorgeous photo. Thank you so much, Elouise.
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You’re welcome, Fran!🌹
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Such a great expression of thoughts and feelings..
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Thank you kindly.
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Love the wild flowers, reminded me of Western Australia, the wildflower capital of the world, and there can be no argument about that 😀
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I wish I could visit Western Australia. And Eastern, too! All of it. Recently D and I watched a three-part program about Australia’s islands. Martin Clunes (of Doc Martin) was the host, narrator, and tourist stand-in. Fabulous. 🙂
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there’s always surprises lurking beneath our sight line, we just need to move the clutter about and peer in to see ❤
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love this comment! especially the part about moving the clutter around…. 🙂
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something I need to practice what it is I preach me thinks 🙂
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oh…I’m so glad it’s just your problem! 🙂 sometimes there are gems hiding in all the clutter….truly.
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