Comments on: Peonies http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/05/22/peonies/ Transformative Living through Contemplative & Expressive Arts Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:17:40 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Allium Fireworks | Abbey of the Arts http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/05/22/peonies/comment-page-1/#comment-2357 Allium Fireworks | Abbey of the Arts Sat, 26 May 2007 05:14:21 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/05/22/peonies/#comment-2357 [...] is one of my new favorite flowers (after peonies, of course).  For some reason I had never seen or noticed them before.  They look to me like [...] [...] is one of my new favorite flowers (after peonies, of course).  For some reason I had never seen or noticed them before.  They look to me like [...]

]]> By: Christine http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/05/22/peonies/comment-page-1/#comment-2318 Christine Thu, 24 May 2007 19:13:58 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/05/22/peonies/#comment-2318 Karla, Tess, Deb, Sally, Lucy, Shaula, and Pam -- you are all so wonderful to leave such gracious comments! Karla, I hope the Immersion was everything you needed and more and that Trish is doing well. I miss her blogging. Karla, Tess, Deb, Sally, Lucy, Shaula, and Pam — you are all so wonderful to leave such gracious comments!

Karla, I hope the Immersion was everything you needed and more and that Trish is doing well. I miss her blogging.

]]> By: Pam http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/05/22/peonies/comment-page-1/#comment-2317 Pam Thu, 24 May 2007 16:14:31 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/05/22/peonies/#comment-2317 These peonies in the light look like clouds of color! Breathtaking. You really do photography from the heart. These peonies in the light look like clouds of color! Breathtaking. You really do photography from the heart.

]]> By: Shaula http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/05/22/peonies/comment-page-1/#comment-2310 Shaula Wed, 23 May 2007 18:24:33 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/05/22/peonies/#comment-2310 Thank you for the reminder to relax and enjoy life more. This poem and your photos found me in the midst of stress and conflict today. Coming to your blog today felt like respite. Thank you for the reminder to relax and enjoy life more. This poem and your photos found me in the midst of stress and conflict today. Coming to your blog today felt like respite.

]]> By: lucy http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/05/22/peonies/comment-page-1/#comment-2309 lucy Wed, 23 May 2007 15:59:29 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/05/22/peonies/#comment-2309 what an amazingly beautiful essay. the intricacies of nature break my heart open. poppies are my favorites (at least for the moment :-) what an amazingly beautiful essay. the intricacies of nature break my heart open. poppies are my favorites (at least for the moment :-)

]]> By: sally http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/05/22/peonies/comment-page-1/#comment-2307 sally Wed, 23 May 2007 14:35:49 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/05/22/peonies/#comment-2307 beautiful :-) beautiful :-)

]]> By: Deb http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/05/22/peonies/comment-page-1/#comment-2306 Deb Wed, 23 May 2007 13:03:06 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/05/22/peonies/#comment-2306 Cool - my peonies are still tight-fisted green balls at the moment. Can't wait for the glory! d Cool – my peonies are still tight-fisted green balls at the moment. Can't wait for the glory!
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]]> By: Tess http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/05/22/peonies/comment-page-1/#comment-2304 Tess Wed, 23 May 2007 07:56:07 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/05/22/peonies/#comment-2304 These photographs are absolutely beautiful. And isn't it wonderful how poems arrive in our lives at just the right time. These images reminded me of one thing that keeps my heart open: how every living thing is complete in and of itself but at the same time, part of all life. Boundaries and merging at the same time. These photographs are absolutely beautiful. And isn't it wonderful how poems arrive in our lives at just the right time.
These images reminded me of one thing that keeps my heart open: how every living thing is complete in and of itself but at the same time, part of all life. Boundaries and merging at the same time.

]]> By: Karla MG (Kmamommy) http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/05/22/peonies/comment-page-1/#comment-2302 Karla MG (Kmamommy) Wed, 23 May 2007 06:25:15 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/05/22/peonies/#comment-2302 Next to lilacs, peonies are absolutely my favorite flowers! I'm with Bette...your gifts of photography and sharing resources like Mary Oliver's beautiful words have broken my heart wide open. Today, I saw the first peonies in blossom...a beautiful white/pink plant that just spoke peace and glory! What a fitting "closure" to my Immersion weekend too! The need to just be and to experience peace were big for me this weekend. Looking at a peony, inhaling it's sweetness, witnessing the ants...more opportunities to just be! --Karla Next to lilacs, peonies are absolutely my favorite flowers! I'm with Bette…your gifts of photography and sharing resources like Mary Oliver's beautiful words have broken my heart wide open. Today, I saw the first peonies in blossom…a beautiful white/pink plant that just spoke peace and glory! What a fitting "closure" to my Immersion weekend too! The need to just be and to experience peace were big for me this weekend. Looking at a peony, inhaling it's sweetness, witnessing the ants…more opportunities to just be! –Karla

]]> By: Christine http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/05/22/peonies/comment-page-1/#comment-2301 Christine Wed, 23 May 2007 05:11:11 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2007/05/22/peonies/#comment-2301 Thank you Bette, I am so glad to share this with you. I have been so very moved by these flowers with their dense clusters of soft petals and their delicate fragrance. I took over 200 photos and at least half of them turned out really well. Such a gift. And thank you for the gift of you! :-) Thank you Bette, I am so glad to share this with you. I have been so very moved by these flowers with their dense clusters of soft petals and their delicate fragrance. I took over 200 photos and at least half of them turned out really well. Such a gift. And thank you for the gift of you! :-)

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