Weekend Snapshot: No Place Like Home

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The warmth of late spring has been slow in coming this year, so we've had a wonderful season of slow-blooming, long-lasting flowering trees. Watching the rhododendron blossom has been like living inside a time lapse movie. A little, a little more, a little more....Soon they'll all be open and the bees will be fast at work and making the sounds that remind me summer will be here soon. It's nice to take the time to enjoy it.

The ability to see beauty is the beginning of our moral sensibility. What we believe is beautiful we will not wantonly destroy. (Rev. Sean Parker Dennison)

Weekend Snapshot

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  1. Anonymous12:49 PM

    I saw that its great wonderful season of slow blooming trees. I thought that time lapse movie. I can enjoy this season time.

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  2. This is a very unique blog - I love the very grounded mix of faith, love, nature, textures of life.

    Your quote today reminded me of a show I saw a long time ago about a nature educator working with inner-city youngsters, showing them leaves, flowers, having wild animals brought into the classroom from an animal rehab center, the works.

    When questioned about his passion for sharing the joy of nature with kids so cut off from it, he responded with a quote that stuck in my head. He said, "You can't understand what you don't know - and you can't love what you don't understand." Just seeing that chain effect really was good for me.

    Thank you so much for visiting my blog on Skywatch Friday. I'm glad it led me to your blog, it's lovely! Bonnie

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  3. Hi Sandy
    I think these rhododendron blossoms take some beating at times... I have one in the front garden that is flowering at the moment and is full of bees.

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  4. Anonymous4:08 PM

    There's a blossom just waiting for a bee. Oh, how appetizing. Great shot.

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  5. Beautiful picture! I also love the quote you used here. That is so true!

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  6. That is such a beautiful shot that I almost feel like I'm touching the blossom. I love the quote by Rev. Denison. Great thought to ponder on this Sunday before Memorial Day.

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  7. Beautiful!!!!

    I try to visit regularily,
    but don't alway leave comments.
    Too many good blogs,
    so little time.

    Alaska Sunday is posted.
    Come visit,
    Troy and Martha

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  8. Anonymous9:47 PM

    gorgeous flower, love the colors :) happy Monday!

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  9. That is a beautiful picture. I love spring time. I miss the flowers from Wisconsin where I grew up. We recently moved to California. The flowers out here are also beautiful but very different from what I am used to. I miss seeing the purple coneflowers blooming along the countryside and the sweet smell of lilacs. Thank you for sharing that beautiful photo!

    Cascia @ Healthy Moms

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  10. Oh wow, Sandy, this is stunning.... so pretty!

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  11. These are beautiful blooms though I've got no idea what they're called.
    I'm still awaiting for the moment to see bees at work on flowers to catch a snapshot :P

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  12. Anonymous11:23 PM

    Hi Sandy! Very nice. I envy homes with flowering trees. I always dream of having a garden.

    Have a great week ahead of you!

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  13. Anonymous11:44 PM

    that's the upside of living in a landed property, you can grow those beautiful flowers! we've been living in a condo-style apartment but i would love to tend my own garden someday.

    have a beautiful week, sandy!

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  14. Better late than never. I think I never had a "Spring" feel this year :(...I'm missing it.

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  15. beautiful pink or red flower :D hi hi hi hi

    My WS in here Thanks

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  16. True no place like home. Your rhododendrons have such a lovely dark shade of pink.

    Have a great week ahead!

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  17. home is where we feel the most beautiful, I guess...

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  18. Anonymous1:00 AM

    that's such a gorgeous shot!

    happy WS

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  19. Anonymous1:56 AM

    A thing of beauty is joy for ever.I hope its beauty will never end.

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  20. Yay.... the beautiful gifts of Mother Nature! It's a pity Man is more of a destroyer than a lover of such beauty. :(

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  21. Anonymous4:32 AM

    great, great close up

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  22. Beautiful picture, and a wonderful quote, there.

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  23. i admire your perspective of things. instead of complaining that it is taking so long to have summer, you are enjoying the spring.

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  24. lovely!!! creative shot for WS!!! mine’s up too hope you can drop by.

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  25. Very pretty flower and nice close up too! i can picture the bees having grand time ...

    your quote is true..


    have a nice WS

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  26. Anonymous8:13 AM

    Nice macro. Where I live in Australia is renown for giant rhododendron trees. They are not native but thrive here. Hope you've had a nice weekend.

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  27. This is so very gorgeous, Sandy! I thought it was an azalea at first. The color is beautiful and the clarity of the shot is just amazing.

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  28. Anonymous9:25 AM

    Nice. Very nice post.

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  29. Anonymous9:40 AM

    That is simply BEAUTIFUL!!! nice macro shot!

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  30. My rhododendrons are blooming too, Sandy. I didn't put up a weekend snapshot this week. Your pic is gorgeous! Happy Memorial Day! Hugs and kisses! :D

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  31. Anonymous10:23 AM

    I know just what you mean. Each new bloom is so exciting! I'm waiting for my Sunflowers to bloom, they're about 6-7 feet tall.

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  32. You have some really good camera. It takes such beautiful pictures.

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  33. Anonymous10:51 AM

    Lovely flower, Sandy.

    I love your other post, "If you like it, shoot it" Taking photos of the wonderful creatures around us should be done before these disappear before our very eyes.

    Have a great week :)

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  34. Anonymous11:01 AM

    I love the extreme close-up of the flower. The color's so alive and refreshing.

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  35. a lovely bloom for sure

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  36. Anonymous11:59 AM

    Spring is a beautiful season and it's one of my favorite. The macro flower is gorgeous!

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  37. Gorgeous shot! I only like shocking pink in flowers, yours is beautiful!

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  38. that is a beautiful shot! Now I miss taking pictures of flowers.

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  39. Beautiful! So colourful!
    We're a bit warmer here this year so everything is earlier than usual unfortunately.

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  40. beautiful flower

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  41. You always inspire me Sandy thanks for the lift

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  42. I only see reed,Better red then dead?

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  43. Further to Harvey's words in the post below, Sean Dennison shows great wisdom too. Brilliant shot - I am learning to do these and getting better all the time. Summer is on it's way....!

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  44. Anonymous3:34 AM

    awesome!!!

    btw,I'm gonna add you to my blogroll,& i hope you don't mind. thanks. :)

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  45. Anonymous9:24 AM

    pretty flower!

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  46. Anonymous11:42 AM

    that's a really beautiful flower, sandy! i guess it's better that spring comes in a little slower. more time to enjoy these blooms! :)

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