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"She seemed to come suddenly upon happiness as if she had surprised a butterfly in the Winter woods"
(edith wharton)


Wednesday 6 February 2008

C... is for

I have decided to join in ABC Wednesday.... I thought it might help me focus on all the DELIGHTFUL things in my life ~ if I had to make a point of searching each week for a specific item, then I might stop fretting about my spiritual journey.... so I wandered around my home looking for all the things that I could find that started with C.....

Calendula ~ which is growing in my vegetable garden. It happily self seeds, willy nilly.. I love it! It is also known as Pot Marigold... and has wonderful, magickal healing properties... Calendula oil is a must in my medicine cabinet.... also growing in my vegetable garden is Chamomile.....

I love the bright yellow daisies.. their little heads have been brightening my days lately! then I noticed the Clover....

which is growing in my 'lawn'... I patted it and thought I saw the clover faeries flitting in and out of the dark green leaves... while I sat and looked, I had white butterflies flitting about my head.... I wonder what my ancestors did with their 'lawn'.. did they fret about mowing it each weekend? Or did they just let it be.....then I saw my Citrus tree.... this one being a lemon

and nestling among the leaves was a Citrus Caterpillar..... nearly ready to Cocoon and turn into a beautiful Citrus butterfly..... but the one thing that C is for me... is my Chair...

My big pink snuggly Chair... which wraps its arms around you when you feel sad or lonely. The chair that comforted me when Daisy died.. I slept in this chair for over a week when she died... crying. And when I look at this photo... outside the window.... what do I see.... but an angel looking in... (well..sceptics would say that it is the sun.. but the sun was on the other side of the house... and i KNOW it was an angel.. it was Daisy, I am sure)

35 comments:

Patty said...

Oh I am so happy that you joined the ABC Wed. photos. I love all the C things you have posted about today. My photo is up too.

Anonymous said...

Love your pics Robyn. I see your Angel just fine.

Lilli & Nevada said...

Welcome to ABC Wed it has been a lot of fun for me to find things for the week for the next letter. I think that you will really enjoy it.

Lucky you that you still have all those wonderful flowers in your garden. All we have is a mess and snow.

Rune Eide said...

Welcome to the Club! You have a made as Colourful a Choice of Cs as I can imagine!

FO - 2 said...

WelCome! :)
NiCe Choises. I LOVE flowers! Calendulas are rewarding flowers.
Your Chair looks Comfortable as well.
Happy ABC! :)

laoi gaul~williams said...

Oh i see the Angel as well!
how special she watches over your special chair...

Everydaythings said...

Robyn that chair looks..so cosy and wonderful I bet it s agreat place to sit and read too?

ArneA said...

Thats a chair for a man
:-)

lv2scpbk said...

Nice plants for C day. That chair looks compfy.

Ruth said...

Yes - I can definitely see the angel too!

amelia said...

I would love to snuggle and do crosswords in that chair!!!

hpy said...

The Chair looks so Confortable

Daryl said...

Ilove those photos, welcome to ABC Weds.

And if that chair disappears, come to NYC because that's where it will be!

Jo's-D-Eyes said...

Hi WELCOME TO ABC's
That a great C for flowers all kinds, and I like the photo's all very much:)

Come and see my ABC's photography
JoAnn Holland
Participant in ABC wednesday

Petunia said...

Beautiful!

mrsnesbitt said...

Robyn what a lovely post. It made me smile when I read through. You sounded so happy and content, yescontent and reflective. You are amongst a great group of creative, thoughtful people, very genuine who will embrace your lovely words. This is what it is all about!
And just think of all the people you will be able to network with as each week you will see more and more of the world, and ofcourse UK for your tour...coming round closer each week!

Lots of hugs
Denise

kml said...

Quite a collection of C's - Welcome!!

dot said...

You have some beautiful flowers!

Paulie said...

Love all your C things but most of all that special chair!

Dragonstar said...

What a great collection for C. Welcome to ABC Wednesday.

gma said...

Yeah! Robyn I'm doing ABC Wed. this time too! Love your C's...as always enjoy your botanical photos and LOVE your pink chair!

gma said...

Yeah! Robyn I'm doing ABC Wed. this time too! Love your C's...as always enjoy your botanical photos and LOVE your pink chair!

Kathryn Knoll said...

I love this post. I suspected from the moment I began to visit your blog you were an herb woman and it is so true! I cherish each delicious comment you make about your world. I have goggle earth on my computer (the free version) so the pictures are old, but I can hover over your house like the Angels do and bless you often. What is that roundish looking building next to your house? I try to imagine where your garden is and where the chickens run. I see mostly shapes, not so much distinct details. Know you are regarded fondly by many, Dear One, Blessings, Sr. K

photowannabe said...

Welcome to ABC Wednesday. It certainly gives one a new perspective on the things around us.
Great choices for the letter C. Your chair looks comfy.

A bird in the hand said...

What a splendid idea! I love calendula. I have a little bottle of calendula oil, it's very soothing.

xoxo

Julie said...

Loved all the C things, but most especially the chair. I am jonesing for a comfortable overstuffed chair where I can tuck my legs under me (and get rid of Dan's recliner).

I see the angel too.

Julie

Neva said...

Your chair looks really comfortable!

Katney said...

It is amazing what wonderful C items we can find if we just look around.

Andrea said...

Nice post and welcome to ABC Wednesday.

VP said...

Welcome to ABC!

I pruned back my Chamomile today...

See you next week at D :)

Barbara said...

Hi Robyn - Found your blog today, I too have just joined ABC Wednesday probably for the same reason as you - to focus.I have enjoyed reading your blog and as Daisy said its very honest. I too used to read Daisy's blog.

Bimbimbie said...

I think C for chair is the winner *!*

TheModernGoddess said...

So beautiful and welcome to ABC Wednesday. I too see your angel watching over you. Blessings, Nicole
http://themoderngoddess.wordpress.com/

Leanne said...

yes, I see her too, and that chair looks so snuggly!!

I am thinking of joining ABC wednesday from mext week- letter D...

leanne x

Max-e said...

Welcome to ABC Wednesday. Nice selection of C's and pictures