Carol A. Hand
Despite fierce winds
brutal cold and pounding rain
delicate but tenacious – columbine
gracefully blossoming
once again
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A Miracle of Life
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Carol A. Hand
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Voices from the Margins 
Isn’t it astonishing how fragile these delicate flowers appear to be, yet so resilient in the face of torrential rain and gale force winds, scorching sun and shivering temperatures? Lovely photos 😊
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Thank you for your thoughtful, lovely comments, Chris. My first two years here, I never got to see the columbines blossom. Deer ate them, trampled my raised-bed gardens, and pulled up my baby tomato plants. (Here’a a very old post that tells the story if you’re interested: https://carolahand.wordpress.com/2014/09/01/inch-by-inch-row-by-row/.)
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tenacious yet delicate, definitely beautiful, love this.
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Thank you so much for your lovely comments, Rev. Paul. 🙂
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Sweet photographs
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Thank you so much for your thoughtful comments, Phppi. 🙂
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Nature is resilient.
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Yes, nature often provides such important lessons, doesn’t she, Rosaliene? Thank you so much for your always thoughtful comments. ❤
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Beautiful natural paradox, as life often is. Lovely.
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Thank you for your wise and thoughtful comments, Carrie. ❤
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Stunning photographs and a lovely testament to the fierce tenderness that is life…
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Thank you for your kind and beautiful poetic comments, Joan. ❤
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Such miracles abound around us only if we are sensitive enough to notice them. Your words are in complete consonance with the pictures. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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Thank you so much for sharing such important insights, Balroop, and for your kind words. ❤
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Lovely photos. Columbines are some of my favorite flowers. 🙂 ❤
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Thank you so much for your thoughtful comments, Natalie. ❤
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My pleasure Carol❣️😘
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Beautiful !!!
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Thank you, Bethany. ❤
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Beautiful.
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Thank you, A Shift in Consciousness. ❤
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Just Beautiful Carol. Thank you!!!
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Thank you so much for your kind words, Hector. ❤
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that last picture is so entrancing and ephemeral – flowers are amazing creatures, aren’t they!
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Thank you so much for your thoughtful, lovely comments, Annette. I agree with you. Flowers are amazing. ❤
(The last picture was an experiment and an unexpected gift. I needed to hold the camera lens facing upward under the flower, hoping it was properly focused. I was delighted when I saw the image later.)
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it’s fun to experiment with unusual perspectives…
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Hi!
Nice post! I’m making posts about scientific explanations behinde everyday appearance, so if you have time and will please go and check it out! If you like it please follow me, I follow you.
Thank you! 😀
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Thank you for your thoughtful comments. 🙂
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