Weekend, Art, Poetry and Photography


For Paint Party Friday ~ Hippity Hoppity. ~ watercolor and ink


For Haiku My Heart


For Carpe Diem Haiku ~ prompt 'nirvana'



For Haiku Friday



For Orange You Glad Its Friday ~ Murano Glass from Italy ~ not just orange but all the colors!




For Weekend Reflections ~ Rain, Snow and Ice Reflecting on my window last weekend. Jack Frost .



For Weekly Top Shot ~ Cape Ann MA ~ Harbor Sunrise after Daylight Savings Time




For Black and White Weekend ~ View out my Cape Ann MA window last weekend.



Happy Weekend to you all. Grateful to be back online and visiting with you. Grateful, for it all. There is always a message from each sacred moment. I wonder what are you are grateful for this  day and weekend?

We are linked today with the following creative bloggers: Click on the highlighted link to go there.

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haiku my heart
carpe diem haiku
haiku friday
orange you glad its friday

weekend reflections
weekly top shot
black and white weekend



Wishing you the best in each day.


Your posted comments delight us in every way. Thanks, ^_^

xxxoooo





QUOTE FOR THE DAY: ' The journey is the reward.'
~ Chinese proverb

Comments

  1. I am grateful for the forecast of 72 degree weather tomorrow! Today it's pretty chilly so that will feel like a heat wave. I love your haikus and your watercolor sketch. So cute!

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  2. Again a nice post Carol, you were missed. Thank you for this wonderful 'nirvana-haiku'.

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  3. Your photography is rather special, so pleased to have found you.

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  4. love it.. all of your haiku radiate positivity and warmth! :) Hippity Hoppity, really pretty ^^

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  5. That nirvana world is sometimes elusive, don't you think?

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  6. I have proclaimed myself the luckiest man on earth, and have more to be thankful for than I can enumerate. I'll just start with my lovely wife and our 11 smart, beautiful and talented grandchildren.

    Cheers!
    JzB

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  7. Really like the frosted window.

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  8. Wow! such pretty shots and inspiring words ending with the sweetest little dog!!

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  9. You and Artmuse dog have been really busy this week. I especially LOVE your painting of the rabbit and those gorgeous black and white photographs. Blessings!

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  10. I'm grateful to have sailed into your harbour once more. Thank you Carol :)

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  11. Wonderful photos. Love the haiku as well. Thanks for joining OYGIF.

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  12. The bunny is lovely! I am so very grateful this weekend, that our family managed to get my 86 year old Dad into one of South Australia's top nursing homes that specifically catering for, and honour, our country's War Veterans. It's been quite a journey!

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  13. Beautiful pictures ... I love your haiku, they are so deep !!!

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  14. My goodness you have been busy and productive. Love Mr. Bunny and what Jack Frost left on your window. Happy PPF !

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  15. Your bunny makes me think of spring!

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  16. I love your rainy photos!
    and thank you for visiting my blog and leave Ќе тхе amazing comment on my sketch
    be happy
    Nat

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  17. Such a wonderful rabbit! Your photographs always intrigue me:)
    Xxx

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  18. So much to love here today. The first painting reminds me of the "Velveteen Rabbit," and the haikus are wonderfully uplifting. The ice photo is absolutely stunning.

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  19. Dear Carol. truly beautiful and stunning photos. Fantastic effect. Heart warming and wise haiku (which I absolutely love) and extremely cute bunny. Beautiful post. Thank you Carol. Have a great weekend.

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  20. Rain, colored glass, sunrise, haiku... all loveliness is right here in your post! Wonderful!

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  21. These are all great photos for the various subjects!!

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  22. Beautiful painting, photos and haikus. Valerie

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  23. love Hippity Hoppity - an Easter bunny! Today I am grateful - for so many things, espec. for Steve, and an easy and stress-free life, along with the memories of a wonderful and loving family....I am back from Fla and had a fun time there...grateful for that too....

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  24. I love each part of this post! Very poetic and delightful!

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  25. Great bunny painting, Carol. And your photos are beautiful as is your haiku.

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  26. Your post is so uplifiting, photos , art and lovely haiku! Happy weekend!

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  27. the snow scenes are soo beautiful but I'm so thankful they're not in my area :)Love your bunny illustration, and your eloquent haikus continue to amaze me. Happy PPF!

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  28. loved both the pics and haiku!

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  29. wonderful haiku, and that little rabbit is just adorable,

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  30. It's always a delight to see what you've offered up to share...I love the diversity!

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  31. Great pics; awesome series and I especially like the quote because the journey is my reward in writing, writing and more writing!

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  32. Loving your beautiful rabbit painting and your beautiful Haiku and photos Carol.
    Happy PPF, Annette x
    http://nettysartadventures.blogspot.co.uk/

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  33. Such beauty scrolling through today's haiku, photos, and bunny! Love them all. You live amidst such beauty...just outside your window.

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  34. I also love the rabbit painting, I do love rabbits and hares very much :) also, the frost is so amazing, the intricate patterns are beautiful :)

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  35. Carol, I love your Hippity Hoppity painting!
    Rabbits are such delightful symbols of spring!
    ♥♥♥
    Happy PPF!!
    Mary
    Mixed-Media Map Art

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  36. cute bunny! Aquariann's having a bunny hop you can link to!
    http://blog.aquariann.com/2013/03/bunny-hop-rabbit-linky-party.html

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  37. Amazing work this week! I love the snow on the glass, so cool!

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  38. Yes! Beatrix Potter style rabbit - I just love it.

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  39. i really enjoyed all your haiku and your stormy views from home. spring has finally arrived and i am so loving the longer light of day!
    enjoy your weekend carol and thanks for being a beautiful part of haiku my heart.

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  40. Such a super gorgeous post..your poems are wonderful...your bunny is so beautiful and soulful..love the sheen in his eye..! and your photos are stunning!
    Fantastic!
    Victoria

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  41. Love the bead!!! I am grateful for color.

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  42. Great work, I so love the photos with the ice on the windows, oh and youjr bunny is cute!

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  43. Your bunny painting reminds me of the rabbits that hop around in my garden every morning, much to the delight of my cat, who watches them from the window. Have a lovely weekend!

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  44. What a lovely work! Love the first photo.

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  45. Love the artwork Jack left for you, and thinking about windows, we have a little robin who keeps attacking ours I think he's challenging another male he's seeing - his own reflection! Must be springtime! x

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  46. Beautiful images! Wonderful sense of atmosphere! And the little rabbit is adorable! But the image that really speaks to me is the last image - like tears raining, like a wistfulness!

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  47. You sure get a lot in here, so many memes and themes. I especially love the photographs today. Each is its own ambassador for Spring.

    Peace

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  48. Sweet spring rabbit and your black and white photographs are just wow-wonderful! <3

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  49. This rabbit is adorable! Happy PPF!

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  50. I like the idea of there being an inner lodestone. We all need guidance!


    Swallows Haiku

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  51. What a beautiful post ! Your gratitude is seeping through every detail.
    I am grateful this day, to live and love and learn.
    Happy Weekend !

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  52. Great shots! I especially love the orange one, and the views out your windows!

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  53. Oh, that rabbit is so cute. It looks very cold still in your side of the world .... Beautiful photos!

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  54. I love your black and whites...beautiful!! :)

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  55. You are co creative Carol. I admire such versatility shown here.

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  56. Beautiful clicks! Hope you'd find time to visit my entry.

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  57. Cute bunny, jusy in time for Easter. Love the silver light in your sunrise shot.

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  58. Your B&W photos are great!
    Well done!

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  59. So many lovely photos, Carol, but rain, snow and ice is an unbeatable combination, for sure.
    K

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  60. Awww, I wuvs bunnies! :) Girl, your photos are wonderful, but I hope you get some warm sunshine soon. Art Muse dog would like to go chase bunnies outside.

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  61. Catching up....rather liked the 'jack frost' shot...hope he leaves us alone real soon!! Soooo ready for spring...Thanks for commenting on my Bear With Me blog♥

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  62. oh, too bad so few enjoyed your collection of photos! (just kidding)
    I can't even choose one, there are so many I like!
    but the bunny, a sparked memory of Potter's illustration of Peter Rabbit. so lovely

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  63. There's so much happening here! Loved your cute bunny and the Robin haiku is Super :)

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  64. omigoodness, what a series of surprises, oohs and aahs,a one lifted set of eyebrows. I came for the haikus and fell in love with the Murano glass.

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  65. When bunnies appear, Easter is in the air :-).

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  66. I love your bunny + I really love your haiku my heart. It really spoke to me. x

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  67. Lovely little bunny you've drawn and painted! We have them in abundance here on our Army Post. Not sure why there are so many, I do not see bunnies much outside of our post! hah

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  68. Your blog is always one of my favorite stops!
    That rabbit...so cute! ♥♥

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  69. sweet bunny here and a full overing of beauty. it's hard to choose but i do like the first haiku, the inner loadstone returning... cheers

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  70. Beautiful and colorful photos!

    Stopping by from Orange You Glad It'd Friday- hope you can stop by.

    http://www.cassandrasminicorner.com/2013/03/two-kids-are-better-than-one.html

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  71. Your bunny is adorable. The sunrise after daylight savings time photo is awesome. Blessings, Janet PPF

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  72. As always, wonderful Haiku - and lovely, intriguing, photography.

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  73. A cold window, but lovely patterns.

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