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April 24, 2006 10:32 AM- an affair with trees
Have I ever mentioned how I love the rain?
I love the rain.
Yesterday morning, (I was in the greater Boston metro, obvs) Tara and I went for a long, long walk through the Arnold Arboretum. The air was wet and cool. Tulips held their fat heads aloft on such graceful, yet impossibly thin stems-- they were ballerinas on point, African women carrying brightly colored baskets upon their heads.
I ran my nose along wet magnolia blossoms and fingered their split, hairy pods that had broken open.
We marveled at the hillside covered in flowering fruit trees, apple, cherry and pear. We slid our open palms on the slick, mottled bark of the ancient paperbark maple.
When we got back to her doorstep our feet were soaked, but our hearts were on fire.
((Will wonders never cease? I have actually posted some new opines.))
got 2 cents?
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Bridget says:
It sounds divine! I could picture the magnolias.
posted on: April 24
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samantha says:
Aren't tulips just blissful? For a long time they just didn't do it for me, and then one day they were so very, very right. Your springtime walk sounds delicious, very interactive. And I love the friends with money opine, too funny.
posted on: April 24
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la vie en rose says:
sounds just wonderful!
posted on: April 24
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lizardek says:
You bring it to life. I can smell the freshly-washed scent of the rain!
posted on: April 24
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lizardek says:
Also, you are the only other person besides myself who I have ever heard use the correct past tense of "winging it." HAHA!
posted on: April 24
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ozma says:
I LOVE the rain! I've been praying for cold drizzle for at least the next 3 1/2 weeks. Thank you God, for the bad weather!
Love what you said.
posted on: April 24
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nina says:
ohhhhhhhhhh.........you've finally watched it!!!!! now you know what i know. andy. you've watched andy. andy and rocks and sticks and water and stones and thorns and petals and ground up red stone-turned-to-dust-turned-to-red-like-blood. i think of this movie as a religion, i do. oh, 'lizbuth. i'm so glad that we have this in common now, as well. xoxo
posted on: April 24
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stephanie says:
I suspected as much about FWM. Just read your opine on Finding Neverland and couldn't agree more. And I don't even like Kate W much. I do, however, love trees, flowers, Ma Nature in general.
posted on: April 24
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marshmallow says:
i actually don't like rain that much....
posted on: April 24
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violetismycolor says:
I live in Oregon and I like rain if I can be inside and it will agree to stay outside. (okay, I admit it, I am a California native)
posted on: April 24
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Ruby'smum says:
I live in Western Australia - a very dry place indeed but we have just had the most blissful couple of days of rain. It's been so heavy! Massive, fat, overweight rain drops watering my garden and making mud for my dogs to play in. Today I went running around the lake with my two friends. We got caught in a shower and it was bloody amazing. I highly recomend getting caught in the rain and thoroughly soaked at least once a year. It has revived my body and my soul!
ps I have always wanted to visit Boston..it looks so green, and the buildings seems so serious and respectful. HAve a wonderful week.
posted on: April 25
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Ruby'smum says:
I live in Western Australia - a very dry place indeed but we have just had the most blissful couple of days of rain. It's been so heavy! Massive, fat, overweight rain drops watering my garden and making mud for my dogs to play in. Today I went running around the lake with my two friends. We got caught in a shower and it was bloody amazing. I highly recomend getting caught in the rain and thoroughly soaked at least once a year. It has revived my body and my soul!
ps I have always wanted to visit Boston..it looks so green, and the buildings seems so serious and respectful. HAve a wonderful week.
posted on: April 25
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endment says:
You have painted such a lovely word picture
I must now go dry my wet feet :)
posted on: April 25
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Lil says:
Magnolias... I love 'em. They should be flowering withing a week or so here.
posted on: April 25
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Rebekah says:
I can never inhale deeply enough in humid rainy weather. In my mind, I walked along with you on your adventure in that fabulous park, smelling the mingling of musky and sweet fragrances. My makeup was running by the end of your post. Lovely, lovely, lovely.
posted on: April 25
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pomme says:
What a pretty post!
posted on: April 26
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