The rain turned a lovely shade of pink 
- “Walking Rain”
- Sunset of Gold
A handful of stones: Several daily observations.
The late afternoon becomes the master’s canvas. In the last image there is the moon in the sky and it seems, below there is a light acting as echo. It seems to be something about the “joining of heaven and earth.” Native people could see this when they came to the edge of a stream and saw the sparkling mica in the water, they said it was “joining heaven and earth.”
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- Sunday Wordle
http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/
Little Girl’s Favorite Thing
Was to sweep
In the morning she would begin sweeping
Swept the sun on its journey through the day
Swept the cement walk
Swept away the rusty nails
Swept the path for crawling prophets
Tenderly she swept away the torment of scars
Made notes of all that needed to be swept
One day she swept herself away
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Carry On Tuesday #117 Prompt: Rupert Brooke’s poem. The opening line “If I should die, think only this of me.”
http://carryontuesdayprompt.blogspot.com/2011/08/your-prompt-for-tuesday-august-9th-this.html
- Woman Sweeps a Path
She Sweeps a Path of Her Own
The poem began
“If I should die”
And I thought
Not “if” but “when” I die
For I will
It is so for each of us
The day draws nearer
I hope you will
“Think this of me”
She walked a narrow path
Of her own choosing
Followed no words of man
Gave her best
To all she met on the trail
Asked no more than
She was willing to give
Looked for beauty in each day
Her heart full of joy
Lived each day in gratitude
For the many gifts of life
Especially for you
annellannell 
Gracious: a multitasking blog, full of beautiful pictures to enchant the eye and profound words to make one think. Lovely. Thank you.
Annell, Your post today is a beautiful journey. I had mica in my rock collection as a child, and you deepen my pleasure of it. I love that you carried sweeping through two pieces. The first took my breath away, and I related well to the second. Well done, Annell, this was a wonderful stop on my Sunday.
~Brenda
Thank you so much for your comment! Annell Livingston HC 74 Box 21860 El Prado, NM 87529
annell@taosnet.com http://www.annelllivingston.com http://www.somethingsithinkabout-annell-annell.blogspot.com https://annellannell.wordpress.com
I too liked the way that you used ‘sweeping’ in both poems, Annell. Really clever that the girl swept herself away. I guess a compulsive sweeper would eventually run out of things to sweep, thus turn on herself?
The second poem is beautiful. No one should ask more than they are willing to give, and living a life of gratitude is a worth while goal.
Thanks for your comment, it was me, who liked to sweep. Annell Livingston HC 74 Box 21860 El Prado, NM 87529
annell@taosnet.com http://www.annelllivingston.com http://www.somethingsithinkabout-annell-annell.blogspot.com https://annellannell.wordpress.com
There is so much breathtaking beauty in this post!
Now that was a work of art!
I’m lost for words and humbled that you should you chose to link your verbal art to Carry On Tuesday.
Back at you Keith! Thanks.
Annell, the photos are outstanding. And I love what you did with the wordle words. We all sweep our souls across the ground we cover and then sweep ourselves away to the next moment. Profound echoes here. And I agree, we give what we can and are grateful that we do.
Elizabeth
http://claudetteellinger.wordpress.com/
To make sweeping into a beautiful thing is not an easy task. You managed it impeccably–not once, but twice.
Your blog looks so wonderful, and what a rich array of beautiful photos, PLUS two glorious poems. Wowzers!!!!! I am replete.
Great pictures 😀 I hope my pics can be as dramatic as like these in the future. 😀 I like the two lines “Looked for beauty each day” and Live each day in gratitude,” that sums of what I’m trying to do every day. 😀
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