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My friend and long time customer, Robin, in Texas shared these gorgeous photos with me this morning and I wanted, in turn, to share them with you all. I'd want to pull over to the side of the road and have a picnic here. Beautiful! Thanks for sharing Robin.  Isn't she fortunate to make this drive every day?  These pictures were taken in Central Texas.  Aren't they beautiful? 




Imagine
(by me)

Close your eyes...
Breathe deeply...
Realize...
You are in control

Step out...
Take a walk...
Knowing...
You can always go

Listen closely...
Pretend a thought...
Silently...
Feel your soul

Take heart...
Move your spirit...
Feeling...
What you can flow

Allow now...
Let it come...
Seeing...
What it will show

Take flight...
Soar beyond limits...
Understand...
What it is you hold

©2001  Nancy M Roberts

Linking to Outdoor Wednesday at A Southern Daydreamer
 Blue Monday at Smiling Sally
Weekly Words to Live By at A Cottage Industry

Comments

  1. Oh my gosh- that is GORGEOUS! Just what I needed today- thank you Nancy
    xoxo Pattie

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  2. beautiful poem...thought provoking.

    lovely flowers. what are they, i wonder?

    thanks for sharing both.

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  3. What a beautiful drive that would be! Thank you for sharing it with us. I love the chest full of red transferware in your post a couple of posts down; swooning here! Have a lovely day.

    Blessings,
    Sandi

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  4. Oh, the bluebonnets are so beautiful. This is down in the Hill country of Texas. Out here in MY part of Texas..out West..we don't have many of these beautiful flowers.
    I WANNA MOVE TO THE HILL COUNTRY !!
    O, and I am linking up to follow you.! :)

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  5. I'd love to drive that road, it's amazingly beautiful! Your poem is just lovely. I'm going to send my friend over. Her word for the year is "allow" and I think she just might need it this morning.

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  6. Nancy, thank you for the beautiful photos and poem to start the day. Annie Joy

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  7. Nancy, those are truly the most beautiful photographs of bluebonnets I have ever seen! Where in Texas were they photographed? I live in Austin, this year they are truly gorgeous!

    Nancy

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  8. Love the blue bonnets. So pretty. Thanks for sharing.

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  9. I guess I forgot to tell you all that the flowers are Blue Bonnet's. Robin took these pictures here: B. Highway 306 from New Braunfels to Purgatory Road (almost to Canyon Lake ), C. Highway 290 between Burton and Hempstead and here, C. Highway 290 between Burton and Hempstead.

    Enjoy!

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  10. Yes, absolutely beautiful flower farm! Are they lavenders? Hyacinths??
    -marie

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  11. The bluebonnets are so beautiful!! I wish the road to my house looked like that! :-)

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  12. Gorgeous flowers! What a nice friend to share such a beautiful drive with you :)
    Makes me want to take a road trip!
    Have a great day, and come by and say 'hi'.

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  13. Oh how I would love to take a stroll down that blue Bonnet lined road.....how beautiful! And your poem is just lovely Nancy...thank you for sharing both. A perfect start to my morning!:)

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  14. Nancy, this is a lovely post! Those photos are so beautiful - I love the one with the road. It looks like a ribbon with a yellow stripe. Amazing!

    Love, Katy

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  15. Wow - absolutely gorgeous!!! I haven't been to Texas before, guess I didn't picture 'flowers'... I absolutely love blue flowers :) Thanks for sharing!

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  16. What gorgeous photos...I would love to see these up close and personal!!!

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  17. Absolutely awesome !!
    I think I would never make it to work !

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  18. Oh this is unbelievable. So nice. I would love to picnic there, too.
    Greetings, Johanna

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  19. Beautiful, especially because they are blue!
    Beckie in Brentwood, TN

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  20. I love the pictures! They bring back so many fond memories of when I lived in Texas!

    Thank you for sharing both the pictures and the wonderful poem!

    ~ Tracy

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  21. Love your poem --- it flows so well -- I can just image walking down the pathway in the photo's -- a beautiful outdoor Wednesday surprise, and love your banner --

    Joanny
    http://thedowsersdaughter.blogspot.com

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  22. Oh Wow! That is just beautiful! Thanks for sharing it!

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