Going Gray · Inspiration

With age comes the wisdom to notice dewdrops

Shelley

As the summer kicks into high gear here where I live, (i.e., hot days, cool nights), our early mornings are filled with colorful skies,

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with sunrays that dance on dewdrops formed on grass blades, flower petals, and leaves.

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I love to discover the world I just pass on by in my normal hustle-bustle to keep on keeping on.  This week, I’m focusing on pausing for moments to play.

I hope you enjoy this little break in your week …

What youth deemed crystal, age finds out was dew. – Robert Browning

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The person who doesn’t scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs. – Hunter S. Thompson

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In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter and sharing of pleasures.  For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. – Khalil Gibran

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Do things for others and you’ll find your self-consciousness evaporating like morning dew. – Dale Carnegie

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The dew of compassion is a tear. – Lord Byron

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But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. – Lord Byron

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Post Inspiration – Linda G. Hill’s One-Liner Wednesday

PS – What’s your favorite dewdrop quote?  Happy Wednesday – I hope your week is peaceful and healing.  Do you prefer the last photo or the cropped version of it I used for the feature photo?  What is your best advice to find moments to play as an adult?  

 

 

 

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Letting my quirk out one post at a time.

26 thoughts on “With age comes the wisdom to notice dewdrops”

    1. Thank you Ally. You didn’t know it, but you’re a key inspiration in this dewdrop post. I remember your post awhile ago about search terms and believe it or not, every single day people click on my original post about dewdrops via search engines. That’s the #1 search term for my blog. So yeah, it’s amazing what dew can do! 😉

  3. And I serve the fairy queen,
    To dew her orbs upon the green:
    The cowslips tall her pensioners be;
    In their gold coats spots you see;
    Those be rubies, fairy favours,
    In those freckles live their savours:
    I must go seek some dew-drops here,
    And hang a pearl in every cowslip’s ear.
    ~ William Shakespeare
    (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)

    Love your dew drop pictures! Especially the last one. Hmmm, the only advice I can think of is that that it is impossible to “find” moments to play, one must take hold of those moments, creating them if need be!

    1. Yikes! I’m not “Anonymous.” Barbara Rodgers here ~ for some reason WordPress won’t let me comment or like as myself…

      1. Thank you for letting me know. I wish I knew why that happened or what’s going on. I hope it gets fixed!

    2. Aw, thank you, Barbara – that’s a great poem for dew-drops too! I appreciate your feedback and for trying to comment with WP issues? I’m not sure why that happens, it’s so weird.
      You’re right on with your perspective of play! Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

  5. Well I can’t choose! I like both of the dewdrop photos. Each with its own “mood” – and the other photos as well. Moments of play…good question. I think as adults we often downplay its importance. I find photography to be mine at the moment. I love to play cards, but can rarely find someone to join me. Thanks for these beautiful photo moments 🙂 and a Happy Wednesday to you too!

    1. Thank you for sharing your thoughts Andrea. I agree with you, we do downplay play more often than not. Photography is my favorite play too. I love cards too … wish you lived closer! Enjoy your playtime this week!

      1. You’re most welcome. I guess now more than ever, play is what we make it. Playing cards is not really a socially distant friendly game anyway. So photography it is!

  6. A poem I rediscovered yesterday by Kobayashi Issa, the famous Japanese 18th XX poet of haiku. This was written following more tragic losses in his life, including the 2nd of his 2 children to die very young. The World of Dew: (read the Japanese out loud – it’s beautiful. That’s the haiku form 5/7/5.

    The world of dew — In Japanese: Tsuyu no yo, wa tsuyu no yo, nagara sari nagara
    A world of dew it is indeed.
    And yet, and yet …

    1. Aw, Ellen, that’s beautiful, thank you for sharing. Your post about the mundane is beautiful too. You’re in my thoughts as you decide if you want to move or not. xxxxxx

    1. Thank you, Janis, I’m glad to read you enjoyed the photos. I hope you’re staying well and finding moments of joy!

  9. Beautiful photos Shelley – you “dew” good work! Speaking of dew, I like the last picture, uncropped, the best. The quotes were all good, but I liked this one best: “With age comes the wisdom to notice dewdrops.” I don’t have any dewdrop quotes that come to mind, nor have I ever used one that I can recall. Bliss in the morning as it is so peaceful and serene.

    1. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and for the photo kudos, Linda. I agree – bliss in the morning is as you described so well!

      1. You are welcome Shelley – the most peaceful part of the day is ours for the taking … we need it always, but even more so these days.

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