I almost gave up finding an image for HOPE but than the sun hit the little redbud buds outside my kitchen window. As far as I am concerned bare branches blooming and flowers emerging from seeds is the true magic of hope…
Thank you Jakesprinters for suggestion of HOPE.
P.S. I Hope the San Francisco 49ers win the Super Bowl! GO Niners!
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I love the thought of HOPE…without it…I couldn’t exist…
and I guess I’ll have to go for the 49ers…due to my maiden name being “NINER” …good a reason as any since I’m not a big football follower…Only if U of K or Louisville is playing…
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Thanks for the support too bad we lost 😦 A well Spring will be here soon that is a finer hop0e 🙂
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I’ve also been wondering who you would root for today Carol. lol
I noticed that we have some Day Lillies starting to come up and also some Jonquils (spell it). They always get frozen back and then come out again. This warm weather that we have had has fooled them again. Spring is my favorite time of year!!!! All the flowers and trees that bloom. Especially the redbud trees. They are only pretty when they bloom.
Neal
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I remember one year when there were all these frozen blossoms…pink ice that broke branches.
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I remember that too Carol. I took some pictures of the trees with a coating of ice on them just glistening in the morning sun. It was a late freeze and was in May that it happened. I was still in highschool so it was probably in 1957 or 1958. Good Memory!!
Neal
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Well when you get a chance send those photos along. I bet you could even send them by email 😉
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A hopeful time that I look forward to each year 🙂
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Spring always does comes 😀
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Good luck niners! We had brief period of relative warmth recently and my daffodils started to emerge. Talk about hope – unfortunately it was a little misplaced!
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Poor flowers that seems to happen most years. See comment above. Poor Niners so close ;(
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In both cases – there’s always next year. In any case everyday brings us one day closer to spring.
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Great blooming image Carol Thanks for sharing this very inspiring new beginning photo of hope 🙂
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Jake you always ibring out the best in me..thanks once again 🙂 Carol
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Love the photo…woke to an inch of snow…this is a perfect reminder of spring is just around the corner ☺
Peace,
Siggi
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We never wake to snow…that would be a treat for us.
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what better visualization of hope than buds beginning to bloom and open up to warmth and………hope!
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yes attending to such small details help though the dark and cold!
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Love your little rays of hope, Carol. Sorry about the 49ers!
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Thanks for, The flowers blooming is really more interesting and beautiful than lot ball 🙂
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what could say it more…very little
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Simplicity wins every time I do believe, thanks Jo.
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You caught the first bud!!!
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It is right outside my wind by the computer. It wasn’t hard. Did you see today’s Bizarro in the
Chronicle? He has a snail.
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Beautiful, Carol!
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