How about we share another Mary Oliver poem? After all, you can never have too many of those. In this one, the poet seems to acknowledge that it is often hard to simply live in and enjoy the moment, perhaps because we are afraid it can't last. She urges us to give in to that moment and fully experience the joy. Although "much can never be redeemed, still, life has some possibility left." Don't Hesitate by Mary Oliver If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to be. We are not wise, and not very often kind. And much can never be redeemed. Still, life has some possibility left. Perhaps this is its way of fighting back, that sometimes something happens better than all the riches or power in the world. It could be anything, but very likely you notice it in the instant when love begins. Anyway, that’s often the case. Anyway, whatever it is, don’t be afraid of its plenty. Joy is no...
I have often thought about where I could fit something like these in the garden, but just haven't come up with a good location for them.
ReplyDeleteThey are not really picky about location, but they can grow to be quite large - although you can prune them to keep them in shape and in their designated space. They are a valuable addition to any habitat garden.
DeleteOoh, I've never seen a white beautyberry before.
ReplyDeleteThey are not as common as the purple, of course, but the birds like them just as well - maybe even more.
DeleteFantastic photos!!! Greetings!:))
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Thanks for visiting, Basia.
DeleteI love the purple ones, and the golden dewdrops.
ReplyDeleteI like the purple ones, too. They bring a lot of color to my late summer/fall garden.
DeleteThe other day I had to look up spikenard (found on the first page of Gabriel Garcia Marquez' first novel, In Evil Hour.) The images on Google looked like a bush I had outside the back door of our last house: clusters of berrylike things that attracted scadillions of bees. The white beauty berry made me remember them, though the leaves and clusters were bigger.
ReplyDeleteBooks sometimes teach us unexpected things, don't they?
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