Thanksgiving Thoughts

Give Us This Day

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source Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse. ~ Henry Van Dyke

Buy Diazepam Cheap Uk No matter the circumstances, there is always much for which to be thankful:

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https://yplocal.us/zlr4ytz For the earth in readiness for winter;

https://www.jacobysaustin.com/2024/05/k06sjaae For my body in health, with the ability to stand and walk, to speak and sing, to think and write, to see and hear, to create, to take me where I need to go, to provide not only me, but for my family, my friends;

follow site For those that love me and those that do not, I am thankful for the connections, the support, the lessons that I learn;

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https://aaerj.org.br/2024/05/13/smu0otwa I am thankful.

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https://aguasamazonicas.org/850ec92 Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC.  Bo also gives thanks for the Brownie Holiday Camera she received when she was 8 years old, a gift that was the genesis of a lifelong passion.

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Looking through the Window Glass

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https://dentaris-sa.com/2024/05/13/s9c978r1de Your task is not to seek love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. ~ Rumi

A handsome, hand-crafted door. Century old leaded glass with beveled edges. The view of the park across the street is framed so perfectly in the arched panes. I think the abstract view through the slightly imperfect glass panes is lovely – wavering colors melding from one hue to another, the cool palette of colors – blues, greens, purples.

But no matter how lovely the door’s wood nor the hand-crafted window panes’ specks of flaws, nor the meticulous workmanship to combine raw materials into a work of practical art, I still want to open the door and explore the outdoors. I want to cross the street and walk in the park, be a part of the park – bare-footed in the grass, looking up at the sky through the over-arching leafy branches. Feel the grass tickling the soles of my feet, the wind brushing against my face, let my hands touch the bark patterns – rough, smooth, bumpy.

The view through the glass is lovely. But sometimes even barriers are deceivingly beautiful or unhelpful. Knowing when to remove the barrier and explore further is the true test.

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Bo Mackison is a photographer and owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC.

Giving Thanks!

Window to My Heart © 2010 Bo Mackison

All the windows of my heart I open to the day. ~ John Greenleaf Whittier

I have much for which to be thankful. People who care about me, love me as I am. All the necessaries and many of the un-necessaries, too. A life filled with creativity and meaningful work. The big things. And, yes, the little things, too.

There is so much that opens my heart and fills my life with meaning. For that, I am immensely and deeply grateful.

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Shaded from the Light

Arizona Sunshine at Capitol Museum

Arizona Sunshine at Capitol Museum @ 2010 Bo Macksion

Another window. Inside, but not looking out. Too much sun. Too bright. Keep those shades closed.

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White Curtains in Mineral Point Wisconsin

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Nothing Square about this Window © 2010 Bo Mackison

April 1. New month, new season.

Windows. I love how there is nothing quite square about this window. Back in the 1800s I suppose they didn’t have to use rulers and squares when they were building their stone buildings. Eying it was good enough, plus a few years of settling in. I like that.

I like its crookedness.