I hope they learned that winning isn’t everything… I hope they learned this: That some people will always believe in you… That in the face of hardship, you pick yourself up, brush yourself off, and keep moving forward… again… and again… and again… That you can’t dwell on what others say, but maintain diligence, learning,...
Ice cream is always perfect! I love these shots! And, the lessons we hope ours will learn. Hope y’all are doing well! We will be up in your neck of the woods in December!
Hugs!
Susan
My daughter just played in her last soccer game ever. Makes me sad. Great post 
well… I can imagine you know how I so so relate to this
simply marvelous. and true. and captured in that special patty spendour.
Patti,
I love your sports photos. I bet you get to take a lot with your children being so athletic. It is so true that we need to learn about losing. Seems like education focuses on equality so much that losing is foreign.
Have a wonderful day!
LOSING certainly is a life lesson… I love how you’ve captured this in your post. Pictures are stunning, by the way. The action and expressions is perfectly captured.
that last one is my favorite – captured perfectly.
i am tucking this into my heart tonight, dear patty. so well, well spoken. and incredible photos. love the one with the fountain!
Well, it is for this very reason that I wish I had spent less time working and more time focused on these kinds of things as a kid. I think I missed out.
what uplifting words, patty. love the photo of the parents all bundled up and cheering on the kids. (and of the one boy protecting himself during the penalty shot…those “protective stances” always make me grin).
Having watched my kids participate in sport for sooo many years, this really spoke to me.
My eldest daughter is 15 and has been the keeper for four years for her team. We love soccer. As your post so eloquently shared there are many lessons to be learned. And very few of them involve winning.
Dana
Good Morning, mailbox… Good Morning, sun… Good Morning mist, basking in the sun… Good Morning, grass… Good Morning, trees… and Good Morning, dew drop beads… Good Morning, spiders and Good Morning, webs… Good Morning, hay… and Good Morning, YOU, sleepy-head… Good Morning, birds… Good Morning, air… Good Morning, day, everywhere. ***** I’m so thankful for...
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So if I had to pick a favorite shot (which is nearly impossible here, always!) I would pick the ‘good morning trees’ because oh-my-heavenly-days it looks like glory is just on the other side of those silhouettes. Now I’m taking my camera with me when I walk the girls to school this morning!
I’m so not picking a favorite. I just shared the whole post. Holy mackerel, Patty – this post just woke me up. I’m so jealous of all that gorgeous in your lens…
YOUR PICTURES are Rapturous…is that a word and I don’t know if I spelled it:)
They..the pictures take my heart to a place I long for
Beautiful!
how can we ever have bad mornings?! beauty everywhere!
I have goosebumps.
I don’t even know what to say.
breathtaking & beautiful – love these calming photos!
I blog-hopped over from sweet shot Tuesday! Beautiful photo!!!
Stunning as ever my friend – your pics AND God’s creation
Very Pretty! Cool shots!
Um, wow. That was lovely. Absolutely lovely.
What an amazing series of photographs! I love the way the light streams through them.
I love early morning sun photos. These are stunning!
This is amazingly beautiful! And so poetic. I’m in awe. I want to look at this every single morning of my life.
Beautiful and peaceful shots!!
Breathtaking! and so inspiring..I should get up extra early and get some sunrise shots..will need to drive out of town a bit though. ;O)
Your photos are beyond beautiful!
What a wonderful way to start the day. =)
I love the one with the trees but so many of them were simply amazing.
Good morning (or afternoon) to you!
eXquisite shots
that is amazing to link to her words…she would approve.. it is a lovely essay
Wow. That’s all. Wow.
You live in a very beautiful place, and the pictures are amazing!
So gorgeous, Patty. Thank you for sharing. These are things that simply don’t exist where I live, and I appreciate the opportunity to lose myself in the world through you eyes, sometimes.
I picture us standing there together alone in the middle of a field, sparkling in dew that never wets our toes, and surrounded by an army of imaginary flowers that scent the air wild with sweetness. Our arms circle round, hand clasped wrists- right over left, left over right. As I pull one way, he...
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gorgeous!
I love those flowers, so bright!
PARTAY!?!? YAY!
You simply amaze me girl – both your pictures and words are so heart felt.
Look at all the colors! I love this post.
what amazing color you found! i love it.
patty, every time i come here, i want to dive into your photos and your words and let it all soak in…. gorgeous friend. the colors! ooh the colors. i hope you’ll join me this week for imperfect prose, and share your amazing talent there… love you friend. e.
I was wrong earlier this week – there IS a poet I’m loving and admiring more and more each day … you.
I loved this. Thank you.
your words and images are so filled with enchantment…I feel drawn in from the first photo, the first stanza…what a pleasure it is to stop by and experience the magic you weave.
What an incredible find!!! Amazing pictures, great eye!!
“As I pull one way,
he gives,
and as he pulls the other way,
I give,
and the circle never breaks.”
I’ve never seen a better description of a relationship – the way a relationship should be – in my life. Wonderful!
“Wall less home of love”…fantastic!
What a whimsical, bright, happy little house!
Love your Halloween blog hop idea, can’t wait! Also looking forward to participating in “The Way I see It” Great thoughts and pictures, glad you visited me at M3RH so I could find you! Following!
Thank you for the lovely comment on my blog. Your images are beautiful and words powerful. There’s something healing about them together. Looking forward to more posts!
I LOVE the colors and textures in these shots! So awesome and friendly!!
how i love that you linked, friend. xo
just had to say how the word and images touched my heart..
It’s always happens like this, the realization. In the chaos of morning, I make the turn and the sun blinds me. There’s chatter and talk and maybe some bickering, and I reach for the visor to sheild me eyes. I think, It’s beautiful. The golden washes through me and I remember that this is what...
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I had to come back to the Purple Flowers Blog. You write would be an understatement. The images were an absolute delight.. Pardon my ignorance- you click them on your own..? Mind blowing treat.. such precision.. I am glad to have come across to your site..
Love
xox
The last image is stunning.
Patti,
Gorgeous words and photos. I agree with you whole-heartedly …
“Without the ability to feel pain,
without the ability to empathize,
one would also lack
the ability to feel
joy…”
Amen! Beautifully said, sweet friend! I think the sensitivity that God blessed us both with is a gift that we can use to share in the beauty of His amazing world through our photography. Your pictures just take my breath away!
Love ya,
Susan
Thank you for this beautiful journey. . .
Very beautiful, Patty.
This is truly beautiful! I am thrilled to have found your blog, you have made my heart smile this morning!
oh patty…
you mesmerize… your photos, such holiness in them… and i know, this sensitivity, and the pain and wonder that collide in it… and the turning it over to God, time and again, and letting him love on us… you bless me, so. love to you. xo
What absolutely gorgeous photos and heart felt words!
Really beautiful, Patty. So lovely. Gorgeous photos, and gorgeous sentiments to go along.
oh gentle soul, tender, sensitive, wide-open soul…I am so grateful to have wandered across your path today. What a blessing, a gift to meet you.
Gorgeous! I love the last two!
Gorgeous!i love the last two!
i couldn’t comment here,
because you mixed up my wanted to cry over your heart,
with feeling mine touched.
you know that I love you.
I do .
I’m so grateful to have “met” you.
These photos are beyond words .
I wish everyone could see and feel and know them.
I just finished cutting up 3 melons 2 pounds of strawberries and a pineapple. I baked banana bread with chocolate chips and a batch of chocolate chip shortcake cookies. {Apparently, I’m a stress baker. And stress fruit chopper.} And this, after 11pm. I just want to sit here and write. I want to escape the...
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I need the reminder so very much. And how my family would love it if I accomplished as much as you did after 11 pm at night!
how can you echo my heart so beautifully? xoxo
that is a lot of kitchen activity … and life as we live it..your phots show such beauty in the everyday
Nice blog to wake up to, on a slow rainy morning. Thankful for the many gifts I have, one big one being my 20 year old son, who doesn’t need me for transportation or meals or laundry anymore. But oh the blessing when he decides to spend the day with us and go to lunch (he LETS us pay , little things turn to big things. Hope you get to be still for a bit today.
Wow…these were gorgeous!!!!!!!!!! So glad you took that time to be still.
Oy… yes, only I don’t want to be still so much as I want to hide today… whee…
patty, my friend , you are amazing.
and thanks for the comment loving. I am always so behind now… yikes.
and you know. I learn more from my husband and children about life always. I would flail around on my own.
So so beautiful.
Oh patty I love you. I feel the same way, but I’m glad that you reminded me that its the gifts. THE GIFTS.
This is a beautiful post in all ways. Your words are excellent reminders of what life is all about.
Another late-night stress baker! I’ve found a kindred spirit
Beautiful Patty – you are right, the gifts are in the every day.
Seeing the gifts is the only way to get through the stress. And we’re all here, in this space, with you.
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