<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Enjoying-Life on Late Blooms</title><link>/categories/enjoying-life/</link><description>Recent content in Enjoying-Life on Late Blooms</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/categories/enjoying-life/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Colouring-in Fun</title><link>/posts/colouring-in-fun/</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/posts/colouring-in-fun/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;[caption id=&amp;ldquo;attachment_2601&amp;rdquo; align=&amp;ldquo;aligncenter&amp;rdquo; width=&amp;ldquo;800&amp;rdquo;]&lt;a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/Lateblooms/n-ZkfX3Q/2015/Colouring-in-fun/i-229LcCJ/0/KbMsCzMgMG7Sn2h8MXWJQDgZJF7VZWpgvXXrgkh7G/D/Recently-Updated14-D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="Maybe we should develop a Crayola bomb as our next secret weapon. A happiness weapon. A beauty bomb. And every time a crisis developed, we would launch one. It would explode high in the air — explode softly — and send thousands, millions, of little parachutes into the air. Floating down to earth — boxes of Crayolas. And we wouldn’t go cheap, either — not little boxes of eight. Boxes of sixty-four, with the sharpener built right in. With silver and gold and copper, magenta and peach and lime, amber and umber and all the rest. And people would smile and get a little funny look on their faces and cover the world with imagination. ~Robert Fulghum " loading="lazy" src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Lateblooms/n-ZkfX3Q/2015/Colouring-in-fun/i-229LcCJ/0/KbMsCzMgMG7Sn2h8MXWJQDgZJF7VZWpgvXXrgkh7G/D/Recently-Updated14-D.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Maybe we should develop a Crayola bomb as our next secret weapon. A happiness weapon. A beauty bomb. And every time a crisis developed, we would launch one. It would explode high in the air — explode softly — and send thousands, millions, of little parachutes into the air. Floating down to earth — boxes of Crayolas. And we wouldn’t go cheap, either — not little boxes of eight. Boxes of sixty-four, with the sharpener built right in. With silver and gold and copper, magenta and peach and lime, amber and umber and all the rest. And people would smile and get a little funny look on their faces and cover the world with imagination. ~Robert Fulghum[/caption]&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Sunset Struck!</title><link>/posts/sunset-struck/</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/posts/sunset-struck/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;[caption id=&amp;ldquo;attachment_2569&amp;rdquo; align=&amp;ldquo;aligncenter&amp;rdquo; width=&amp;ldquo;640&amp;rdquo;]&lt;a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/Lateblooms/n-ZkfX3Q/2015/Sunset-struck/i-8TJdd85/0/Lv2mZM8PjXbX2nW7wGVbjVbvWXtSsTZBH3VSPwj6T/D/DSC00905-1-D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="“When the sun has set, no candle can replace it.” ― George R.R. Martin" loading="lazy" src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Lateblooms/n-ZkfX3Q/2015/Sunset-struck/i-8TJdd85/0/Lv2mZM8PjXbX2nW7wGVbjVbvWXtSsTZBH3VSPwj6T/D/DSC00905-1-D.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; “When the sun has set, no candle can replace it.”&lt;br&gt;
                                                                                         ― George R.R. Martin[/caption]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s nice to discover new things about oneself.  I didn&amp;rsquo;t know that I was so enraptured by sunsets until I moved recently.  In my old home, I rarely saw the sunset.  In my new home, watching the sunset has become a nightly ritual - something I don&amp;rsquo;t like to miss.  It&amp;rsquo;s a spectacular light show watching the kaleidoscope of changing colours. I&amp;rsquo;ve had to run for my camera spontaneously on so many occasions with the feeling that I couldn&amp;rsquo;t let the moment pass uncaptured.  I&amp;rsquo;m not sunstruck; I&amp;rsquo;m sunset struck!  It&amp;rsquo;s such a wonderful joy to see the vast array of colours and all the changes taking place so quickly before my very eyes.  Twilight time has become very important for me.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Dust If You Must</title><link>/posts/dust-if-you-must/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/posts/dust-if-you-must/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/Lateblooms/n-ZkfX3Q/2015/Dust-if-you-must/i-skPbRPR/0/LBDDh8gpLwjk7s3MCbmFZ64JGvrKLhMt9x6K6vvDN/D/House-Proud-001-D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="House Proud-001" loading="lazy" src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Lateblooms/n-ZkfX3Q/2015/Dust-if-you-must/i-skPbRPR/0/LBDDh8gpLwjk7s3MCbmFZ64JGvrKLhMt9x6K6vvDN/D/House-Proud-001-D.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The poem below is a new discovery for me.  I came across it on Facebook a few days ago and was fascinated by the insights that the poet, Rose Milligan, was able to present in these four stanzas.  I was curious to find out who she was but there wasn&amp;rsquo;t a plethora of information available on her.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dust If You Must&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dust if you must.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;But wouldn’t it be better,&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;To paint a picture, or write a letter,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>