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Dear Reader,
There are dishes in my flower garden. Treasures I spied in a junk store. Sometimes they're marked "as is" but "as is" looks beautiful surrounded by multi-colored penta, orchids and impatiens. The tea cups and saucers are my favorite. I slide the saucers down into the mulch, so it covers the bottom of the plate. I don't bother to try and keep them clean. It's natural that they wouldn't be. They live in the rugged outdoors.
It's a delicate balance trying to enjoy the flowers without making a mental to-do list. That corner of the flower bed needs more mulch, it's rained the past three days so I should check for snails, and of course there's a constant supply of weeds. But I seem to notice the imperfections more than other folks do. There's a steady stream of joggers and walkers who pass by my house every day, and they're constantly thanking me for giving them such an inspirational view, weeds and all.
Life's imperfections are part of the beauty. The small weed growing in front of the saucer with gold trim, its leaves are feather-light, its trunk thin and wiry. Perfectly framed by the saucer, it's no longer a weed, but another "as is" addition to my garden.
* If you'd like to see one of my flower gardens, and the china frogs that my neighbor "stole" temporarily, go to: http://tinyurl.com/kqtj7x
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Thanks for reading with me. It's so good to read with friends.
Suzanne Beecher
Suzanne@DearReader.com
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* This month's Penguin Classics book is The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields. To comment on the book and enter the Penguin Classics Drawing, go to: http://tinyurl.com/JulyClassics
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