Amazing

The new azalea garden is open at the NY Botanical Garden----a wonderful way to spend an afternoon-check it out!!

Magpie Tales-Born

Life is easy
Living work
The weight
Your future
Rests in my hands

Heart beating

Against my breast

I hear Elsa roar

The four winds blowing

I can only teach and hope

Hold tight

Knowing the path is long

Letting go

My heart beating

The roar in my ears

I kiss the earth

As I watch you

Walking

Away

C.M Jackson 2011

This is a Magpie Tale... go here for more....to all the Mom's out there, kudos to you! Happy Mother's Day!

Flash 55-Moments Matter

Time stands still

The moment

You choose to

Breathe the air

As it carries

The scents of flowers
Past cheeks

Feel the grass

Between your toes

The sun on your face

Sharing time

With the ones you love

Listening to their laughter

Watching them smile

Happiness

Stretching out

Like a new day

Dawning

Moments matter

C.M. Jackson 2010

If you can write it in 55 words---tell the g-man! Happy Friday!!!

Magpie Tales-A Mother's Love

"I just want to make her legacy live on and make it live through me." Johannie Rochette

tonight is yours

the world awaits
my work done
I am here
watching
you
glide
jump
and fly
know cheri
the kiss
sent skyward
sparkles
on my cheek
like a star
my pride
and joy
lifting you
up
I feel
the weight slip
from your shoulders
to your hands
a bronze medal
resting there
as you smile
a ribbon
connecting
my heart
to yours
well done

This is week 3 of a wonderful blog designed to get writers writing and keep the muse alive!

For more information about Magpie Tales fly here!

Thank you Willow!

Believe!

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no child-like faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.

Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies!


Francis P. Church--From the New York Sun, September 21, 1897.

A Day at the Garden

Mom and I took a trip to the New York Botanical Garden to catch up and take some photos. What a great day! It is amazing that such a place exists in the middle of the Bronx. If it weren't for the planes taking off at LaGuardia, I would swear that I was in upstate New York. The garden is truly a gem. Speaking of gems, my mom continues to patiently try to teach me how to use my camera and resist the urge to 'point and shoot'. I do listen but when surrounded by the beauty of a place, I tend to click away.

Thanks for a beautiful day Mom.

Theme Thursday-Wind

My mom and I visited Christo and Jean Claude's exhibit, The Gates on February 13, 2005. It was one of those perfect brisk February days. We didn't notice the wind because we were having too much fun taking photos. A great day and one of the happenings that makes New York City so special.