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Tag Archives: water color
Food
The purple trumpets are filled With the tiny bugs Feasting and pollinating. A large anole hears the call And joins in, feasting on the pollinators. Supping from the lowest leaf, is the tiniest little lizard I may have ever seen! … Continue reading
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Tagged anole, balance, blessings, bugs, cycles, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., food, food Justice, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, Liz Teal, lizards, love, mysticism, nature, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, water color
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Valentines
The littlest greenest lizard Clutched the tiniest rosebud Perhaps for the small ant inside But I do not know why, But does it matter? All I saw was Love
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, ants, art, blessings, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, Liz Teal, lizard, love, nature, poetry, rosebud, roses, spirituality, sumi-e, valentines, water color
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Thank You
The best dog, Oh they are all are they not, Comes chin on lap, Purpled pom Pom wagging As he smiles. Oh poodle! Thank you for your daily blessings… . Have you thanked those who have blessed you, today?
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Tagged best dog, creative grooming, daily practice, fun colors, grateful, gratitude, poetry, spirituality, standard poodle, sumi-e, water color
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Look
Walk together Look through eyes not your own… Be amazed . Let your prayer be WOW… How cool is that!
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, Anne Lamont, art, blessings, Dog walking, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, Liz Teal, love, mysticism, nature, poetry, prayer, prayer walk, spirituality, sumi-e, walking with dogs, water color
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Visited
A denizen of the sky and tree Swooped low to visit me Oh, Holy, Holy, Holy
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, art, birds, blessings, cardinal, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., guests, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, joy, Liz Teal, love, mysticism, nature, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, visiting, water color
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Accident
I saw a county K-9 patrol car Smash into the end of a tan trainer Today. Right in front of my eyes. People emerged from the vehicles. Running in to see if all was okay… And running around trying to … Continue reading
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Tagged art journals, car crash, daily practice, dog, Elizabeth Teal., German Shepherd, ink, ink brush painting, K-9, Kong, Liz Teal, meditation, poetry, police dog, spiritual direction, spirituality, sumi-e, water color, working dog
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Flower Bed
A flower bed Is not a pun, Nor figure of speech… There is truth at your fingertips and within your reach. Bugs and butterfly, And feral cats… The mewing kitten and biting gnat All rest there In this bed of … Continue reading
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Tagged art, bees, blessings, dreams, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., feral cats, flower beds, gardening, geraniums, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, Liz Teal, love, meditation, mysticism, nature, poetry, possibilities, spirituality, sumi-e, water color
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Bloom
The bed of Earth awoke Blanket flowers bloomed Diana in pink danced And the lions are dandy. all who passed Had a Spring in their step.
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, animals, art, black cat, blessings, bloom, brush painting, cats, daily practice, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., faith, feral cats, ink, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, joy, Liz Teal, love, meditation, mysticism, nature, poem, poetry, spirituality, Spring, sumi-e, tao, walking meditation, water color
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Distractions
How can anyone pay attention to anything but You When the wings of angels beat over my head?
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Tagged art, dog training, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., flight, geese, goose, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, Liz Teal, love, migration, nature, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, water color
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Heralds
The cardinal flew into the branches of the mock cherry tree, Its branches black against the blue, It is not yet Spring, But the world blooms with possibilities.
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Tagged art, birds, blessings, brush painting, cardinals, daily practice, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., gratitude, ink brush meditation, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, Liz Teal, love, meditation, mysticism, nature, nature is my religion, poem, poetry, possibilities, religion, spiritual, spiritual direction, spirituality, sumi-e, theology, water color, wisdom
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