13 August 2011

Bloom Like No Other!

You can choose to bloom magnificently!


Or you can bloom together with the rest . . .


You can choose to remain like tiny buds in my hands . . .


Or you can be one of the best looking bud in town!

For however you wanted to stand out . . .

. . . you have to make your presence count
and be a significant part of the whole.
Our advance best wishes for your coming wedding, Amy!



This weekend, Beverly of Pink Saturday chose to take a meaningful stand to call attention to an inspiring story and to raise funds for it. And Beverly invites everybody to share their own meaningful story this week. Mine would focus on some of the great inspiring canine stories that I regularly receive on our emails. One of these amazing stories is the remarkable the 7-year-old Border Collie Chaser who can identify 1,000 objects and distinguish between nouns and verbs. Kudos to her trainer John Pilley! But the best one is that of Bella, a 6-year old Terrier German Shepherd cross breed, who scared off a burglar in Cape Town but was stabbed in her face. Bella's keeper Vernont Swart rushed her to the clinic where the veterinarian was able to remove the knife under anaesthetics and Bella miraculously survived the attack without any damage to her brain and other vital parts except for a few stitches! My dogs and I take comfort and rejoice in news like these because half of what we received are cruel stories about animal abuses that needed rescue and support.



May everyone remain safe in their homes and in erratic weather, political and economic conditions. May these wildflowers that grow wild in our earth inspire us to take bold steps to protect ourselves and the world we live in.

And my wildflowers I share with Maia and the team of Luiz, Laerte, Sandy and Denise:
Macro Flowers Saturday badge 1

19 comments:

DeniseinVA said...

If we show them love, they will give it back a thousandfold and will do their utmost to protect us from harm. I am glad that noble dog will recover. Beautiful photos and a beautiful post. Wishing you a wonderful weekend Lui.

Jama said...

They are such a hardy flowers for our weather, and it's commonly called Rain Lily here.

LV said...

What a lovely pink presentation.

Robin said...

That's a good girl, Bella!
I'm so glad that she came through it all well and safe.

Wishing you and yours a beautiful pink weekend...

Linda said...

so beautiful!!!

Joanne Olivieri said...

These are just simply stunning shots. You've captured their true essence.

Robyn said...

absolutely beautiful, thank you for sharing and I hope you have a fun pink weekend.

Kalyan Panja said...

Simply beautifully captured shots...lovely!

Maia T said...

I like these beautiful stories with animals,especially dogs.
Your pink flower is lovely,I think it's a rain lily.
Have a great weekend!

Cheryl said...

Beautiful macros. I love the words you chose to weave them together.

So glad to hear Bella survived.

Kelee said...

Thank-you for your post!

Happy Miracle Makeover Pink Saturday!

Hugs!

Kelee

Esme Sy said...

These are so lovely.

My entry.

The Artful Diva said...

Delightful flowers - thank you for sharing. I like your blog - very creative things going on!

Viola said...

Gorgeous heavenly flowers, I just love them! And your wise and lovely words! Yes we have to take care for the animals, and each other. I agree!
And - sure the animals are wise, they just have a great knowledge! Dogs and cats among other..

Thanks for your lovely words in my blog, and here's for you: Drooly kisses and warm thoughts to all of you two- and fourlegs- from Viola and Pusa! :)

Rosie Gan said...

A meaningful post, Lui, well done.
Rosie

Francisca said...

Your pink wildflowers and buds are so sweet, Lui! And yes, animals sometimes behave more valiantly than us humans.

The Chair Speaks said...

These are lovely flowers. Our human have these too but the snails gobble them up rather quickly unfortunately.

Marilyn said...

Wonderful stories and your post for today is beautiful.♥♫

Beverly said...

This post is so moving. Your photos and words touch my heart.

And, I love that you shared these special stories.

Thank you for participating in this very special Pink Saturday. I hope your visitors will come over to comment and help us to raise more money for the next Miracle Makeover. The good news is that you can leave a comment each day through the 18th, and each comment earns $1.00. So, please come comment again and again.