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For Macro Mondays challenge of "Pure Joy": Dec. 28, 2010

Anything with rainbows in it is Pure Joy.

...my first (semi-)high key attempt

There'll be bluebirds over

The white cliffs of Dover...

Vera Lynn immortalized The White Cliffs of Dover in her 1942 recording. This song helped to provide comfort and hope, as England shuddered and burned in the WW II Blitz. I was a little kid in Boston then, and have always loved this song.

The shepherd will tend his sheep

The valley will bloom again

And Jimmy will go to sleep

In his own little room again.

~ Lyrics written by Walter Kent & Nat Burton.

ISO 400, 45mm, f/4.5, 1/100s

"And so perhaps at that point Clem flew back into the winds of his memories, where, like a petal trembling in his consciousness, there was something that made his life as a free vulture possible."

from Talks With Vultures

by Lisa Couturier

A gentle moment in bloom — soft petals, tiny hands, and a heart full of wonder. This little soul brings the beauty of a thousand flowers with every smile.