In a desert of green,
manicured lawns
an oasis of color blooms
beside a burbling pool
above darting orange fish.
Gilded by fairies,
dancing like cattails,
a party on every breeze,
purple spires blur my senses
into forgetting autumn,
for one magical
moment.
Copyright 2016 Brenda Davis Harsham
Note: This photo was taken recently at Elm Bank in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
17 thoughts on “Oasis of Color”
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Friendly Fairy Tales 
Lovely bright verse and colour to stir my thoughts this morning as my own corner of the world goes barren in December. Lovely 🙂
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It’s getting harder to find color daily. 🙂 But I keep trying.
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It is, I know. Next week for WordlessWednesday, Im going to spotlight COLOUR lol 🙂
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Woo-hoo! Color is never a bad choice.
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Love as always.
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Awww, thanks!
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Beautiful cacti, are you visiting or traveling!? This doesn’t look like something in the U.S. East. . . 🙂
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I think it was a late-blooming flower rather than a cactus. I’m not familiar with it, but I was at a horticultural center, and they have every variety known to man. 🙂
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Beautiful colors, light and words. Very nice!
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Thanks, Dan! 🙂 Hope you had a great Thanksgiving.
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Such stupendous surprises! 🌹🌹🌹
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Yes! The world is full of them.
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yes, there is always a bright spot to be found )
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Yay for the bright spots!
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👌👌
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A beautiful image to wake my senses this morning. Thanks!
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Glad you like it. I read about Trump’s tax plan, and I needed to revisit summer.
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