Tag: Always Hope

We Voted Early

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Karl and I voted early this week. On Tuesday, we drove to our voting place at the Town Of Holland Sheboygan County – Wisconsin. A clerk was there to receive our absentee ballots. Karl had checked the hours and days open earlier in the week.

We also went to some local stores. This late summer and fall have been busy. Medicare Wellness Visit for me (health conditions stable), the updated COVID booster and senior flu shot for both of us. More appointments next week.

Grateful, and blessings to all.

Poems and Flowers

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Karen’s Whimsy

We enjoy buying flower bouquets when we go to a store. As bouquets fade, we create new arrangements.

fog, green leaves
and beach grasses
a blue vase
with red carnations
by the window

Karen’s Whimsy

trimming the stems
of carnations
and giving them
fresh water
October sun

Photo by Karl
Ellen Grace Olinger

more poems

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more poems
than I can write
morning work
and then leaves
in light and pine cones
on the spruce tree

Ellen Grace Olinger

Encouragement

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how quickly
another generation
grows
seems I only
looked away
for a moment

how good their work
how beautiful their art

These two poems are from my archives.

only now beginning
to find my place and poems
late-blooming rose
from the bush
planted long before
we came here

And what beautiful colors this time of year.

Photo by Sandy Rojas on Pexels.com

Wisconsin Photos

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Country roads, wildflowers, and corn fields – we reflect upon places we visit in our area. And always good to enjoy our gardens.

Sheboygan County
Wisconsin State Park System
September 8, 2018
Photo by Karl

Interurban Trail, Town of Holland
Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
September 8, 2019
Photo by Karl

Garden Journal
August 8, 2018
Photo by Karl

Garden Journal
September 2, 2020
Photo by Karl