My One World One Heart Give Away Winners!

We have come to the end of

Lisa Swiftka's 

One World One Heart Give Away

876 blogs from around the world participated! 

Yea 

It has been a wonderful time of making new friends, seeing new arts

enjoying the world of artful blogging!

Now to announce my two winners!

Joyce of Light and Voices  

and

Anna of Nature Trail, aka Nature Girl

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I thought to post a lovely summer flower 

in celebration

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photo: Trifolium aureum, or golden clover

Nature as a Spirit Helper

though I feel I share quite intimately with you all
I tame the private details
recently
between a mix of lack of sleep
and emotional challenge
I was a wreck

at my lowest....
I picked myself up and headed to the woods
feeling my sadness
feeling the air
scents inhaled
light offered colors
and shapes
creatures offered sound
as music
company of trees
caressed by the wind
moist earth for substance
my spirit lifted within moments

my dedication to Spirithelpers
deepened
for truly
the presence of our natural world
has the ability to uplift the human spirit
it is a perfect marriage
how lovely
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all is well

simply the human journey
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Happy Birthday Annie!
Wishing you a year of days that feel wonderful to you~
with love,
Tammie

She's Moving Through

Awake in the middle of the night
2 A.M.
all is calm
cloaked in a blanket of clouds
deer wander through
night light is triggered
then
she blew in like a train
approaching from the distance
a roar not to be ignored
tops of the trees swaying first
then with the beating of rain
wave after wave
trees undulating down to their roots
water pounding on the tin roof
icy wind gusts through the open window
rain becomes a constant patter
drifting to a far off sound
of distant trees taking up the dance
She arrived and left
blew through
as though a phantom
a dream
taking the clouds
leaving behind a velvety sky
sprinkled with planets and stars
leaving behind a trail of hail
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This photo: first flower find in our woods!