{"id":421,"date":"2013-11-15T20:23:21","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T20:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/?p=421"},"modified":"2013-11-15T20:23:21","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T20:23:21","slug":"w-is-for-walking-mindfully","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/?p=421","title":{"rendered":"W is for Walking Mindfully"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\n@page { margin: 2cm }\n\t\tP { margin-bottom: 0.21cm }\n--><\/style>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: URW Chancery L;\">Walking mindfully in the garden with my camera<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/labyrinth.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-431\" alt=\"labyrinth\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/labyrinth-300x105.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/labyrinth-300x105.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/labyrinth-1024x358.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/labyrinth-500x175.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/labyrinth.jpg 1193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-family: URW Chancery L;\">Irises, colour, form, bud pointing upward, yearning<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-family: URW Chancery L;\">bloom standing in glory, reaching upward, trailing petals<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-family: URW Chancery L;\">flower dying, folding inward, regenerating<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Photo20_17.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-422\" alt=\"Photo20_17\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Photo20_17-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Photo20_17-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Photo20_17-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Photo20_17.jpg 1272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-family: URW Chancery L;\">Perfume, the scent of roses, almost before I see them,<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-family: URW Chancery L;\">later, the water, overflowing from the lake, the<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-family: URW Chancery L;\">aroma of yesterday&#8217;s rain<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Photo17_14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-423\" alt=\"Photo17_14\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Photo17_14-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Photo17_14-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Photo17_14-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Photo17_14-450x300.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Photo17_14.jpg 1908w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-family: URW Chancery L;\">The sound of the coots, the fluffy cootlings,<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-family: URW Chancery L;\">reflections in the lake, the new reflection of<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-family: URW Chancery L;\">the garden lounge barely discernible<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Photo30_27.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-424\" alt=\"Photo30_27\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Photo30_27-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Photo30_27-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Photo30_27-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Photo30_27-450x300.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Photo30_27.jpg 1908w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-family: URW Chancery L;\">The slip of my feet on the slippery stones<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-family: URW Chancery L;\">near the lake, the feel of the &#8216;rabbit&#8217;s ears&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-family: URW Chancery L;\">furry leaves of my childhood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/be-mindful.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-425\" alt=\"be mindful\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/be-mindful-224x300.jpg\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/be-mindful-224x300.jpg 224w, http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/be-mindful-765x1024.jpg 765w, http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/be-mindful.jpg 897w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-family: URW Chancery L;\">My father&#8217;s eyes, my grandfather&#8217;s fingertips,<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-family: URW Chancery L;\">the past? my past? my self? all inter-are<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/poppy.pipe_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-426\" alt=\"poppy.pipe\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/poppy.pipe_-229x300.jpg\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/poppy.pipe_-229x300.jpg 229w, http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/poppy.pipe_-783x1024.jpg 783w, http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/poppy.pipe_.jpg 918w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-family: URW Chancery L;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i>Woodbrooke HH72 12\/6\/2012 2.55pm <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walking mindfully in the garden with my camera Irises, colour, form, bud pointing upward, yearning bloom standing in glory, reaching upward, trailing petals flower dying, folding inward, regenerating \u00a0 Perfume, the scent of roses, almost before I see them, later, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stephanie-blog.co.uk\/?p=421\">Continue reading <span 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