{"id":3881,"date":"2011-02-17T17:50:46","date_gmt":"2011-02-17T23:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/?p=3881"},"modified":"2011-02-17T17:50:46","modified_gmt":"2011-02-17T23:50:46","slug":"3881","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/17\/3881\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections On A Rainy Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, I woke up to heavy rain and wind. It was raining so hard I could barely see the neighbors house across the street.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3884\" title=\"Mixed Media Acrylic~lady &amp; Trees\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/abstractladytaratreeswe21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/abstractladytaratreeswe21.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/abstractladytaratreeswe21-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Later I wandered quietly back to my desk,\u00a0 savoring the warm comfort of  my office. My quiet little world where I can dream, write and create.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong><em>A brief interlude<\/em><\/strong><\/span>~ a respite from the heavy rain that had been falling all morning.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3882\" title=\"Wild rainy day\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/wildrainyday.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/wildrainyday.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/wildrainyday-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Standing in a place where land and sky meet<\/span> ~ Capturing reflections , clouds winging past, moments, wind and more rain. . .<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em><strong>A perfect lunch for a day like this\u00a0 . . .<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3905\" title=\"Rainy Day Soup\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/wontonsoupweb1a2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"344\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/wontonsoupweb1a2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/wontonsoupweb1a2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSoup is the song of the hearth&#8230;\u00a0 and the home.\u201d ~ Louis P. De Gouy<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3883\" title=\"Stormy Day\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/rainywindows.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/rainywindows.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/rainywindows-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em><strong>The ever-changing play of darkness and light<\/strong><\/em><\/span> ~\u00a0 Dark clouds hang above our head. The storm in all it&#8217;s fierceness is still beautiful, poetic, and lyrical as winter gives way to spring.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;Last night the rain spoke to me<br \/>\nslowly, saying, what joy<br \/>\nto come falling out of the brisk cloud,<br \/>\nto be happy again in a new way<br \/>\non the earth!&#8221; ~ Mary Oliver<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u201cEveryday Goddessing\u00a0 is about   sharing magical techniques and sacred wisdom with other beautiful   Goddess women. I believe that within every woman there is a goddess, a   wise woman, beautiful, creative, powerful, with a deep soul, and that   everything we need and are looking for is already inside\u00a0 each of us.\u201d \u2013   Rose Arizmendi<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, I woke up to heavy rain and wind. 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