mybeautfulthings | Finding the beautiful in the everyday

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We have yet another bloom on our Golden Wedding bush and two more buds if they survive the storms.I tried to take a photo of a lovely blue hydrangea for a reader that I know loves them but the wind was wild! I took a short video instead.Daughter No 3 sent me this beautiful poem thinking it might qualify as a beautiful thing. It most certainly does. My photo is of the moon rising over St Agnes Beacon,  three weeks or so ago. If the Moon Came Out Only Once a Month by Cathy RossIf the moon came out only once a monthpeople would appreciate it more. They’d mark itin their datebooks, take a walk by moonlight, noticehow their bedroom window framed its silver smile.And if the moon came out just once a year,it would be a holiday, with tinsel streamerstied to lampposts, stores closing earlyso no one has to work on lunar eve,travelers rushing to get home by moon-night,celebrations with champagne and cheese.Folks would stay awake ’til dawnto watch it turn transparent and slowly fade away.And if the moon came out randomly,the world would be on wide alert, never knowingwhen it might appear, spotters scanning empty skies,weathermen on TV giving odds—“a 10% chanceof moon tonight”—and when it suddenly began to rise,everyone would cry “the moon is out,” crowdswould fill the streets, jostling and pointing,night events would be canceled,moon-closure signs posted on the doors.And if the moon rose but once a century,ascending luminous and lush on a long-awaited night,all humans on the planet would gatherin huddled, whispering groupsto stare in awe, dazzled by its brilliance,enchanted by its spell. Years later,they would tell their children, “Yes, I saw it once.Maybe you will live to see it too.”But the moon is always with us,an old familiar face, like the mantel clock,so no one pays it much attention.Tonightwhy not go outside and gaze up in wonder,as if you’d never seen it before,as if it were a miracle,as if you had been waitingall your life. If the Moon Came Out Only Once a Month by Cathy Ross, from If the Moon Came Out Only Once a Month. © Forsythia Press, 2012.I have tried to track down the poet but cannot find any contact to ask her permission to post it. L found it on another blog and I have contacted the blog writer who doesn t know how to get in touch with Cathy Ross. If anyone out there can help, please do.Share this:TwitterLinkedInEmailPinterestFacebookLike this:Like Loading... Some time ago, last June in fact, I made two fabric story books for a little friend of ours, Arthur. You can see them here. Arthur is a beautiful one year old who has Down Syndrome. His Mum, Becca has created language cards to help us all to better understand how to speak to and about people with Down Syndrome. BBC Breakfast showed the following interview yesterday . Please watch.The reaction world-wide has been amazing. This is what Becca has told us today Language Creates Reality update:We had over a million online views in the first day, and were the 2nd most watched story across the world on the BBC app all day. We have been asked to translate the cards into French, Spanish, Belgian, Dutch, Irish, German, and Italian so far and have been offered translators for some of them. Since the show we have had over 100 emails from professionals who are sharing the cards on a major scale through their networks, many of whom are teachers and medical professionals. ITV West Country have approached us as they now want to cover the piece. We are on CBeebies Instagram. Frugi have celebrated the cards with a blog https://www.welovefrugi.com/ /language-creates-reality / Arthur is soon to appear in River Island and Asda modelling their clothes. I will always be thankful to the amazing creative collaborators Bear and Pear www.bearandpear.co.uk and Thom and Angie Jones for pushing this forward AND I am very grateful to YOU ALL for being part of this movement and adding your passion and sharing. Together we can, and are, making powerful positive change Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Join 2,559 other subscribers Email Address

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