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When we see through our hearts, we recognize that every single one of us is infused with creativity. Divine Sparks are embedded in everyone and everything. It's up to us to be courageous, to look and listen deeply, to find the sparks, gather and release them back into the universe, transformed into something new. Join me as we wake up to the sacred-ordinary blessings waiting to greet us each and every day.

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Sunday, May 10, 2015

I Heart Macro 102
























one in one we start
slowly unwinding we part
mother and daughter

violent storms weathered
unexpected twists and turns
draw us close again


Witnessing ferns unfurling, daughters growing up, pushing away, reconnecting, pushing away, reconnecting, this spiral dance of mothering, beautiful, painful, awful, awe-filled, all of us becoming.


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Welcome to Week 102
I Heart Macro
"Pure awareness transcends thinking... It allows you to look at the world once again with open eyes. And when you do so, a sense of wonder and quiet contentment begins to reappear in your life."~Mark Williams and Danny Pennman, from Mindfulness An Eight-Week Plan For Finding Peace In A Frantic World

It is time for YOU to share the love up-close with YOUR
I Heart Macro offerings!




Enjoy slowing down with your camera, paying full attention, observing beauty and curiosities many people pass right by. Your generosity of spirit and keen eyes may open the door to miniscule miracles and mirth others would not have access to otherwise. Feel free to include poetry, prose and thoughts your macro photo or series inspire(s) in you. Writing is completely optional for participation. Straight out of the camera (SOC), edited, color, black and white, anything goes as long as you bring the viewer near to whatever it is that drew your heart's attention and "woke you up" to full presence.

Shine the Divine


Please link back to my blog either by copying and pasting the button provided above on your post, or by linking the words "I Heart Macro" back to my blog with this link:

shinethedivinecreativityisaspiritualpractice.com.

By sharing the link, visitors to your blog will learn about this meme and have a chance to participate as well if they so choose. 

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S  p  r  e  a  d  the  LOVE. Thanks :-)


linking to:
nature notes
makro montag
macro monday 2
skywatchfriday
our world tuesday
haiku my heart
The I Heart Macro Linky opens tonight, 
Sunday evening at 8pm EST
and remains open for you to share your close-up images all week long.

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48 comments:

  1. Kenneth Cole SchneiderMay 10, 2015 at 9:33 PM

    Marvelous treatment of the unfurling fiddleheads, and thanks for sharing your inspired words.

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  2. AnonymousMay 10, 2015 at 9:33 PM

    Amazing shots of the fern!

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  3. Kenneth Cole SchneiderMay 10, 2015 at 9:35 PM

    Splendid series showing the unfurling of the fiddleheads, and such inspired words!

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  4. MaschaMay 11, 2015 at 12:20 AM

    Amazing pictures! It reminds me about an embryo...
    Linky don't working, but well, that's life!
    Love and blessings

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  5. DeniseinVAMay 11, 2015 at 12:41 AM

    To see these unfurling is its own tiny miracle. Awesome macros Laura, absolutely stunning.

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  6. GattinaMay 11, 2015 at 1:06 AM

    Beautiful shots of the development of this plant !

    Still no linky now on Monday

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  7. facile et beau - GustaMay 11, 2015 at 1:14 AM

    I like your pictures. The fern looks like felted and the leave pop our really great.

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  8. Minoru SaitoMay 11, 2015 at 2:51 AM

    Hi! Are you fine? I enjoyed your photos very much. Thanks for sharing.

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  9. Chris´ Nadel-SpieleMay 11, 2015 at 8:24 AM

    Such a beautiful picture!
    Christine

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  10. VillroseMay 11, 2015 at 8:47 AM

    A beautiful light in this fern series!

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  11. AlettaMay 11, 2015 at 9:11 AM

    Amazing photo's!!

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  12. Donna@Gardens Eye ViewMay 11, 2015 at 9:31 AM

    Oh Laura this is wonderful...so true your prose and poem. And how stunning these pics of the ferns as they begin to unfurl. Really superb. Happy Mother's Day!

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  13. Nick VaMay 11, 2015 at 9:44 AM

    Lovely images, Laura! Thanks for hosting.

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  14. MaschaMay 11, 2015 at 9:44 AM

    Thanks for invitation. I've linked up another post than that, on which you've commented...

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  15. namakiMay 11, 2015 at 10:00 AM

    Beautiful close-ups of baby ferns.... They bring us back to Mother Earth while being unspoiled !

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  16. EG CameraGirlMay 11, 2015 at 11:25 AM

    Your fern photos are fantastic!

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    1. Sallie (FullTime-Life)May 11, 2015 at 12:10 PM

      The resurrection ferns are beautiful illustrations for your Mothers Day meditation. Lovely. I thought I had linked last night but I guess it disappeared into cyberspace. I will try again.

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  17. Sherry Blue SkyMay 11, 2015 at 12:58 PM

    BEAUTIFUL photos. I especially love the mother and daughter ones, looking at each other! I remember the pain of daughters breaking away - they seem to have to do it so fiercely......but very soon, they are back, thankfully. I posted a fiddlehead fern poem the other day......was so cool to see them in here.

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  18. AngelaMay 11, 2015 at 1:01 PM

    some really cool shots here!

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  19. HannahMay 11, 2015 at 3:16 PM

    Oh wow...sigh...these are magical, Laura...birth of the fern will never cease to amaze me. ♥

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  20. Christine K.May 11, 2015 at 4:19 PM

    stunning captures!

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  21. Marzena WMay 11, 2015 at 4:21 PM

    I'm so impressed. Amazing photos. Bravo !

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  22. BrittaMay 11, 2015 at 5:10 PM

    So beautiful, Laura!
    Have a lucky week!
    xxx Britta

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  23. AnonymousMay 11, 2015 at 9:02 PM

    I love seeing the tiny leaves entwined, then unfurled; your analogy is heart-warming. Reconnecting, mothers and daughters as friends, is one of those priceless treasures.

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  24. AnonymousMay 11, 2015 at 11:57 PM

    Gorgeous shots of the furled ferns!

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  25. Sara Chapman in Seattle USAMay 12, 2015 at 1:33 AM

    Those ferns are positively fetal. Beautiful seeing, Laura.

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  26. HannahMay 12, 2015 at 6:39 AM

    Your fern macros are so amazing, the stages of the fiddleheads from very fuzzy to the translucent leaves appearing are so pretty, and all the curly leaves opening into fronds are fascinating.

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  27. eileeninmdMay 12, 2015 at 7:21 AM

    Hello Laura, your images are just stunning. Beautiful captures.. I hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day.. Enjoy your new week!

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  28. doros kinderreichMay 12, 2015 at 10:49 AM

    Wonderful photos, Laura.
    Doro

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  29. DawnTreaderMay 12, 2015 at 2:51 PM

    Magic! :)

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  30. UppalMay 13, 2015 at 2:50 AM

    All your pictures represent perfect artistry in the art of photography!

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  31. Alexa TMay 13, 2015 at 6:09 AM

    Ferns...amazing ferns! Stunning to see them from so up-close in images that I'll appreciate that , one day, I'll have to learn of how to capture (them) through my camera lens. Till then, I'm thankful that you've share them with us... Always, I feel inspired by your dynamic work and so creative!
    Warm greetings and hugs! Alexa T

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  32. veredit - isabella kramerMay 13, 2015 at 8:32 AM

    Marvelous fern portraits !! Love this so old plants very much!!

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  33. psychelynMay 14, 2015 at 5:29 AM

    Wow your pictures are fantastic! What a miracle it is to witness the nature's reborn.

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  34. Reading PleasureMay 15, 2015 at 11:05 AM

    Wonderful photos.

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  35. Gillena CoxMay 15, 2015 at 11:20 AM

    luv your precious words

    "Witnessing ferns unfurling, daughters growing up, pushing away, reconnecting, pushing away, reconnecting, this spiral dance of mothering, beautiful, painful, awful, awe-filled, all of us becoming."

    so absolutely true of mother/daughter relations

    have a good weekend

    much love...

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  36. MeriMay 15, 2015 at 11:21 AM

    Simply exquisite words and images. A fern unspiraling, inspiring.

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  37. judieMay 15, 2015 at 11:26 AM

    That is so beautiful...nature unfolding, giving birth, meeting the world.

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  38. Rambling WoodsMay 15, 2015 at 1:55 PM

    Oh wow...I have never seen them in a series like this. Pure magic... You captured it so well Laura.... hugs...Michelle

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  39. DragonstarMay 15, 2015 at 2:06 PM

    Those ferns are so beautiful. Delicate and perfect.

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  40. LeaMay 15, 2015 at 3:12 PM

    Laura, these ferns unfolding... are amazing. Pushing, pulling, life growing, daughter's leaving the nest... your love holds it all...

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  41. gmaMay 15, 2015 at 4:02 PM

    Absolutely fantastic photographs and haiku Laura. Those ferns are so intricate. Beautiful.

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  42. Robert NicolaescuMay 16, 2015 at 1:38 AM

    Beautiful post.

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  43. LonettAMay 16, 2015 at 5:25 AM

    Fantastic series of macros! Very nicely done!

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  44. Vandana SharmaMay 16, 2015 at 8:41 AM

    small world unfurling:)

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  45. carol l mckennaMay 16, 2015 at 8:09 PM

    Lovely haiku and so true about relationships ~ especially Mother and Daughters ~ Divine Photography ~ they look like fiddleheads to me ~

    Happy Weekend to you,
    artmusedog and carol

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  46. Anne JeffriesMay 17, 2015 at 11:54 AM

    Beautiful dance of life you show here with the fiddle ferns.

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  47. rebeccaMay 22, 2015 at 6:13 AM

    the contours of a mothers heart-
    thrive everywhere.

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