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The other day I was walking in Knowlton and was literally hypnotized by the beauty of an apple tree in blossom. The sunlight was peeking through the branches and the delicate goassamer skin of the white petals glowed in a magical sheen. The darkness of the background made a great picture I think.One of the benefits of living in the natural beauty of Knowlton is being able to find so many deliciously natural beauty all around us!
With the heat coming back we start to plant our gardens and watch as poppies bloom and burst into colorful pageantry. The perfumed moist air of June is a magnificant tonic for the soul and makes us all appreciate the life we enjoy nestled here in a quiet little section of God's green earth.
Such moments often bring back the memory of a beautiful piece of poetry that has touched us and after seeing the glorious apple blossom I was reminded of a poem by e e cummings that has always been one of my favorites.
somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond
any experience, your eyes have their silence:
in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me,
or which i cannot touch because they are too near
your slightest look easily will unclose me
though i have closed myself as fingers,
you open always petal by petal myself as Spring opens
(touching skilfully, mysteriously) her first rose
or if your wish be to close me, i and
my life will shut very beautifully, suddenly,
as when the heart of this flower imagines
the snow carefully everywhere descending;
nothing which we are to perceive in this world equals
the power of your intense fragility: whose texture
compels me with the colour of its countries,
rendering death and forever with each breathing
(i do not know what it is about you that closes
and opens; only something in me understands
the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses)
nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands
poem by ee cummings
More pictures of beauty and fun are in the Picture Gallery
posted by DestinationKnowlton.com on Saturday, June 09, 2007 
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