Peeping

I love these flowers peeping through the brick wall.   They seem so sneaky, in a silly way.  The wall is so thick, yet they have managed to finagle their way through to the sunlight and sidewalk on the other side of this yard.  As if they just needed to say "hello!" to the passersby, to remind them that life is lovely.  Lovelier than we think it is.

Hampstead, London, England, UK

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The Leaves in the Trees

I love lying on the ground in a park, staring up through the trees.  When I was a little girl, I could do this in my own backyard.  Now that I seem to be a city mouse rather than a country one, I must go to parks to enjoy this privilege.  It's especially nice when the sky is a bit cloudy, so that the trees form shadows, like they do here.  

Cheers to life's little pleasures!

Hampstead, London, England, UK

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And it Was all Yellow

These flowers were all over England and Scotland in the spring.  The first place I remember really noticing them was in Edinburgh in April, but then I noticed them popping up in London as May began to bloom.  They grow on bushes that look spiny, but actually don't feel prickly at all.  From far away, clusters of them just look like a wash of yellow.  Yellow has never been one of my favourite colors, but I cannot deny that it exudes a sort of endearing happiness.  

Hampstead, London, England, UK

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