Tell Me A Story: March 2014

Monday, March 31, 2014

MEET THE MOSS FAMILY

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

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We've had beautiful, windy days in the heart of America: perfect weather for walks through Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden.

I found spots of color peeking through the browns and golden wheat colored landscape.

Here are the first blooms of the season along the Living Wall, a unique garden. It is the largest "living wall" in the United States.

This is what the Living Wall looks like in the fall.

Blue hues from the glass bottle are brilliant against the shades of blue in the sky in the Heartland Harvest Garden.

BOTTLE TREES

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The Heartland Harvest Garden

Welcome to America’s largest edible landscape—where every tree, shrub, flower and groundcover is part of the story of where our food comes from.

Here in the Heartland of America, this signature garden captures the spirit of Kansas City’s place where our rich soils and prime farmland make agriculture a shining star.

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On our walk to the chapel...

...my daughter. Faith, discovered a bird nest entwined between branches of a bush.

Do you see it?

These are the first jonquil/daffodil blooms I've seen this spring!

A feast for the eyes awaited us inside, in the glass-domed Conservatory.

The exhibits in the Conservatory at Powell Gardens change six times a year. Each August this space turn into a magical butterfly house, but now - (through May 11) - you have an opportunity to see a fictional family's whimsical home.

Let me introduce you to the Moss family. Their home is a creative exhibit where ordinary household items are turned into living works of art.

Pete and Kate Moss's family home is literally alive with color and texture, including gorgeous orchids.

Walk with me along a flamingo-lined corridor to this amazing exhibit. (Who knew you could make such adorable flamingos with gourds, paint, feathers and bamboo?!)

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Here's a preview of more Moss family and home photos that will appear in upcoming blogs.

What an inspiration to create our own living art for our porches, sunrooms and gardens!

Dare I dream to have a conservatory someday?

Watch for more photos of the Moss family and their whimsical home in my upcoming blogs!

Thanks for stopping by!

Come back often, and invite a friend!

Marcia Norwood

America's STORYTELLER

Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

http://tellmeastory-marcia.blogspot.com/

Friday, March 28, 2014

FAVORITE

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

Favorite

One that is most liked.

One that enjoys special favor or regard.

One that is trusted, indulged, or preferred above all others.

Your favorite thing is what you like best.

Favorite People

Favorite Places

Favorite Memories

Henry Van Dyke

American Author, Educator, Clergyman

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My little sister, Gloria, my cousin, Tandra, and I were together almost every single day. We were the Dynamic Trio.

Bas-relief is a form of sculpture
in which objects appear to project from a background.
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My favorite gal-pals!

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Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

DIVERGENT

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

DIVERGENT

Drawing apart from a common point; diverging.
Departing from convention.
Differing from another.

a divergent opinion.

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Are you divergent?

I am.

I don't want to be like everyone else.

God made each of us different.

Have you read the DIVERGENT book series, or seen the movie?

Don't miss it.

My friends saw the movie three times in one day.

I plan to see the movie a second time this week.

THE BOOK & SERIES
Divergent by Veronica Roth

This story takes place in a post-apocalyptic future in the city of Chicago.

Survivors in the city have been divided into five factions based on their predispositions:

Abnegation for the selfless;

Amity for the peaceful;

Candor for the honest;

Dauntless for the brave; and

Erudite for the intelligent.

Each year, all sixteen-year-olds take an aptitude test that will tell them for which faction they are best suited.

After receiving the results of their test, they must decide whether to remain with their family or transfer to a new faction.

Divergent won Favorite book of 2011 in 2011's Goodreads Choice Awards.

Also, Divergent was number one in the Teens' Top Ten Vote, sponsored by YALSA.

It also won the Sakura Medal Contest.

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Movie Synopsis:

In a world where people are divided into distinct factions based on human virtues. Tris Prior is warned she is Divergent and will never fit into any one group. When she discovers a conspiracy by a faction leader to destroy all Divergents, Tris must learn to trust in the mysterious Four and together they must find out what makes being Divergent so dangerous before it's too late.

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Are you divergent?

I am.

I don't want to be like everyone else.

God made each of us different.

Thank you for stopping by!

Come back often, and invite a friend!

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

Monday, March 24, 2014

SOULMATE

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

SOULMATE

Thomas Moore described a soulmate as:

"someone to whom we feel profoundly connected,

as though the communication

and communing that take place between us

were not the product of intentional efforts,

but rather a divine grace."

Bashert is a Yiddish word that means "destiny." It's used often in the context of a person's divinely foreordained spouse or soulmate.

Yiddish: באַשערט

Female: "basherte"
Male: "basherter"

It can also be used to express the seeming fate or destiny of an auspicious or important event, friendship or happening.

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A soulmate

is someone who has locks that fit our keys,

and keys to fit our locks.

When we feel safe enough

to open the locks,

our truest selves step out,

and we can be completely and honestly who we are;

we can be loved for who we are,

and not for who we're pretending to be.

Each unveils the best part of the other.

No matter what else goes wrong around us,

with that one person we're safe in our own paradise.

Our soulmate is someone who shares our deepest longings,

our sense of direction.

When we're two balloons,

and together our direction is up,

chances are we've found the right person.

Our soulmate

is the one who make life come to life.

Quote from Richard Bach

American Writer, Author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Thanks for stopping by!

Come back often, and invite a friend!

Marcia Norwood

America's STORYTELLER

Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

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Monday, March 31, 2014

MEET THE MOSS FAMILY

Friday, March 28, 2014

FAVORITE

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

DIVERGENT

Monday, March 24, 2014

SOULMATE

AMERICA'S STORYTELLER, Marcia Norwood