TELL ME A STORY

TELL ME A STORY
"Tell your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation." Joel 1:3

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.  

American flag & Missouri state flag.  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood  CLICK ON EACH PHOTO TO ENLARGE.

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.


First blooms on the LIVING WALL.  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

Summer 2013.  Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood
This is what the Living Wall looks like in the fall.

Fall 2013.  Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood
Blue hues from the glass bottle are brilliant against the shades of blue in the sky in the Heartland Harvest Garden.

One of my favorites:  Twig Fence with bright blue glass bottle decoration.  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood


Twig Fence with bright blue glass bottle decoration.  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

BOTTLE TREES
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Twig Fence with bright blue glass bottle decoration.  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood
  
Daughter, Faith at Heartland Harvest Garden.  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood


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

Do you see it?


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

 
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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.

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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.

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

Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood  CLICK ON EACH PHOTO TO ENLARGE.

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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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Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood  CLICK ON EACH PHOTO TO ENLARGE.

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Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood  CLICK ON EACH PHOTO TO ENLARGE.

 
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PETE MOSS.  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood  CLICK ON EACH PHOTO TO ENLARGE.

PETE MOSS. Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood  CLICK ON EACH PHOTO TO ENLARGE.

PETE MOSS. Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood  CLICK ON EACH PHOTO TO ENLARGE.

PETE MOSS. Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood  CLICK ON EACH PHOTO TO ENLARGE.

PETE MOSS. Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood  CLICK ON EACH PHOTO TO ENLARGE.


Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood  CLICK ON EACH PHOTO TO ENLARGE.
  
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 http://powellgardens.org/PlanYourVisit


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?

Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood  CLICK ON EACH PHOTO TO ENLARGE.


KATE MOSS.  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood  CLICK ON EACH PHOTO TO ENLARGE.


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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


 



















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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


Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood


Henry Van Dyke
American Author, Educator, Clergyman
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http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/henry-van-dyke-239.php 


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

From LEFT:  Tandra, Gloria, Marcia.  Copyright 1957 Marcia Norwood  (My mom helped Tandra make a bas-relief map of the United States of America from a homemade cornstarch mix.)



Bas-relief is a form of sculpture 
in which objects appear to project from a background. 
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From TOP:  Gloria, Marcia, Tandra.  Copyright 1953 Marcia Norwood
 
My favorite gal-pals!

From LEFT:  Marcia, Tandra, Gloria.  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

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


Tandra and Marcia.  Copyright 2007 Marcia Norwood


 

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

DIVERGENT

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

DIVERGENT
  1. Drawing apart from a common point; diverging.
  2. Departing from convention.
  3. 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.


Copyright 2005 Marcia Norwood


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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Copyright 2005 Marcia Norwood


Are you divergent?

I am.

I don't want to be like everyone else.

God made each of us different.


Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood
 
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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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CLICK on the image to ENLARGE.  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood






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


Copyright 2009 Marcia Norwood

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 

Copyright 2009 Marcia Norwood


Copyright 2009 Marcia Norwood