It is in the poetry of the simple things, in the gestures, the light and the bristling new day outside my windowsill. I see it all, with commotion, one that nature so candidly can display down this avenue that is life. The drenched pastures, the fleur d’orange inundating the kitchen parlor or the crackling sound of haulm wrapped up, headed to the farm down the driveway. It might seem like an ordinary thing, but in a frenzied life that we live in, this is a bit of bliss that needs nothing but appreciation for the candor it brings. This is my world. A world of calm and ease, to inspire and acquire the taste of the land and smallest details of living. Be it a line from a book, a nostalgic emotion, or a walk through he woods in Portugal.
~Ana Zilhao
Notes: Photo: Jorge Verdasca with Forest of Ivy (Portugal). Quote via Make Believe Boutique
Live & Learn 
So much to see and hear if only we look and listen…have a good day, my friend.
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Yes. You too Mimi.
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Beautiful words!
I’m in busy Shanghai at the moment and yet, I am still finding beautiful spaces around me to be still. They are there for each of us to discover 🙏🏻
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Shanghai! What a Renaissance person you are. I live vicariously through you!
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Oh and I with you in New York!!
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Well that’s nice!
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Fantastic post 😀
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Thank you Dave
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Simple pleasures are all around us. Revealed in a thunderstorm just last night…the sounds, the smells, the visuals…spectacular!
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What’s better than a thunderstorm, and sitting in shelter, watching, listening, feeling….
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It was lovely. And I *reveled* in it. Damn autocorrect…
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so utterly beautiful. brings me to a peaceful place just reading it
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Felt exactly the same Beth. Exactly.
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Reblogged this on It Is What It Is and commented:
A walk through the woods … heals the soul! … ‘A world of calm and ease, to inspire and acquire the taste of the land and smallest details of living. Be it a line from a book, a nostalgic emotion, or a walk through he woods in Portugal.’ Ana Zilhao …
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This made me think of you, David:
“…to inspire and acquire the taste of the land and smallest details of living. Be it a line from a book, a nostalgic emotion, or a walk through the woods…”
because that is what you do. And share with us.
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Aww. Source?
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Silly man… look above to your own post 😉
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I’m still shaking my head. Saying, I love that quote. I just posted the damn thing.
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Haha! 😉
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Omg. I desperately need to go back to bed
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Back to bed. Let go of thinking mind and focus on the breath. Inhale peace. Exhale release.
You are so much more than your thoughts David. ( no matter how enthralling they are)
Thinking is just a playground, a stimulant and creator of stories for us to hang on to.
Take a break and relax. Find balance and reset in your middle ground 💛
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Smiling. Still smiling. Thanks Val
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I’m listening to 7 and 5. Helps take me there. Based in the 80s and expanding into a new age …. without the commercial corn. 💛👍
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Never heard of it. Thank you!
http://www.7and5music.com/
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Thanks for this lift.
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My pleasure!
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