Proserpina's WunderBlog

Posted by: Proserpina, 11:07 PM GMT del 30 Maggio 2013

THE MANY FACES OF MY PET FROG WINDSONG

Someday we'll find it, that rainbow connection, the lovers the dreamers and me.

Kermit The Frog

I've got a dream too, but it's about singing and dancing and making people happy. That's the kind of dream that gets better the more people you share it with.

Kermit The Frog

“Up high, the flies are playing,

And frolicking, and swaying.

The frog thinks: Dance! I know

You'll end up here below.”

Wilhelm Busch (Painter and Poet)

“Never try to catch two frogs with one hand”

Chinese Proverbs

“Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg and owlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble”

William Shakespeare

It is a truly wise man who does not play leap frog with a unicorn”

Dave Barry

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Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.

Aesop, "The Frog and the Ox"

Updated: 10:06 PM GMT del 17 Giugno 2013

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Gifts From My Garden

Posted by: Proserpina, 05:52 PM GMT del 18 Maggio 2013

My Garden, My Joy

Somebody suggested that I change my blog to one that features flowers from my garden. The above are some of the ones that are blooming right now.

Echoed in Yellow

Iris

Rainkissed Petals

Basking in the Morning Sun

Updated: 02:17 PM GMT del 27 Maggio 2013

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Salvatore Quasimodo, poet (No, not the Hunchback!)

Posted by: Proserpina, 07:18 PM GMT del 30 Aprile 2013

1901-1968

Ognuno sta solo sul cuor della terra
trafitto da un raggio di sole:
ed è subito sera.

Everyone stands alone at the heart of the world,
pierced by a ray of sunlight,
and suddenly it’s evening.

These three verses constitute a whole poem written by Salvatore Quasimodo, my favorite Sicilian poet.
I identify with the sentiments expressed in this poem and after a life of many challenges I,...

Kissed by Sunbeams

Delicate and Full of Grace

Perfect for a Moment

Spring Poetry

Updated: 12:32 PM GMT del 14 Maggio 2013

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April Salmagundi!

Posted by: Proserpina, 01:01 PM GMT del 29 Marzo 2013

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

Mother Teresa

Photo dedicated to the Boston Victims

"The sun was warm but the wind was chill.
You know how it is with an April day.
When the sun is out and the wind is still,
You're one month on in the middle of May.
But if you so much as dare to speak,
a cloud come over the sunlit arch,
And wind comes off a f...