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Shine your Light

Prickly pear at Chanticleer
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When the time is right
You can’t help but shine your light
For others delight
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I walk past this prickly pear every time I visit Chanticleer. It usually appears slightly bedraggled, as if it has gone through the ringer and needed to be cleaned up and ironed out. It clings low on the side of the path in a humble self deprecating way…. Until this week!

This is its time. When I saw it, I couldn’t help but smile. All of us are ready to shine when the time is right.

Shine your light and make a passerby’s day.

Val T Boyko
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31 responses to “Shine your Light”

  1. beth Avatar
    beth

    each in their own time and place

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Yes indeed. Thank you Beth 💐🙏🏼💕

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  2. Sue Dreamwalker Avatar
    Sue Dreamwalker

    All we need are the right conditions… And more and more are finding theirs ❤ Much love to you Val… ❤

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you Sue 💐🙏🏼💕We can learn so much from nature.

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      1. Sue Dreamwalker Avatar
        Sue Dreamwalker

        Learning every day ❤

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  3. Mark Lanesbury Avatar
    Mark Lanesbury

    That we will dear lady, in our time it will become brighter and brighter 😀 ❤️ 🙏🏽

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you dear Mark 🥰

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  4. Rupali Avatar
    Rupali

    Lovely!

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you Rupali 💐🙏🏼💐

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  5. cindy knoke Avatar
    cindy knoke

    Beautiful words and images Val.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you dear Cindy 💐🙏🏼💛

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  6. Sicetnon3 Avatar
    Sicetnon3

    The flower bloom reminds me of a Lance-leaved coreopsis. Different climate however…

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      We grow coreopsis here in Pennsylvania. They are in bloom now as well. A prickly pear is Very unusual. Thank you for stopping by💛

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  7. Eliza Waters Avatar
    Eliza Waters

    It fairly glows!

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      It does indeed. Thanks Eliza 💕

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  8. Jet Eliot Avatar
    Jet Eliot

    A wonderful message and gentle reminder, Val, and such cheerful flowers on this prickly pear.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you dear Jet 💐🙏🏼💕

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  9. Chatter Master Avatar
    Chatter Master

    I can relate to this!!!!

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Yes indeed😎 Thank you Colleen 💖

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      1. Chatter Master Avatar
        Chatter Master

        🙂

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  10. TowardsZEROAccident Avatar
    TowardsZEROAccident

    Wonderful lines, well complimented by the flower 🌼

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thanks so much 🙏

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      1. TowardsZEROAccident Avatar
        TowardsZEROAccident

        You’re welcome 😊
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  12. Deeksha Bhardwaj Avatar
    Deeksha Bhardwaj

    Beautifully penned💕

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you Deeksha 🙏🏼💛

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  13. stelorafedie101blog Avatar
    stelorafedie101blog

    Well done!🌸🌻🥰

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thanks for shining here 💐

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      1. stelorafedie101blog Avatar
        stelorafedie101blog

        You’re most welcome!

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  14. Carol Balawyder Avatar
    Carol Balawyder

    Lovely.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you Carol 💐🙏💐

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