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.

31 responses to “Shine your Light”

  1. each in their own time and place

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    1. Yes indeed. Thank you Beth 💐🙏🏼💕

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

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

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      1. Learning every day ❤

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

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    1. Thank you dear Mark 🥰

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    1. Thank you Rupali 💐🙏🏼💐

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  4. Beautiful words and images Val.

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    1. Thank you dear Cindy 💐🙏🏼💛

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

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    1. 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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    1. It does indeed. Thanks Eliza 💕

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

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    1. Thank you dear Jet 💐🙏🏼💕

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  7. I can relate to this!!!!

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    1. Yes indeed😎 Thank you Colleen 💖

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  8. Wonderful lines, well complimented by the flower 🌼

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    1. Thanks so much 🙏

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    1. Thank you Deeksha 🙏🏼💛

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    1. Thanks for shining here 💐

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    1. Thank you Carol 💐🙏💐

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