Sweet Gems
Here I sit on a wooden picnic table, hard yet natural. The afternoon sun is trickling down upon me through the pergola. Still it is providing enough shade that I am comfortable. Behind me, I hear the occasional car driving past. The air is filled with the aroma of warm waffle cones. My eyes drift to the sky out ahead. There is a hawk soaring in the cloudless, picturesque sky just above the strawberry field.
My gaze returns to the familiar sight in front of me. A scene that unfolds year after year. I see my children playing in the once immense sandbox that now appears to be narrowing. Or are my children just growing that fast? Here in this moment, just like the last, I wish for time to cease and this joy to last.
Spring blossoms
Give way to ruby fruit –
Sweet gems
It is Haibun Monday at dVerse. Frank J. Tassone is hosting and he has challenged us to write a Haibun in the present tense, while in the moment.
I am sharing my photographs with BrightSquares and FOTD.
Thank you for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful day!
With a grateful heart,
Heather
© Heather ~ Home Study From The Grateful Heart All Rights Reserved 2021
Home Study from the Grateful Heart 
I like the gems–both the children in the box and the emerging berries. Enjoyed.
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Thank you K.Hartless. I’m glad you enjoyed it.😊
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Your ‘present moment’ touched my heart, brought back sweet memories of children and sandboxes.
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How wonderful. I’m so glad you could relate.🤗 Thank you for sharing.
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so evocative, i can almost smell the strawberries
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Thanks Becky. I’d share them if I could 🙂
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Lovely Haibun, especially the last line of your prose – ‘I wish for … this joy to last’
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Thank you! I appreciate you stopping by and commenting 😊.
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This resonated deeply with me. That feeling of wanting time to freeze to preserve moments with the kids. They are growing so fast.
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Yes, those moments are so precious. I’m glad you stopped by 🙂
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Those strawberries look so delicious 😀
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Oh, those sweet gems of the season. They are so precious.
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This is so lovely… and what a wonderful season you have, it seems like a precious moment.
Soon the sandbox will be empty….
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So true🥲. But perhaps with time it will be filled with grandchildren. Thank you for stopping by Björn🙂
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