is all around us,
and inside us,
unique and perfectly imperfect.
Sometimes, when we are worried or troubled,
we fail to recognize,
beauty.
But is always here,
just waiting for us to notice,
and bring us comfort.
Cheers to you from all that is beautiful in you and around you~
Cheers to the beauty in and around us, Cindy! Such an inspiring post. <3 xo
Bloggers, like you Bette, deserve to be inspired. <3
We too often walk blindly through life…
Yes…..
Thank you for your post recognizing beauty all around us. 🙂
And the beauty in you Ranu~ <3
And beautiful it is Cindy! Your pictures are always so beautiful and bring what’s out there to all of us. Thank you!
Thank you for seeing & appreciating!
Thank you, Cindy, I needed that right now
Makes me very glad I posted. <3
Your posts are a double blessing to me – your inspired photography, and (when I revisit days later) the warmth of your responses to people who comment. Thank you!
I’m sorry I missed this. I am honored to get to know you my friend~
Beautiful photos! Thank you for this inspirational post. Lovely reminder to always see the beauty around us!
It is too easy not to, and so important that we do~
Gorgeous shots! As usual! 😍😍😍
Awww, honored! <3
You should get an award for the 1st and 5th picture. Stunning!
You should get a reward for being such a wonderful friend~ <3
I get one every time you post.
<3 <3
Why are some things beautiful?
<3 When people suffer, they are more likely to respond to the power of beauty, in and around them.
If a person isn't suffering now, they may avoid this message. But, eventually, they will have to catch up.
Exquisite flower images, especially the pink Rhododendron. You’ve captured its delicate petals perfectly.
Rhododendron’s don’t grow at The Holler, so when I see them, I am thrilled. Thank you for noticing Vicki~
Completely wonderful!
Happy you enjoyed!
Right ♥
<3
Love, love, love! You’re singing my song, Cindy! 😉
We are on the same wave length my friend~ <3
Exquisite beauty. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you more for appreciating!
Fabulous!! Gorgeous flowers 🌸💜🌼🌺🌹
💐💐
Absolutely undeniable!
I love friends who understand me. <3
Truly Cindy. Wishing you and yours a Happy Fourth of July.
Back to you and yours dear Eunice & thank you!
🙂
beautiful pics with even more beautiful lines!
Touched that the resonated with you. Thank you~
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I am honored. Thank you.
Beautiful pictures Cindy, thank you.
xxx Huge Hugs xxx
Visa versa 2UX2 David!
Very beautiful!
Thank you kindly.
My photographic eye always inspires me to higher levels of understanding and rejoicing in the beauty of the simple things in life. That first image was wondrous in its simple and elegant manifestation of the beauty of nature. <3
Yes! It is so good to share with people who see. <3
What incredible beauty in those flowers, Cindy. Thanks for sharing.
Leslie
Thank you much more for appreciating them~ <3
The colours are so lovely. 🙂
<3
Beautiful work, Cindy. The landscape is gorgeous.
All the best to you Robert & thank you too~
And you have an unequaled abiiity to capture that beauty with a camera! 🙂 <3
Hugs to you my dear friend! 💐
Huge hugs right back to you sweet Cindy❌⭕️
<3 <3 We are lucky to meet.
Absolutely and amen❣️😘
The world would be better with a little more focus on beauty. Thanks for sharing.
Yes and focusing on perserving beauty rather than destroying it~ 💐
Hear, hear!
You do this everyday.
Thank you Cindy for such a beautiful start to what appears to be a very blustery day! x
Merci beaucoup mon ami! Lea! 💐
🤟 x
You rock my friend~
Cindy, you are so kind. When do you head this way again? xx
We have had to cancel an epic trip to Iceland, Greenland and Norway, far into the northern arctic circle, really our culminating trip of a lifetime, due to a medical situation with a family member. We have rescheduled for next year, but as of now, everything is on hold. Thanks for asking Lea & love to you~
Cindy, I am so sorry. My thoughts and hugs are on their way to you. Please know that my love will be with you on this journey and I look forward to sharing some very special wine with you when you return to France. <3
That would be lovely! <3
<3
Cindy this post is beautiful. ☺ It just changes your mood from all the hustle and bustle around.
I am so happy to hear it is having a positive effect & cheers to you~
Hi Cindy, what a beautiful post and I love the poem. The flowers with all their bees friends are just gorgeous. Well done. Thank you for reminding us. I love flowers. Happy Sunday to you!
Happy Sunday to you and thank you for such very kind comments!
💐
Glorious flowers, Cindy. Beautifully shot.
Humbled & honored. Thank you Jane. 💐
Thank you for capturing the purrrrfect close up shots of nature’s beauty! ✿✧*｡ƪ(˘⌣˘)ʃ ✧*✿
Thank you more for the kind appreciation my friend~ 💐
ღゝ◡╹)～ ♡
<3 <3
Gorgeous photos Cindy! Are these plants in your yard? 🙂
Thank you! The roses and moonflower are from my garden, but the rest are from Baden Baden Germany. 💐
You’re welcome, Cindy! Wow! They are really beautiful.
<3
Wonderful! Cheers to you too Cindy!☺💖 xxx
Cheers back to you & thank you! 💐
:o) xxx
<3
The irrefutable persistence of beauty – you more than proved it here, Cindy. That first image especially is exquisite, but they are all arresting.
Humbled & honored by your kind words Tish. Thank you~ 💐
The blossoming beauty of nature helps blossom our hearts.
Shiva
You put this so poetically. I love it! 💐
Every one a beauty
Agree with you, Derrick. Especially the first one. 🙂
Thank you kindly & cheers to you! 💐
Yes. Telling us something important.
I am so sorry I missed this. Yes, Everyone! We are made of this.
Such wise words + beautiful pictures = a stunning post Cindy, thank you! 😀🌺💕
Your kind words make my <3 smile. Thank you Liz~ 💐
😊xxx
<3
Such beautiful words and images, I love this! 🙂
I am happy that you do and thank you! 💐
It’s a pleasure, Cindy! xx
<3
Lovely! 🙂
Danke schlen~ 💐
<3
Wow, your photography art never disappoints! Those are interesting looking bugs in your last photo! I love the roses with the black foreground! Fantastic friend! Happy 4th of July wishes sweetie! Hugz Lisa and Bear
Hugs back to you two and hope Bear won’t be afraid of the fireworks~ 💐
He hates them, I have meds that will help him and lots of snuggles
You are the best fur-friend mother.
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Thank you for such a wonderful pause for reflection Cindy. Your photos are breathtaking! 💛
You are a lovely person Val. Thank you & cheers too~ 💐
Too often I don’t stop to look, and even then I sometimes don’t see. Not today, however… After these visions, not for some time (I hope). Grateful here!
This comment makes me very happy I did this post. I used to be this way, but photography changed everything for me. Now I not only look, but I see, and am in the actual moment. It has made such a substantial difference in my life.
Speaking of opened flowers, close up lens and enabled us to appreciate flowers in a whole new way, as you have so aptly demonstrated, Cindy. Thanks for bringing the beauty into my world this morning. –Curt
You are a beautiful person Curt and I am so grateful blogging allowed us to meet.
Likewise, Cindy.
<3
Wunderschön…
Vielen dank mein lieber Freund Ernst! 💐
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Beauty is, indeed, all around us and inside of us. Sometimes it is hard to recognize and easy to forget…thank you for the gentle reminder, Cindy!
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Thank you for being receptive and sensitive enough to receive it & hugs to you my friend~ 💐
Beautiful words and photos Cindy, reminding us to keep looking for the beauty around and within. Thanks for sharing your beautiful photos and soul. <3
Awww, you just touched my soul Brad. You are a joy to know. 💐
Likewise. Thanks Cindy. 🙂
<3
Stunning photo Cindy, breathtakingly beautiful. 🙂
Awww, honored my friend & thank you! 💐
Thank you too for the lovely flowers 🙂
<3
<3 <3
Perfect pictures, Cindy – as usual. 🙂
Have a Happy 4th of July,
Pit
Thank you & Happy 4th to you and your family~
Cindy, I love the words as much as the photos ~ Behold the beauty <3
You comment made me smile! 💐
Hey Cindy,
There is beauty within all the carefully crafted photographs you have taken and I enjoy them all very much, thank you. The first image in the series is my favourite. When first seen as a quick glimpse I perceived the rose incorrectly and imagined it was instead a photograph of two swans tenderly embracing or two swans photographed in a ballet of love. Perhaps I am an old romantic with a soft focus and a gentle heart, or perhaps what I saw out of the corner of my eye was all that I believe to be already blooming in the heart of a white rose?
Thank you Cindy, your post captured my attention and captivated my imagination.
Hoping all is well in all ways always. Take care.
Namaste 🙂
DN
What an incredibly beautiful mind you have! You soul saw swans, your mind said rose. In fact it is neither. It is a single layered, fragile peony encumbered by the rain. I love everything about your comment, your thinking, and your intuitive process. Isn’t it wonderful to know that your mind in this case, was not a more accurate perceiver than your soul? I love this so much. This is how human perception works, and this is why it is so important to understand it is subjective, especially when we think it is most objective. Thank you for this. <3
Hey Cindy,
You’ve corrected me in the most charming manner possible and in the process salvaged my fragile embarrassment, thank you. I now know that a rose by any other name is called a Peony 🙂
I can’t begin to imagine where my thoughts were when I loaded your site but it would appear the delightful peony acted as a catalyst to bring those gentle thoughts to the fore. She is an exquisite flower after-all and her beauty inspires. Your photograph captures her softness, delicacy and beauty, but also the essence of her, the soul of her, and/or the sensation or feeling of her: the metaphysical reality of her. In your photograph I saw swans dancing in the folded petals of a rose…that is how I perceived her and why she held my gaze. Even when I look at the photograph now, she still lulls my heart and fools my eye 🙂
Your phrase, ‘…a peony encumbered by the rain’ – is quite adorable and I might just appropriate it as my own. You have a gentle way with words. 🙂
Thank you for conjuring spells and enchanted images. Have a wonderful afternoon.
Namaste <3
DN
“I now know that a rose by any other name is called a peony.”
Cracking up!!!! Now we both know. Thank you enlightening me! The next time someone begins to wax poetically saying, “A rose by any other name…”
I will quickly interject and say, “is called a peony.” 🌹
If they question me, I will say, “Just ask my friend Dewin. She knows!”
You rock!
Your thoughts are lovely and make me smile. <3
lol 😀 then we are both enlightened and have the Peony to thank for everything! Your humour is infectious Cindy and I am happily sat here smiling as well and sharing the fun of our peony-inspired musing, thank you…tis a perfect way to unwind for the evening ahead. 🙂
Dewin is a ‘he’, mostly male (I think!) with a soft and a gentle heart and a passionate muse…I think it is probably the muse who rocks…I just do what I’m told to ensure a quiet life – it’s a little like being married lol 🙂
Thank you for laughter, smiles, beauty, and the warmth of blogging friendship. Hoping your afternoon/evening will be blessed.
Take care of one and all,
Namaste <3
DN
Lovely to know you, and visa versa 2UX2! 💐💐
Thank you. Namaste 🙂 DN
Namaste~
Thanks for that reminder, Cindy. The two-three hours I spend in my flower garden each week are the highlight of my week 🙂
Which demonstrates you are a woman who has her priorities straight. <3
Beautiful images, Cindy, and an uplifting, positive message to go with all those flowers!
We deserve it, don’t we, and we need to take time to realize it. <3
Thank you for this beautiful tour of beauty. Beauty enough to make me swoon.
Alison <3
You are pure beauty to me my friend and I am happy about your life change. This change feels good to me~
HI Cindy– where did you find all these flowers?? That last photo with the blossoming tree is exquisite! Are you a gardener?? Beautiful post. xox
I am a gardener and it is so fun to have the space to be creative at The Holler, but in these photos, only the roses and the moonflower are from The Holler, all the others are from the Lichtenthaler Allee in Baden Baden. It was still snowing when I was there and the flowers just boggled my mind.
Snow and flowers?! You must have caught the tail end of the snow season! We have a small yard with a few flowering plants and I was just glad it rained so much this winter and we can water more again! Love your flower photos Cindy!! Hope you have a festive 4th of July!! xox
<3 <3
Your images and words are so soothing.
Oh GOOD! We need soothing. <3
Uplifting and gorgeous words and photos. You made my heart come alive. ☠️💗
Your kind words just made my <3 smile.
We take things for granted. Yes we need to stop sometimes and take a look at all the beauty in and around us. Thanks for the reminder Cindy
💖Ana
Thank you more for being receptive to it~ 💐
Lovely post, Cindy. It’s that time of year. I step out on my deck and I can literally smell the roses. 😀
The heavenly fragrance transports you doesn’t it! 💐
Yes! I’m clueless when it comes to rose-care, but they don’t seem to mind at all and come back year after year. 🙂
How unusual & lucky!
Beautiful captures, Cindy. The roses are divine.🌹🌹🌹
🔴 🔵
Wishing you a wonderful 4th of July 🇺🇸
Greetings from Norway 🇳🇴
Dina & co
Awww, thanks so much! Greetings and happy week back to all of you in gorgeous Norway~ 💐
Thank you, Cindy! You are part of that beauty, as you bring so much of it to us.
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!
Hugs to you dear friend~ <3
Simply stunning, Cindy — Happy Fourth to you and yours!
Visa versa 2UX2! 🎆
Amazing and gorgeous are the first two words that come to mind. <3
Sweet friend are the first two words that come to my mind~ <3
You know I’m a sucker for flower pictures, but here, even the bugs are enchanted.
Laughing……such a lovely thing to say! Thank you~
simply divine! wow!
Awww, thanks so much & cheers to you! 💐
BEAUTIFUL!
Merci beaucoup!
Preciosa selección de flores. Las abejas aprovechan su tiempo para libar y preparar su miel. Un abrazo, Cindy <3
Gracias amiga mia y abrazos y besos! 💐
super schön ist das, sind nur noch 5 Tage bis zum Wochenende, das schaffst du
Danke soviel mein lieben Freund & heute ist ein Feiertag hier!
bei mir Wetter angenehm, Stimmung gut, wie geht es dir?
Mir geht es gut und es ist ein schoner Tag! Danke fur die Nachfrage~
Deine fantastischen Fotos zeigen, dass die Erde voller Wunder und Schönheit ist.
Du bist sehr nett. Vielen Dank und Jubel! 💐
🙂
<3
GORGEOUS!! Thanks for the reminder about the startling power of beauty.
Thank you being open to the message! 💐
Gotta love the way a white background brings out color …. Yep, those flowers have a method for their madness.
Yes, white and black backgrounds tend to make colors pop!
Glorious captures Cindy!
Thank you Joanne. But even more, thank you for what you do everyday. You champion the voiceless and I admire you and support fully for it. Keep on keeping on~
💗💖💗
<3
Thank you for sharing the beauty Cindy. <3
Thank you for being such a wonderful part of it my friend~ <3
<3
What an incredibly beautiful flower!
Yes! Isn’t it amazing!
Beautiful photographs.
Might I add; There does seem to be an irrefutable persistence of eyes that are willing to behold, value and protect. Yay. 🙂
Thank goodness! Although, in the US, under the current administration, possibly less then in the UK, which is quite concerning.
We’ve had our Trump’s. It seems to be a phase of growth. Not to worry (too much), good will keeps on being born (and boatman) . 🙂
Thank God for the boatman and for goodwill!
Well put. There has to be a source. 🙂
There is, and your are in touch with it, which is why we intuitively get along.
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Thank you dear friend and all the best to you! 🌷🌷
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Absolutely beautiful.
So grateful for your thoughtfulness Patricia. Thank you! 🌷🌷
Sighs…. glorious post, Cindy! 💕
Awwww, makes me happy! Thank you~ 🌸
Cindy, this is gorgeous and uplifting. I can’t imagine a world without flowers.
Merci beaucoup mon ami~ 🌸
Beautiful Cindy, both the photos and the words!
Thank you John & have a wonderful evening!
wünsche ein gutes Wochenende
Vielen dank und frohe Wochenende!
A precious post – loved this!
So pleased you enjoyed and thank you!
I love your flower photos, as always! They bring us comfort… well said. 🙂
Awww….hugs to you dear friend~
Thank you for sharing your beauty with us! It is easy not to notice beauty in the ugliness of the man made horrors that afflict us. This natural beauty offers us peace and healing in a troubled and hurting world where pain is all around us. Your own beauty shines through like the summer sun through your beautiful photos and the words you choose to accompany them,lighting up the day whenever they appear here ☺
I am humbled by your sensitivity to the sad state of our world, the suffering of far too many people, and the selfishness of some who cause so much unnecessary suffering. It is very easy to get bogged down by the depressiveness of all this, so it is important to hold onto to beauty in our hearts and minds, and do what we can to make things better. Love to you~
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I am still playing catch up this week but I thought that as I close down for the night and wherever you are and whatever day you are having… these images by Cindy Knoke will bring light into your life. Stunning as always.
You bring light into my life Sally, and to that of many others, and I am grateful for you my friend~
And you bring beautiful images into ours often when we badly need to see the good things in our world.. ♥
Yes, we very much need positive imagery in these disturbing times. Thank you Sally.
Absolutely beautiful, Cindy
Very pleased you enjoyed & cheers to you!
Nice set of pollinators on the flowers. – Oscar
They picked a nice background for their photo didn’t they!
Thank you for this loving and comforting reminder, Cindy.
You’re welcome. You are a joy my friend
Great photos.
Thank you & cheers to you!
The beauty of nature. Lovely photos
Happy you enjoyed and thank you Marva~ <3
This was such a beautiful and elegant post full of flowers which I adored! xo ❤
I wish I could cut you a bouquet Robin! 🌼
Aww, Cindy! Thanks, you’re a sweetheart. xo 💐
<3
Thank you Cindy. 🙂
Hugs to you my friend~ 🌼
Such beautiful photographs and to see the white peony was a bit confusing. I can understand why it might seem roselike! Our wild peonies are similar but very pink!
Ah, thank you my friend. And, yes, these were quite unusual to me also. I am used to peonies with more layers of petals.
So beautiful….so soft….awesome!!
Awwww, so happy you enjoyed! <3
Swept away by your lovely pictures may I use one or two on an upcoming poems? Love you my sister! God bless you and your family!
I would be so honored if you would Wendell. God Bless you and yours my dear friend~ <3
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Thanks for the reminder to look at the beauty around me today. It’s too bad sometimes it gets lost in the blurr of a busy day. Slowwwwwinnnng down today ! Your photo’s a wonderful. <3 Boom
You are a wonderful friend. Each comment from you lifts my <3 Hugs to you~
That’s so generous, thank you too for sharing your travels, insights and fantastic photos with us here. BTW, my day was over the top awesome. I got some really good news about work. Stay tuned. xo B
I am not surprised. Your work just exudes lightness of being. Can’t wait to hear about what is developing. Whatever it is, you so totally deserve it. Your creativity makes me happy~
Gorgeous! Poetry to my thoughts!
Awww, so pleased and thank you for telling me!
The flowering tree is just gorgeous and those flowers all feathery and light. The beauty and miracles are all around us. Just opening our eyes helps, Seeing through yours helps more. 🙂
Awww, your lovely soul shines my friend. Hugs to you~ <3
Dearest Cindy, I have such admiration for your wonderful beautiful images.. now I am having a hard with which ones to put up.. the flower? hmmmmmmm, The Birds? hmmmmm, or the churches? hmmmmm…lol love them so beautiful sweet talented friend..
Sherri
Same to you wonderful Sherri. We are very lucky to find creative souls we can resonate with. Your oceans blending piece just had me transfixed. So beautiful! <3
Sweet You… have a great week see I hope next week..
<3 <3
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So So Beautiful!!!
Thank you Sherri for your kind friendship~
Beautiful post Cindy.
Merci beaucoup mon ami~
WOW ❤️
<3 <3
Thank you so much for the like Cindy. 🙂
You are extremely likeable Ranu~ <3
gorgeous flowers.
You are very kind.
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This post is so beautiful that I am reblogging it!
Aww, so thoughtful! Thank you my friend & cheers to you~ <3
Simply stunning!
Merci beaucoup~ 🌸
That is absolutely beautiful, Cindy. Thank you for finding my blog!! Blessings <3 Debbie
Lovely to meet you and thank you too!
YES, proof that it is irrefutable indeed! Beautiful.
Merci beaucoup mon ami~
Totally gorgeous – I can almost smell them from here.
Thank you! Lovely of you you to take the time to tell me. Cheers to you!
These took my breath away, Cindy 💜
So glad and wish I could send you a 💐!
🌸🌷🌹🌻🌺
Cheers, Cindy! Beautiful post.
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Thank you. I was just admiring your blog too!
I am speechless.
I am honored. Thank you & cheers too!
Beautiful pics! Thanks for sharing this with us 🙂
Thank you more for appreciating them!
I was able to find good advice from your blog posts.