{"id":34084,"date":"2011-05-02T14:50:56","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T18:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/34084\/magical-in-word-photo-cpc-magic-mondays\/"},"modified":"2011-05-02T14:50:56","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T18:50:56","slug":"magical-in-word-photo-cpc-magic-mondays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/34084\/magical-in-word-photo-cpc-magic-mondays\/","title":{"rendered":"IT&#8217;S MAGICAL ALL (in word and photo) &#8212; CPC &#8220;Magic Mondays&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i148.photobucket.com\/albums\/s4\/barbkaus\/Waimea%20Valley%20Botanical%20Gardens\/Beginning%20May%2010\/Beginning%201-1-11\/ArboretumandHuntingtonweekendof5-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times\"><strong> <\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times\"><strong>IT&#8217;S MAGICAL ALL<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times\">As my eye sweeps across<br \/>\nthis morning canvas anew,<br \/>\nthe magic of this beautiful day<br \/>\ncomes clearly into view.<br \/>\nIt began before the rising sun<br \/>\nas the birds welcomed me<br \/>\nin their sweetly musical way.<br \/>\nAnd the magic continued<br \/>\nas Dawn greeted Day,<br \/>\nthe sun rising up over<br \/>\nthe eastern mountain peaks,<br \/>\nthe magic of morning<br \/>\ntransporting me away.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times\">But mornings aren&#8217;t always<br \/>\nexactly like that;<br \/>\nthere are certainly some days<br \/>\nwhen the sun doesn&#8217;t shine<br \/>\nand I can&#8217;t hear the songs<br \/>\nthat the morning birds sing.<br \/>\nBut on those days<br \/>\nwhich are, thankfully, rare,<br \/>\nthere&#8217;s still magic to be made<br \/>\nand a smile to be found;<br \/>\nand I know exactly<br \/>\nwhere I can go<br \/>\nto create my own magic<br \/>\nand capture that elusive smile;<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times\">All within my imagination,<br \/>\nand so easy to find,<br \/>\nthose images and memories<br \/>\nthat captivate my mind;<br \/>\nI find ice castles and moonlight,<br \/>\nand iridescent dreams.<br \/>\nI find the wind dancing<br \/>\nthrough the leaves in the trees.<br \/>\nAnd I hear soothing rhythms<br \/>\nand melodies of spring,<br \/>\nsweet music of my days<br \/>\nbringing magic to my soul.<br \/>\nAnd within bubblegum wishes<br \/>\nand butterflies&#8217; wings,<br \/>\nthere&#8217;s magic to be found<br \/>\nin each day<br \/>\nand each night,<br \/>\nas made for me<br \/>\nor making my own,<br \/>\nit&#8217;s magical all.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times\">(c) barbara kausteklis 5-2-11<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS;font-size: medium\">Written for CPC &#8220;Magic Mondays\/<br \/>\nCreating Your Own Magic.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS;font-size: medium\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.msplinks.com\/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmZyaWVuZGJ1cnN0LmNvbS9ibG9nLzMzODAyL21ha2luZy1tYWdpYy1tYWdpYy1tb25kYXktdy1qdC1tYXJ5Lw==\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.friendburst.com\/blog\/33802\/making-magic-magic-monday-w-jt-mary\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><em><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IT&#8217;S MAGICAL ALL As my eye sweeps across this morning canvas anew, the magic of this beautiful day comes clearly into view. It began before the rising sun as the birds welcomed me in their sweetly musical way. And the magic continued as Dawn greeted Day, the sun rising up over the eastern mountain peaks, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[89,159,2615,3235,95,41,4],"class_list":["post-34084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","tag-barbarak","tag-cpc","tag-magic","tag-magicmonday","tag-nature","tag-photography","tag-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}