Love is
If Animals Could Speak
I love words. I also love the places where I don’t need them. In the garden, pond, and woods. With birds and animals. Words, like lovers, can betray you.
I love words, but they can trap you. Embedded in bread, you can bite the hook you never noticed. Dangling on the line, it’s too late to swim away.
In the eyes of animals, there is gentleness and acceptance. No words are necessary, but if animals could speak, they would use soft voices.
I love words, but they can turn uglier than a wild boar. An attack which springs from nowhere, they can scare the pants right off you.
In a perfect world, words would be perfect. Not too many and not too few. Gentle and harmonious, like music. They would make perfect sense or keep their silence.
In a perfect world, words would always tell the truth. Without lies, there would be no anger. Without anger, there would be more love. In a perfect world, only love would speak.
LBM 4/8/06
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Monikey. [deleted] (44 months ago | reply)
Extraordinaria! que Preciosidad, además adornada con citas filosóficas para poner a trabajar no solo la vista si no también la mente... Un calido Abrazo.
lightloverLori (44 months ago | reply)
!Oh, muchas gracias, ♥Monikey♥! xxoo
Andy von der Wurm (44 months ago | reply)
OUTSTANDING, WONDERFUL, BRILLIANT Capture....
That is a moment I am waiting for to catch..., hopefully one day it will happen over here with "our" Swan couple.....
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louise@toronto1 (44 months ago | reply)
lovely
lightloverLori (44 months ago | reply)
Hobby-Photograph (it will happen! Thanks for the invites) and louise ~ thank you so much for coming to see my lovebirds. Happy Sunday!
Mirthe Duindam (44 months ago | reply)
There are no words for such beauty and loveliness and yet it carries a whole world in itself !!
This is a beautiful moment to share...!
lightloverLori (44 months ago | reply)
Thank you, dear Mirthe. A beautiful moment indeed.
Daz /SWAN MAN (44 months ago | reply)
Seen in White creatures; photos, painted, drawn.
lightloverLori (44 months ago | reply)
Thank you Daz!
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rabidash* (44 months ago | reply)
~wOw...!!!
~Lovely shOt, my dear friend,
~Thanx 4 sharing~
~Have a LOvely Sunday~
lightloverLori (44 months ago | reply)
Thank you, rabidash*! A lovely Sunday to you as well.
IngallsIdyllGirl (44 months ago | reply)
Awwww! Sweet photo, sweet words - about words! *snerk*
Synapped (44 months ago | reply)
Absolutely gorgeous! Love the soft, magical effect :-)
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lightloverLori (44 months ago | reply)
IngallsidyllGirl (you are too cute!) and Synapped (thanks for the invite!) ~ thank you so much!
Grandpops Woodlice (44 months ago | reply)
The purfect heart !!! :o))
lightloverLori (44 months ago | reply)
Thank you woodlice! It's lovely, but i have a perfecter one, lol.
bootpainter (44 months ago | reply)
thoughtful words, and a lovely, gentle image.
three white cats =^.^= (44 months ago | reply)
so Beautiful and tender.
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Chris H# (44 months ago | reply)
Simply beautiful, I'm speechless! (Must admit, though, I took one very similiar today, but not quite this good!)
Molly:-) (no computer at the mo) (44 months ago | reply)
Beautiful shot, I love their pose. Your words are as beautiful as the photo.
lightloverLori (44 months ago | reply)
bootsie, skipping, Chris (i will come see) and Molly (you're sweet!) ~ thank you so much! They are so very lovely.
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Richard Pilon (44 months ago | reply)
Awesome capture Lori. Nice how they form a heart together.
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Fifi 1968 (44 months ago | reply)
I can scarcely find the words to describe this stunning portrait Lori...absolute perfection and such beautiful poetry :-) x
lightloverLori (44 months ago | reply)
ricklerocker (it's very cool how that happens!) and Fiona (you are so sweet) ~ thank you so much for your lovely comments!
Päivi ♪♫ (44 months ago | reply)
This is so beautiful! Tender moment :)
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B L R [deleted] (44 months ago | reply)
Lori this is amazing---beautiful capture!
Flint-Hill (away) (44 months ago | reply)
I think humans are beautiful, but sometimes in your photographs I see how disadvantaged we are in pure form.
Hope you are well.
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lightloverLori (44 months ago | reply)
Päivi :), Betty, Flint-Hill (agreed. Oh, I was well before i fell, lol) and Waqas (thanks for the invite) ~ many thanks for your lovely comments!
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ThroughMyEye (44 months ago | reply)
Beautiful capture of these two lovebirds! The angle and lighting are so perfect! The softness of their touch is so magical. Your words are very meaningful and give us lots to think about. GREAT WORK!
lightloverLori (44 months ago | reply)
ThroughMyEye ~ you are so sweet. Thank you so much. There's something so tender about this photograph, i cannot look at it without weeping. In a good way, though, not in a sad way.
keep on snapping (44 months ago | reply)
Total harmony,beautiful!
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Suzanne Kathleen. (44 months ago | reply)
Angel voices would heal and lift the spirit too. Swans are angels and so they whisper and give loving words to each other. Too beautiful to do otherwise.
lightloverLori (44 months ago | reply)
Thanks so much garry! They are as one.
Oh Sue ~ they must be angels. Thanks so much!
ChicaD58 (busy) (44 months ago | reply)
Breathtaking! Stunning image!
I saw this amazing shot in Feathers+Beaks=Birds
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Willow l'Fae (44 months ago | reply)
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lightloverLori (44 months ago | reply)
ChicaD58 and Dana ~ thank you so much!
YoursTruly2095 (44 months ago | reply)
Looks so romantic! Really wonderful.
lightloverLori (44 months ago | reply)
Thanks YoursTruly! Before children, they had time for romance, lol.
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lightloverLori (44 months ago | reply)
Thanks so much andrew!
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lightloverLori (28 months ago | reply)
Thanks so much, garlandcannon!
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SunStones* (28 months ago | reply)
Wow, Lori.... this is really beautiful, and those are powerful words!
lightloverLori (28 months ago | reply)
Thank you Maria. Mostly i'm glad they can't...
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