It has been a difficult week here in Dowham Market, and yet in the sadness there have been signs of real hope, young people, often criticised have shown us how caring and amazing they are. It has also been a strange week; it snowed for almost the first time this winter, and yet many of the spring bulbs are blooming, and the trees are blossoming!I believe that if we look carefully we can see signs of hope all around us.... as for signs of spring... well you tell me....
Bluebells in my garden, before the snow!
What have you seen/ heard this week that was a :
1. Sign of hope?
2. An unexpected word of light in a dark place?
3. A sign of spring?
4. Challenging/ surprising?
5. Share a hope for the coming week/month/year....
Bonus play... a piece of music/ poem guaranteed to cheer you?
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Wow, am I first? That's a record when I am not the FF poster.
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Great Five and great picture, Sally. Hang in there!
Hi Laura- I'm on my way over to visit...
ReplyDeleteI played too: here
I started, but will get up early and finish! (backache, can't sit at computer any longer...)
ReplyDeleteHello all you early birds! It's not quite Friday yet, but I played here.
ReplyDeleteright, I've visited mother laura- and now I am going back to bed it is 4:01 am here....see you later in the morning- prayers for your back diane.
ReplyDeleteOops... link goof! played here or there
ReplyDeleteEver an over-achiever, I am posting early. My modular week here at seminary ends tomorrow, and then it's down the road to home. But here's my Friday Five!
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I'm sure it seems more like spring here than where many of you are. Although today the temperature dropped from 76 degrees F. to 46!
ReplyDeleteI played here.
back and... whew!
ReplyDeleteI played!!
ReplyDeleteAnd it seemed as good a time as any to announce some good news, so come on over and celebrate with me :)
Okay. i will ahve to play later tomorrow once I am not in a medication fog with allergy crap.
ReplyDeleteBut, for you later night party animals....
Watch this and turn up the volume...triple dog dare ya to sing it going into church Sunday!!!!!
http://www.hampsterdance.com/classorig.html
Nope,...try it...
ReplyDeleteright here
Love the little giggle at the end!
Here I am young Sally!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful picture Sally! It's full of hope and bluebells are my favourite spring flowers (sadly you don't get them here in Finland)
ReplyDeleteI played here Magnolia Tree
ReplyDeleteThank goodness Friday Five came this week - I was suffering me a dry spell on the blog front - whew, I can write a sentence!
ReplyDeleteCome over with with a Zip-a-dee-doo-dah in your step.
This comment was posted at 6:00 am Eastern Daylight time and there were already 15 comments on here!!!!
well, now I'm behind, but I finally played here
ReplyDeleteI haven't played for a couple weeks and hope to get back later today with a play - enjoying reading all of yours!
ReplyDeleteI played.
ReplyDeleteI still have trouble linking. Here goes!
ReplyDeleteLooking for spring and hope in cold cold minnesota here.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the hopeful 5 Sally. Still sending prayers.
Spring is coming! My spring hopes are here.
ReplyDeleteThis is my play, with music.
ReplyDeleteThe snow is still too thick for bluebells to peek through, but I played anyway
ReplyDeleteWith a Spring in my step, I played!
ReplyDeleteA good choice this week. I played
ReplyDeleteIf "Hope is a thing with feathers," then snow-bound central Iowa could use a whole flock of spring birds. Even so, hopeful thoughts and happy music can be found here!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful picture, Sally! My hopeful play is here.
ReplyDeleteI played (sort of)
ReplyDeleteHaven't played in awhile, so maybe the fact that I'm playing is a sign of Spring. Here it is. Enjoy!
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I'm seeking signs of Hope over here.
ReplyDeleteHappy Spring! I played here.
ReplyDeleteI dreamed of flowers under the snow here
ReplyDeleteSorry. Goofed up that link. Trying again here
ReplyDeleteY'all are a bunch of early birds, but like spring in New England, I'm better late than never
ReplyDeleteI played, and am coming back in a little while to read others!
ReplyDeleteHere!
I am hopeful here!
ReplyDeleteI played here!
ReplyDeleteAnd I bet you'll like my "cheer me up" music! :)
I played over here.
ReplyDeleteterrific topic, Sally--thanks!
ReplyDeleteI played here (or at least I hope I got that right).
ReplyDeleteThis is my kind of "spring forward." Prayers for you, Sally, and thanks for the fun I had here.
ReplyDeleteI returned to play
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I played at my place. Thank's Sally for the great topic. I'm off to visit others answers, or maybe to take a nap!
ReplyDeleteWow, I've finally had the time to play here ! This one hits close to home, since we in the midwest are just really tired of winter! Sally, I love your picture! It's inspiring! --Karla
ReplyDeleteI haven't played in a while, but it's a heavenly day.
ReplyDeleteI played here.
ReplyDeleteHope springs eternal… and I wrote about it here.
ReplyDeleteIt's later, but i finally played.
ReplyDeleteRecipe is just below Friday 5 post!
Happy, Hopeful Spring!
I played and avoided writing my sermon here
ReplyDeleteI just love the way RevGals turn tragedy into gift in this way...
ReplyDeleteThank you Sally...and my effort is springing forth here
I wish I could play!
ReplyDeleteI miss you all very much, but between my secular job and my church, there's not much time.
Maybe I will catch up tomorrow.
And I played right here.
ReplyDeleteRunning late, but I made it! My play is over here.
ReplyDeleteI played this week with my first Friday Five.
ReplyDeleteGod is Love,
+Cody
neophyte playing here
ReplyDeleteI'm not a member yet but have been waiting a while to be able to play and just set up my website. Let's see if this works ...
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