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Thursday, March 06, 2008

Signs of hope,signs of spring Friday 5

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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57 comments:

  1. Wow, am I first? That's a record when I am not the FF poster.

    I played here.

    Great Five and great picture, Sally. Hang in there!

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  2. Hi Laura- I'm on my way over to visit...

    I played too: here

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  3. I started, but will get up early and finish! (backache, can't sit at computer any longer...)

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  4. Hello all you early birds! It's not quite Friday yet, but I played here.

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  5. right, 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.

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  6. Ever 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!

    Deb

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  7. 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!

    I played here.

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  8. I played!!

    And it seemed as good a time as any to announce some good news, so come on over and celebrate with me :)

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  9. Okay. i will ahve to play later tomorrow once I am not in a medication fog with allergy crap.
    But, 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

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  10. Nope,...try it...
    right here
    Love the little giggle at the end!

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  11. Beautiful picture Sally! It's full of hope and bluebells are my favourite spring flowers (sadly you don't get them here in Finland)

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  12. Thank goodness Friday Five came this week - I was suffering me a dry spell on the blog front - whew, I can write a sentence!

    Come 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!!!!

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  13. well, now I'm behind, but I finally played here

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  14. I haven't played for a couple weeks and hope to get back later today with a play - enjoying reading all of yours!

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  15. Looking for spring and hope in cold cold minnesota here.
    Thanks for the hopeful 5 Sally. Still sending prayers.

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  16. Spring is coming! My spring hopes are here.

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  17. If "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!

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  18. What a beautiful picture, Sally! My hopeful play is here.

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  19. Haven't played in awhile, so maybe the fact that I'm playing is a sign of Spring. Here it is. Enjoy!

    The Barefootpriest

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  20. I dreamed of flowers under the snow here

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  21. Sorry. Goofed up that link. Trying again here

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  22. Y'all are a bunch of early birds, but like spring in New England, I'm better late than never

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  23. I played, and am coming back in a little while to read others!

    Here!

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  24. I played here!

    And I bet you'll like my "cheer me up" music! :)

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  25. I played here (or at least I hope I got that right).

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  26. This is my kind of "spring forward." Prayers for you, Sally, and thanks for the fun I had here.

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  27. 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!

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  28. Wow, 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

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  29. I haven't played in a while, but it's a heavenly day.

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  30. Hope springs eternal… and I wrote about it here.

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  31. It's later, but i finally played.
    Recipe is just below Friday 5 post!
    Happy, Hopeful Spring!

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  32. I played and avoided writing my sermon here

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  33. I just love the way RevGals turn tragedy into gift in this way...
    Thank you Sally...and my effort is springing forth here

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  34. I wish I could play!

    I miss you all very much, but between my secular job and my church, there's not much time.

    Maybe I will catch up tomorrow.

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  35. Running late, but I made it! My play is over here.

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  36. I'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 ...
    Friday Five

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