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Beautiful moments and connections come into our lives in ways most often unexpected.
Written for Sammiโs Weekend Writing Prompt #387: Unexpected.
Write a poem or a piece of prose in exactly 15 words using the word “Unexpected.”
Photo is my own from a recent attempt to get lost in the fern forest. ๐

And we should treasure them ๐
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Thanks so much Simon ๐ I agree, we should. Hope your weekend is going well. Iโm losing hope on ever seeing that comet, btw ๐ซ
Maybe in the next 80,000 years! ๐ซ
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It’s going good thanks, been productive but it’s cloudy.
That’s a shame… I’ll wait with you ๐
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Oh and btw, I think my comment on your most recent post went to spam ๐คฆโโ๏ธ it keeps happening lately
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Intersting that’s happened to another blogger in my spam. Maybe I’m dodgy lol
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Itโs happening to me with multiple people so I guess Iโm the dodgy one ๐คฃ or maybe WP just hates me ever since the โblog strikeโ and โprotestโ post lol ๐
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Ugh I hope not. I’ll make sure you don’t vanish into spam, I’ll have to start keeping an eye out again
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Thank you! ๐ I definitely appreciate that. Itโs highly frustrating when it does ๐ซ
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Yes it really is. I hope your weekend has been good ๐
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absolutely true thankyou for sharing
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Thank you for reading ๐ have a great weekend!
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How true! Nice post!
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Thanks so much Phil ๐ hope youโre having a great weekend! ๐
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Thanks, beautiful days in the Valley! You too Laura, have a great weekend! ๐๐
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So true.
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Yes Mary ๐ hope youโre having a relaxing and enjoyable weekend
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Very lovely indeed ๐ค
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I had someone very special in mind when I wrote it ๐๐ฅฐ๐ค
And now, I feel like Iโm living a moment of Deja vu since I commented the same exact thing on the other post ๐คช
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So good you had to say it twice? ๐
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Indeed ๐ ๐คช
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Wait, what? That’s my line ๐คจ
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Haha, and I had to come back here to steal it!! ๐คช
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So true! Thanks for the great share. ๐
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Thank you, Tโ! ๐ Hope your weekend is going well thus far! โค๏ธ
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My pleasure. All is well. And yours?
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Going good so far, thank you! ๐ glad to hear all is well in your world ๐ โค๏ธ
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Exactly
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Indeed ๐
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Serendipity ๐
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Have a lovely weekend Laura. It’s good and lucky that you could see
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Thank you so much! Hope you are having a lovely one too ๐
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That is a lovely click and more poignant and truthful words.
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Thank you ๐ truly so appreciated ๐ hope you are doing well
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Lovely =D
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Thank you ๐ ๐
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Laura… so much said in so few words…and beautifully too…
resonates….๐ค๐ซ๐
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Thank you kindly, Destiny ๐ฉท
Iโm always inspired by you too, because you often say so much in shorter verses that always resonate and pack so much feeling ๐ really appreciated ๐
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my pleasure….and thank you Laura… appreciated so much too…๐ค๐๐ท
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Nice post, Laura๐ค Happy Sunday! ๐
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Happy Sunday Daisy! ๐ Thank you ๐ค always appreciated โค๏ธ โค๏ธ
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Wonderful photo Laura with beautiful colour๐. Great work! Kind regards…Jay๐
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Thank you so much, Jay ๐ always do really appreciate your feedback on my photos ๐ I hope you have been well and the weekend is treating you kindly ๐ โ๏ธ
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You are very welcome Laura๐. It is truly a great photo, with stunning colour. I am all well thank you. Busy as usual, but now sat with a hot coffee, as I write, and all is goodโ. I hope you are well Laura and life is treating you kindly๐โ.
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Sitting with coffee here as well โ๏ธ ๐ all is well in my world. Hoping to actually get a camera soon, so weโll see about more photos. ๐ busy is good, too. Howโs your designing going? โ๏ธ
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Pleased you are all well Laura๐. You don’t have a camera? All phone pics?, even more impressive! I guess phones are pretty much as good as some cameras already. Your quality level will only get even better๐๐. Yes it is going well, I always have something to work on…a small queue of watch designs! I sometimes wish I had more time for personal projects, but I am ever grateful for something to work on, and everything in good time! ๐โ
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Sorry Jay! Things have been a bit crazy and chaotic here ๐
As you see now I have the camera haha ๐ท
Now only a matter of time before I get some test shots out there!
Glad you are well ๐ โ๏ธ
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Hi Laura. No need for apologies๐, life gets busy sometimes! I do….I hope you enjoy it and take lots of great images๐!
Thank you. I hope you are keeping all well too๐โ
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Stop it. You are making the rest of us look bad. And your photos are next level!
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Awww ๐ฅบ thank you Sharon! That means a lot ๐ and your photos are awesome too! ๐ I hope youโre having a good Sunday
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Having a day of drama – son has severe toothache!
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Oh no! ๐ฅ so sorry to hearโฆhope it can be remedied soon ๐
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๐คThank you.
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Another beautiful photo, Laura Laura. And some great advice.๐ซถ
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Thank you, Ted ๐ always so appreciated ๐ซถ I hope this Sunday is treating you well and youโre not working too hard!
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True
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Thank you ๐ ๐
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Beautiful. Unexpected turns expected.
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Thank you ๐ ๐
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Such unexpected moments and connections turn out to be very precious indeed. Beautiful take on the prompt, Laura!
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Thank you Shweta ๐ truly appreciate your kind words and hope you are having a great week thus far!
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You’re most welcome. One of our festivals is just around the corner and I’m excited about getting to spend some quality time with my family (and getting some time to write too!) I hope you have a great week ahead of you.
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I was sorry to hear about your content being ripped off blatantly. I hope that you were able to initiate a DMCA complaint.
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Sorry Shweta, this comment was buried ๐ข I had to contact the host of the site, at first they werenโt willing to help at allโฆbut now theyโve sent me something saying he has 3 days to remove the content. Weโll see. I see he changed the date on the blog post he stole to September 20th to make it look like he had it up first. I donโt understand, why be so hellbent on keeping stolen material? ๐ฉ
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That’s alright, Laura. At times there are a lot of comments and it can be hard to catch up. I’m stunned that they were unwilling to help at all but I’m glad that they gave come around. That’s one nasty thief indeed. I’m glad that you have the screenshots though. Even I am not understanding why he’s so hell bent on sinking so low. Don’t worry, Laura. I don’t think he has much of an option now. I’m sure you have the whole community with you. Hang in there!
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Appreciate your kind words ๐ค โค๏ธ yeah, seems they are going back and forth with whether or not they want to help. Hoping for a resolution but who knows how many more things are out there if anyoneโs stuff that we donโt know about ๐ฉ
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Indeed, Laura. That’s what I was wondering. Unless there is a pingback, we might never even know if our content is stolen ๐
Let’s not focus on that, Laura. We’ll keep on creating content for all the other helpful and supportive bloggers.
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Another deep and simply ‘good’ post, Laura. Paused and took some breaths. โค
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Iโm glad ๐ I hope so โค๏ธ itโs a good reminder sometimes, I notice how when Iโm stressed I literally hold my breath. Hope you are doing ok ๐
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ty โค
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To this I say, “Right on!” Terrific post, Laura! xo
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Thank you, Kymber ๐ I hope youโve been well, itโs been a minute! ๐ฉท Happy Caturday! ๐โโฌ ๐
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Happy Caturday to you, too! ๐โโฌ ๐ ๐โโฌ
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It’s a story and a half, but I might post on it, I’m not sure.
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Oh, Iโm so sorry to hear โน๏ธ glad to see you, though ๐
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So glad to see you, too, chickie.
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Love always โค๏ธ
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