Anxiety burnsan acidic devouring confidence impaled –mind wanders to childhood dreamsuncovers fear’s origin. (Tuesdays, I borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson. I came across this tanka written in May/21 that seemed to match with the image I recently posted on my other blog. I decided to pair them here.)
We wait at the station, Mother and I,one final stop for her – painless she prays;I busied at bedside – prolonged goodbye –memories and regrets filling our days. “We live too long,” she wearily proclaims“Why must suffering linger till the end?”I plea and bargain, call angelic names,yet the will to survive refuses to bend. The […]
There are mouse bitssplayed across the sunroomstuck to my favourite throw rug and great globs of glue The trap my husband setto catch the recent invasionapparently lured the hunterfor she, stiff legged andface matted, is skulkingelsewhere I stepped on a gluey biteyes not yet openbefore notingthe disarray Hard to concentratewhen a tail detachedfrom a thigh […]
A lovely slice of nature.
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Thanks Paul
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Most welcome VJ
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the autumn photos are so lovely, I so appreciate this time of year……..
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Yes, lots to enjoy. Thanks.
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🙂 I hope today is as good as it can be and brings you a smile or three! 🙂 🙂
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Thanks so much Wendi! To you too!
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🙂 bless you!
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Always interesting to look through the lens at what I’ve “sorta seen” with scanning eyes … the lens brings detail to the fore while focusing camera … and while viewing great images shared (like theses) – hurrah for this autumn robin!
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I think they are gathering to head south – the bush was full of them. Thanks Jazz. Loving my camera.
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These are gorgeous photos V.J.!
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Thanks Terri!
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Gorgeous!
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Thanks.
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Your pictures and thoughts are just wonderful! The camera opened a new world for me, too. Sadly, we don’t get autumn colours where I live.
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Autumn colours are wonderful, and they portend severe cold and snow, so it’s a trade off.
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