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 […]
I’m so glad I found this. You linked it to my page and not the post. I’m preparing the round up tomorrow and didn’t see you there. Sorry I didn’t reply but I never saw it come through. If you want to pingback to the post, it is here. https://oureyesopen.blog/2020/07/10/bird-weekly-photo-challenge-feathers-of-blue/ So glad I looked! Wonderful pics of the Indigo Bunting and Kingfisher. Both hard to capture! 🙂
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Thanks Lisa. For some reason, even though I follow you, I miss your posts. I’ll try following again.
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It’s alright. I’m struggling to keep up right now with replying to everyone in a timely manner on WP and seeing everyone’s posts. My Etsy shop is starting to take off. 😊
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That is good news! Kudos to you.
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It is. I’m going to write a blog next week with story and share my shop. Who knows what my friendly bloggers may want or need. 😊💜
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Always a good idea!
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Such a beautiful bird!
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Thanks, Susi!
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🙂
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I can relate, V.J. 🙂
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So gorgeous! Thank you for teaching me about birds! 🙂
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Thanks Deborah. They always make my day.
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Ooh, very pretty birds. For some reason, I’ve always liked the name “Indigo Bunting.” I have no idea why.
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I do too – it sounds otherworldly.
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Otherworldly, yes, that’s a good way to describe it.
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