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 […]
One Woman's Quest II 
And I’m still trying to get a snap of a butterfly on a flower 🙂
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They just don’t like to cooperate.
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But those little pests do many positive things, such as pollination!
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True! I have to remind myself of that sometimes, lol.
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😊
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Great photos. I especially like the first one with the one in flight and the other settled! The second is an interesting composition, as the moth has the dots and the leaf has the insect eaten holes!
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Thanks Heather. I take enough shots, should get a few good ones, lol.
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Welcome😀
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Nice detail! I can’t get these pesky pests to hold still like you do 🙂
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Ha, ha. The first was a surprise. They seldom do hold still.
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Well, you had good timing!
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These are very lovely! 🙂
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Thanks Deborah!
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Nice captures!
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Thanks!
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The moth was very obliging to pose for you. It’s quite pretty.
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Thanks Liz. It was quite tiny too. Trying out a new camera.
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Trying out a new camera must be fun.
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It’s like starting with fresh eyes!
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🙂
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