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 
Ooooo, that first picture would be a scary place for humans, but the birds seem to revel in it. 🙂
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They do! Thanks for dropping by.
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You are welcome. Thanks for publishing such excellent work! 🙂
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Nice pics this week. We missed the Goldeneye when it was here in Florida last month. I need to check the lists to see if it has been seen anywhere in Florida. Would love to add it to the list. 🙂
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Pretty sure they just pass through here. Saw many more on the west coast.
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Probably heading north! 🙂
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These are wonderful! I do love the first one with one bird gliding in the water with raised wings and the other standing fearlessly on the edge! 🙂 ❤
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Thanks Deborah. I am intrigued that the birds perch at the edge like that, but I guess that’s the advantage of having wings.
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Amen to that! That’ speaks of the faith we are to have spiritually! Such a profound statement V.J.! 🙂 ❤
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What nature teaches us.
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I love that first photo! You were standing in just the right place and clicked the shutter at just the right moment.
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Yes – those rare moments, lol.
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VJ, cool names for lovely birds. Thanks for sharing. Keith
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Thanks Keith.
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