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 […]
That frost morning sun capture is certainly wonderful 🙂
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Thanks. Do you get frost?
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Nopes.
The lowest temperature ever recorded in my city, since my birth, is 1°C!
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Nice!
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Beautiful photos, especially the first one. I love the colors.
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Thanks Eugi!
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😊
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Love the different moods of the ligthing.
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Thank you
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These are very beautiful! 🙂 ❤
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Thanks Deborah!
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Love your frosty winter scenes V.J. they remind me of Currier and Ives scenes from Christmases past. I must agree, there is always something to discover!
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Yes! Thanks Tina.
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I really like these studies in light. I do see the woodpecker at the feeder.
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Thanks Liz. My husband won’t go out with his camera unless the light is just right, but I think there is always something to discover.
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You’re welcome, V.J. I think you and your husband are both right.
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Lol. That doesn’t help, Liz!
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Ha ha! 😀
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