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 love to see them on perfect blue sky day and wonder about where that flight is actually heading 🙂
Thank you very much for sharing these amazing sky captures with my challenge 🙂
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Me too!
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Beautiful photos! We see them from our balcony and I am always curious as to where they are going.
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Me too! Thanks.
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I particuarly like the contast in colors betweent the two photos.
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Thanks.
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You’re welcome, V.J.
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Awesome!
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Thank you!
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These are beautiful! 🙂 ❤
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Thanks Deborah.
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Contrails are like a love/hate relationship. They prompt a sort of wonder, but at the same time shame for the carbon footprint.
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True. They do stir my wanderlust though
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Me too.
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I used to quite like seeing contrails, because I think planes are cool, but when they started up again here after almost a year of clear skies I really didn’t like them anymore. They seem like graffiti on a grand scale. 🙂
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“Graffiti” – good take
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I haven’t seen any of these in ages. Our closest airport is still closed I think even though we have a lot of jets dig fighting over our area. However, I keep inside when that happens and don’t check the sky 😊🤗🙋♀️🐝
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There haven’t been many here either – sign of the times.
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Indeed 😊🙋♀️🐝
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