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 […]
Wonderful texture, especially the first one 🙂
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Thanks.
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Beautiful shots, VJ! I especially like the third one.
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Thanks Eugi. I agree
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Most welcome!
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The grasses in the first photo are reminiscent of a feather duster.
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Aren’t they! I thought that too.
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Such beautiful textures! 🙂 ❤
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Thanks Deborah.
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V.J. What fantastic textures you have for this week. Thanks ever so much for playing along 😀
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Thanks Cee.
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Stunning photos VJ! The last one is my favourite!
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Thanks Aletta! Mine too
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The last capture with the reflection is so stunning! Btw which place is this… would love to be there.
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Thanks. It is the Little Falls in St Marys, Ontario.
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Excellent study of textures! (Too hard to pick a favorite.)
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Thanks Liz.
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You’re welcome, V.J.
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