Doctoring broken hearts –my own legacy a training ground –like an anesthesiologist I keep the patient breathing,asleep – muted by kindness,unconscious and unable to react. Why? Because lulling others is moreeffective than operating on self –faux obligations such a balm Administer lidocaine to the woundsNumbness preferable to open-heartedinvestigation… no sutures strong enoughto remedy internal bleeding […]
Somehow I knew his mask was porcelain –impossible to hide the soul’s lightreflected in troubled eyes… I played along though,humoured his self-deceptionnodded at assertions of calm Knew that one day the facade would crackthe mask would slip and the rage escape Why I didn’t run; I do not knowMaybe it was recognition –my own countenance […]
Wrapped in reptilian attire, changeclimbs aboard my well-intentioned schemelike a boa constrictor – disarming me I am more inconvenienced than repulsed –after all, snake is my power animal,Or so the seer said…many years ago Days when I would wear the scalycomportment of power – invitetransformation- my essence a seeker But I am trying to settle […]
These are awesome, V.J. So sorry it took so long to get back to you. I got my 2nd vaccine yesterday and was spending a lot of time trying to get orders out before that happened. I had a reaction and I’m still not feeling very well. It was a doozy! I love those little goslings. The adult Ibises bring their young every spring into our neighborhood to teach them to forage. They are a natural pesticide and remove all the grubs in our front yard. Win Win! 🙂
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Sorry to hear you had a reaction, but yeah! you got it. I’m still on a waiting list. The young ibis are so interesting – what a lovely sight to behold in your neighbourhood. We don’t get them at all up here.
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Thanks. I hope you get yours soon. I wouldn’t change my mind. Can’t wait to go see the grandkids.
There were over 50 in the flock this year that foraged around this side of Jacksonville. 😊
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Amazing. My one granddaughter is missing her sleepovers with Grandma and Grumpa, she told me.
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Awe! Since mine live 3 1/2 hours away, they haven’t missed anything like that with us. They rarely came to visit before covid. We always go to them. My daughter & son work all the time, kids are in school….but I’m not moving back to Tampa. I can’t deal with the heat and humidity. North Florida has that too, but in the summer, the further south you go, the worse it is. 🙂
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It’s such a special relationship, and yes, Florida is humid. It’s like that up here in the summer.
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Very sweet. Haven’t seen any of this year’s young yet, either.
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Thanks Eilene.
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Awww, so cute!
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Thanks
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Most welcome!
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They are so cute and fluffy!
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Aren’t they?
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👍💕
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Adorable! 🙂 ❤
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Thanks.
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VJ, nicely done. Keith
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Thanks Keith!
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I love the young ibis!
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Aren’t they spectacular! Thanks Liz.
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Indeed they are! You see the best birds!!
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