No big box hereour shops line upin historic rows Our fraganceeau-de-fermeearthen fresh Our spires remindersthat values are simpleand life blessed. (Photo mine)
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 […]
One Woman's Quest II 
Ah …. serenity!
I love your description in your introduction: “a fair exchange: being for doing”.
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Thank you Ju-Lyn. Nice to meet you.
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I do love a big sky, I can smell the spring freshness too.
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I love the big skies too. Thanks Paul.
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So good
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Me too and everything so bright
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Yes, that’s so true, just fills thee senses.
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Such a lovely peaceful scene and photograph. Are there benches or a spot to sit and just soak this in? I hope so. It would be calling my name. 🙂
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I didn’t go far, so I don’t know, but I imagine so.
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I hope so!
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What a lovely day to spend at the lake!
The calm waters, gorgeous blue sky, fluffy clouds. Nature’s medication for a tired soul’s treatment this is 🙂
Thank you so much for sharing these wonderful captures with my challenge 🙂
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Always welcome. Appreciate that you offer this challenge Hammad.
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Your photography is improving VJ, its really a great distraction from everything. 📷
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Thanks Mike. I suffer with chronic illness, and even on the most unbearable days, it makes me forget about myself. Although, for these shots, I kept pushing myself to walk a bit more, a bit more – all down hill. Didn’t think I was going to make it back to the car, lol. Thanks for your encouragement. I will never be as gifted as you – your work inspires me.
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wow, what an awesome view!
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Thanks. Just a short drive away.
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it’s beautiful!
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I hope those threatening clouds kept their distance!
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They didn’t. It snowed after this photo.
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☹️
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Snow ?
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Yes! That cold, white stuff that terrorizes we old people in the North, lol.
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Mostly the coldest we get is frost. We are in South East Sydney on the coast.
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VJ, a song from “Yes” comes to mind with its lyric “in and around the lake.” Nice pic. Keith
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Thanks Keith. “Yes” takes me back a few years, lol.
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I’d forgotten about that song. It fits the photos perfectly!
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VJ, Liz, I had forgotten it as well, but I just started thinking of a song about a lake. I always think of the song as the one you think is going to end, then it starts up for another verse. Keith
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YES did have a tendency to do that, didn’t they? 🙂
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