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 […]
One Woman's Quest II 
Wonderful captures, I too love the Osprey with dinner, but the first grabs me most.
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Thanks.
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Most welcome VJ
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*Wow* for the action shot of the ospry catching his dinner! It’s a very impressive shot!!! I particuarly like the colors in the first photo, the purple-tinged wings against the green background.
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Thanks Liz. I was pretty excited to catch the osprey.
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You’re welcome, VJ. That shot is a tribute to your skills as a photographer.
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The Osprey with dinner seemed to be struggling. Love your birds in flight this week! 🙂
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Yes, he had a fair sized fish. Thanks.
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🙂
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Wow! Wonderful photos! You’re making me think about getting a camera – I saw a wedge-tailed eagle really close above me a few days ago, but my phone just isn’t up to taking decent photos of moving birds. Wonderful osprey with dinner!
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Thanks Kate. You should go for it. Sounds like you have good opportunities.
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VJ, that osprey has a wing span!! Keith
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They really do! He was flying right at me too. Aren’t you impressed I didn’t drop the camera, lol.
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Beautiful photos!!
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Thanks Aletta.
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