Is it selfishthis chosen solitude?How I treasure silence,stillness baiting my muse And is it my calmthat attracts chaos?The sorrow of otherslanding on my doorstep What if I rejected pleas,locked out the troubles?How long can I sustainpeace until need answers? (Tuesdays, I borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson. Image my own)
Does illness have a voice,and if so; is it melancholy,or dark and dank, divulgingdeepest despair, or revealinga vileness of nature? Discord creeps along my veins,disrupts muscles, systems failingunder the oppression –“Stay strong,” friends counsel,cannot hear the gathering storm,feel the heaviness cloaking me. I am not myself, but then;who am I? Is disease a mutationof the […]
Discharge the gun –protection a vesselthrough which our depthsare undefined…adrift Fear is a burrowerwears a false crownbirths losstrusts danger Hearts beg,amid this trigger-readinessfor a guardian – unafraidto court this meaningless Futility unchecked –to study productive optionsunimaginable in the current state of chaos on repeat. (Art my own)
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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