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 […]
Very pretty photos!
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The days of oranges are still faraway on my side. They won’t be here before early November.
The first capture is certainly delightful 🙂
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Worth waiting for! Thank you
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Orange still life! I love it.
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Beautiful! 🙂 ❤
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Two spectacular orange photos for this week. Love them VJ. 😀
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These are gorgeous VJ! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
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Thanks Terri!
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VJ, nicely framed. Keith
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Lovely!
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We’re getting the tail end of the tropical storm, so this celebration of orange is very, very welcome!
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Happy to brighten your day, Liz!
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Gorgeous!
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