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 
Photo of a deer from the side was an unusual pose to see.
Also, I love the bird photo. Feels like you can reach out and touch the softness.
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Thanks Sara
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Fabulous shots!
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Thanks 🙏
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Most welcome!
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These are wonderful.
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Thanks
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You’re welcome. 🙂
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The close ups really give us more of a sense that birds are thinking creatures.
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Oh, I think they are!
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These are incredible! 🙂 ❤
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Thanks 😊
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VJ, I love the little drip of water you captured on the beak. It looks like one drop had just hit the water. Keith
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Thanks Keith
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It looks like you were able to capture a drop of water from the swan’s beak just as it was hitting the water?
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Yes. Lucky shot.
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Call it skill. 😉
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