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 […]
My kids will not step out of that playground 🙂
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Lol. Funny to see it empty because of COVID
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Yes, a saddening sight indeed. Restriction and partial lockdown is back in my city from today because of increase in cases, while the vaccine drive has gone full throttle.
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Oh no! We are afraid the same thing is going to happen here.
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The delta variant is causing havoc in many parts of the world. Stay safe.
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You too!
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I really like the color palette of the crops photo.
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Thanks Liz. That’s what caught my eye too.
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You’re welcome, VJ. You have a good eye. 😉
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Superb matches for this week’s theme. Thanks VJ 😀
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Always a pleasure
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Lovely! 🙂 ❤
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Thanks
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VJ, brings back memories of when the kids were small. The plastic playground used to hurt my old knees. Do you remember the indoor climbing places where the plastic tunnels were twenty feet high and wall to wall? I would have to crawl in their and find my kids when they got stranded therein. Keith
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Oh yes! When we were much younger and more flexible.
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