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 […]
Great ‘captures’. Well done.
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Thanks John
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I love the seagull in flight capture. The eagle is majestic. Great choices, VJ!
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Thanks Amy.
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Amazing photos. It can’t have been easy to catch that seagull 🙂
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Just sheer luck, really, lol. Thanks Sofia.
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These are incredible! 🙂 ❤
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Thanks Deborah!
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Really lovely VJ. Especially like the way you juxtaposed the two birds – and kudos for the absolute clarity of the bird in flight!
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Thanks Tina!
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I love these, the seagull and the eagle in particular!
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Thanks. I never tire of the eagles.
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You’re welcome. I never tire of the eagles either.
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Nice. It is all about perspective.
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Indeed. Thanks Keith
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So much beauty! I love the photo of the seagull in motion!!
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Thanks Heather. I love following them with my camera even though most don’t turn out.
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Me too! You just have to take that chance.
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