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 […]
Wow. That caterpillar is terrific! I love the colors, textures, shapes and designs. Beautiful!
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Thanks.
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All fun stuff, and I enjoyed the other comments too. This could also be called” just chilling out”. All of the photos reflect a moment to just….chill. Nice. Donna
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Chilling out is my thing, lol. Thanks Donna.
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Peace. Great minds think alike.
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Ooh….that caterpillar is gorgeous VJ! I’d love to see what it looks like once it turns into a moth. I love your Autumn arrangement too. It’s really fabulous!
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Thanks Terri. My neighbour’s arrangement, actually – I have no such panache.
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Well, don’t feel bad, VJ. I don’t either.
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Very unique captures especially that first one! Nicely done! 🙂 ❤
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Thanks 😊
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A moth??? How very strange! I thought caterpillar for sure VJ. Very cool!
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Sorry, it is a caterpillar – will become a moth.
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LOL, I feel better!
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Can never trust my brain, Tina…always good to question.
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That caterpillar is a funny-looking little thing.
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Isn’t it!
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😀
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Is the first one a caterpillar?
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Same question as Sgeoil’s. It first struck me as a piece of weaving, but then…
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I thought the same thing, Keith, till it moved, lol.
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It is. I’d never seen anything like it before, but apparently it’s a moth.
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Oh! It has a lovely pattern.
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