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 […]
The red bird photo looks like it could be made into a holiday card.
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Exactly what I did. Thanks!
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I couldn’t agree more!
Such blisses are truly close to our heart than anything else 🙂
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Thanks 😊
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Wonderful images. Love the cardinal!
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Thanks Susi!
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You’re welcome, VJ!!
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Beautiful images.
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Thanks 🙏
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On, my! Beautiful shots, VJ!
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Thanks 😊
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Most welcome!
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VJ, that opening image of the cardinal in the snowy branches is amazing – wonderful capture!!
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Thanks, Tina!
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Beautiful images VJ! Loved them all.
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Thanks Anne!
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I particularly loved the first photo!
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Thanks Lou!
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You’re right there is beautiful bliss! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family! 🙂 ❤
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Thanks Deborah! To you and yours too!
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Beautiful photos, V.J. I would love to see a cardinal in a snow-lined bush. 🐦
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It’s quite stunning, Tanja. Thanks.
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Simply beautiful and seasonally perfect, VJ🙂
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Thanks Donna!
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Funny how your quote about red makes the eye gravitate toward red. Is it an illusion? Or the power of suggestion?
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It’s just hard to miss that vibrancy on a white slate.
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True
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VJ, I love the view of the lake house. Thanks, Keith
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Thanks Keith!
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