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 
Cardinals are beautiful! Nice shots, VJ. 🙂
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Thanks Susi
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You’re welcome, dear!
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This red is certainly a joy 🙂
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It is. Such happy birds.
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Those Cardinals do know how to dress up winter!
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They sure do! Love them.
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Such a fun, colorful start to your day. I would have smiled, too.
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Thanks 😊
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Oh how gorgeous! 🙂 ❤
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They truly are. Thanks
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Those gorgeous birds! 💕❤️
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They really are. 😊
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I follow some bird photographers on Instagram who capture incredibly colourful birds with their cameras from all around the globe. This sort of social media is therapeutic. 🙂
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Me too! I agree.
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Oh, what a treat!! The fellow in the second photo looks quite well-satisfied.
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Wish I could have caught the five of them lined up. Quite a sight.
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It must have been! Perhaps they’ll return?
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Likely. They nest around here.
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Sounds good!
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VJ. Cardinals captured in photos in winter snow and ice are a wonderful mix. Keith
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They really are my favourite. Thanks Keith.
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A beautiful, well fed bird
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Yes, well fed, lol. Thanks.
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😍❤️
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They are gorgeous, VJ.
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They truly are. Thanks.
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You’re welcome.
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