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 
Thanks for the shout out, Doug
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I love fall leaves! How beautiful.
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I love them too but just not quite so early.
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We see changes, too! Seems a bit early for our area.
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I love fall colors. Thanks for sharing
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Thank you!
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You’re welcome 😇
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Beautiful leaves for this week. Thanks VJ 😀
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Those are so gorgeous! 🙂 ❤
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Every fall, I wonder about the colour changes and am spurred on by the maple tree next door. Your lovely photos sent me to this short article and I am beginning to understand the whys and hows… https://northernwoodlands.org/outside_story/article/the-causes-of-fall-color
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A fascinating read, Sarah. I have never known the whys of colour change either. Especially love that each leaf is unique.
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Love this photo. I don’t see maples here like in Ontario! Although, fall on the prairies has a beauty, it never quite matches that of Ontario.
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Having never been to the prairies, I hope you will post. Thanks.
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I’ll try. I tried to capture the golden fields and muted pastel sky yesterday but the photo didn’t do it justice. I only had my phone.
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Lovely seasonal transition photo!
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VJ, very nice. Thanks for the early glimpse of fall. Keith
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Thanks Keith
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