VJ’s Weekly Challenge: peripheral

April 26, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Movement in my peripheral vision distracts me from the chore at hand. Am I seeing things? Mostly, it’s the coming and going of birds and squirrels outside, but when the time is just right – moon in a certain phase or whatever – I can’t help but wonder if it’s something more. Maybe I’ve just […]

Taking flight

April 21, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

(For Lens-artists Photo Challenge: Taking flight.)

Oh, Baby!

April 20, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Haven’t seen any chicks yet, so had to sift through the archives. Featured, the goslings are trying to keep up. Freshly hatched chicks. Not quite newborns, but young Ibis. (For Bird Weekly Challenge: baby birds)

VJ’s Weekly Challenge: “I’m bored!”

April 19, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

“The kids are driving me nuts!” my youngest daughter tells me just as the province is going into lockdown again, school back to online learning. “What’s the problem?” “They’re bored. No friends, no school, and we’re limited in what we can do. They are always looking to us to entertain them, and we both work […]

Rural Sunset

April 17, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Weekend Sky challenge

Fun Colours

April 16, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For CalmKate’s Friday Fun – Fun colours.

Textures

April 15, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: textures

With An Extra Glow

April 14, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Red-bellied Woodpecker (featured) and Osprey for A Photo a Week Challenge: backlit.

Hello Colour!

April 13, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Ah Spring! So much to be joyful about. For Lens-artists Photo Challenge: Colorful April.

VJ’s Weekly Challenge: The Chase

April 12, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

Not sure whether it’s just lockdown restlessness or an innate knowing that ‘something is out there’, but from time to time, I get an urge to grab the camera and go. This happened the other evening as I was finishing up supper. Even though I was tired, one glance at the weather forecast told me […]

This Life A Road

This life a road –the way preparedsigns to guide me,and still, I get lost. Construction, distraction,disobedience – throw me off –tendency to choose tougher routes,broken down and been sidelined And yet, the road still beckons,invites progression, thrills.A rolling stone gathers no moss,my father liked to say, and so… I push ahead, keep motoring,trust the obstacles […]

Wings

(Written during my bedbound years with ME/CFS)

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

May is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis awareness month. Also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, this disease is characterized by exhaustion after exertion. The exertion can be physical -taking a shower; emotional – worrying or obsessing; or mental- filling out forms. The best source of information about ME/cfs, as we call it, is the Bateman Horne Center. They […]