Eau de Fresh Paint

August 30, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

It’s day three at the new abode and I’m sipping my first home brewed cup of tea while sunlight streams through the uncovered windowpanes. Body has put the brakes on, so its a good day to catch up on all things social media. Lovely to see the sun; it has been overcast and stormy up […]

The Everyday

August 26, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

(For Lens-Artists Photo challenge: everyday objects)

VJ’s Weekly Challenge #110 – smell

August 24, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

“How long do you boil the corn?” “I don’t know.” “What do you mean, you don’t know?” “It’s done when it smells right.” This is why I can never replicate a recipe. I literally follow my nose. What is your relationship to smell? (Don’t tell me you didn’t know this was coming, lol.) Look forward […]

Currently an Eyesore

August 23, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

The boxes are piling up here. At the new house, the painters have been working diligently. Two rooms are completed and currently all the kitchen doors are off and strewn across scaffolding. The remaining walls are speckled with repair patches. Both houses are a sight. I try to close my eyes for sleep but the […]

Rare To Me

August 22, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

I don’t know enough about birds to know what is rare for our area, but I do know that we have a few visitors who stop by on their way elsewhere – the window to see them short. For Bird Weekly’s challenge: Rare Birds. The featured image is a pair of wood ducks. While they […]

Brown-eyed

August 21, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Brown eyes unblinkingbat golden lashes skyward –celestial flirt (For Cee’s Flower of the Day.)

Build Me a Place To Call Home

August 19, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

(For Cee’s Fun Foto challenge: all about buildings.)

VJ’s Weekly Challenge #109: What a Sight!

August 17, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

Needing a break from moving house, I took my camera and drove along the river road looking for birds. Always hoping for that one shot to brag about later. The river seldom disappoints. A family of wild turkeys crossing the road welcomed me. Ripples in the calm water revealed a female merganser – a thrill […]

Not My Taste

August 16, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

Relax. I’m not into beef or grass. Keep chewing. **Our weekly focus was taste. I’m ashamed to say we’ve been eating terribly all week – convenience over taste. One of the downsides of packing for moving. Fortunately, the rest of you have been as creative and inspiring as always. Thanks to all who participated: Trippin’, […]

Orange: My Favourite Colour

August 15, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

No chance of camouflage when orange is your accessory colour, but oh, I love it. (For Bird Weekly challenge: yellow or orange legged birds)

Present Distance

I’ve lived the fog of distance –life’s highway a series of hillsdestination without promise Have learned that acceptance gains perspective,that climates change, and hope sustains,and that in the stillness dreams renew. Now I travel quieter paths, appreciatespace, have surrendered to a slower pace –certain that this too will change. (image my own)

Floral Balm

Of Trauma Born

Goodbyes tarnishfaith, like ashesscattered My heart grows dismissal,craves a balm of connectionseeks quiet harbour Remind me what it feels like to be safebreath nurturing life,love a rhythmic flow In meditationI reach for peaceimagine salvation But this wayward chaosunrestrainedcements me in doubt Tainted intentionsI lift up to the Universea tempest without hope My soul incubates malicea […]