V.J.’s Weekly Challenge #68: play

October 14, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

‘Play’ has many meanings and uses, so have fun with it! To participate, create a post and link back here. Look forward to your responses.

Sky Aware

October 13, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Feet on floor,earth connected,breathe deep,sky awarefind a centercalm and strong –equanimity restored. Our focus this week has been ‘sky’. Thank you to all for your inspiring thoughts and feeding my sky obsession. ProsceniumReena SaxenaBrewNSpewStuff and what if…UnforsenitiesREVERIE IN REVERSEone letter UPDOES WRITING EXCUSE WATCHING?SgeoilparallaxPictures without filmAWISEWOMANSJOURNEYDEMYSTIFYING DESTINY I’ll be back tomorrow with a new challenge!

Unbridgeable?

October 12, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

We mark the Equinoxwith prayers for a planetwaning in the marinadeof political corruption –too gilded to confessthe shameful disarray. (For Reena’s Exploration challenge: unbridgeable. Image from personal collection.)

Filling the Frame

October 9, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

With each photo challenge that I enter, I learn. This week the Lens-Artists challenge is filling the frame. The featured image and this that follows, were taken in my daughter’s backyard – a tribute to the end of summer. This photo was taken at our local falls. I decide to isolate one segment.

V.J.’s Weekly Challenge #67: sky

October 7, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

I am currently fixated on the sky, as if the gathering clouds have a secret to reveal, or as if the slivers of sun are trying to reach me with a personal message of hope. Is anyone else obsessed with the sky? Let’s look to the sky this week to find what inspiration we can. […]

Savouring the Season

October 6, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

October has arrived like an unexpected guest, catching me unprepared. Shorter days and cooler temperatures challenge summer’s laid back attitude. Winter nips at Autumn’s heels, and I want to stop the clock and savour whatever good days we have left. The featured image is of Kettle Point, on Lake Huron. Ric and I drove there […]

Hands Say It All

October 5, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Gleeful anticipation. (For Nancy Merrill’s A Photo a Week Challenge: hands)

Changing Seasons

October 1, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Summer greens dig in, regale the warmth of dayswhile Autumn creeps, spreading reds and golds. For Nancy Merrill’s A Photo a Week challenge: changing seasons. .

V.J.’s Challenge #66: savour

September 30, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

Our youngest granddaughter loves food so much that when she takes a bite, she’ll close her eyes, hold the food in her mouth, savouring the flavour, and moan with appreciation. She is three. This is surely a God-given gift. Her sister and cousin eat so fast, I’m sure a famine must be chasing them. I […]

Just Smile and Do It

September 29, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

I argue with myself all day, and in the end decide to don a smile to cover my insecurities. I’ve already missed three circle meetings and it wouldn’t get any easier if I put it off one more time. Ric drives me so I can leave my walker at home. Having scouting out the location, […]

Back Seat Only

I can’t remember a timewhen elegance chose meto sit in the front seatride along in style She’d be clad in whiteand I’m ever too messycan’t control myselfmight tarnish the upholstery She’d want to go shoppingrings and jewels flashinglike Pretty Womanafter the haul I’m second-handtypically slink in and outgrabbing what I need and goinglest anyone see […]

Having a Why

(This is found poem, previously posted on OneWoman’s Quest II)

Over It!

One day it’s so mild that I don’t bother with a coat, the next we wake up to snow on the ground. The plants pushing up through the soil seem a little more patient than me – as if they are humouring nature’s fickleness. I’m ready for clear change. A pair of finches just flew […]