Found in Nature

April 9, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The keys to my imagination,a harbinger of change a new perspective –all gifts that nature brings For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Found in Nature

Trickery

April 7, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Love the prompt this week, Lens-Artists Photography Challenge! Trickery is my favourite past time – a little photographic play, I like to send my kids in the morning to make them smile.

Goodby March

April 2, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Last on the Card – camera and Iphone – for Bushboy’s challenge.

What’s New?

March 31, 2023.Reading time 1 minute.

Dabbling with AI to create new images: Created a book nook from my granddaughter’s March Break project. Transforming an ink project into an acrylic painting (no AI involved): Newest addition to my life is an art room! (For Lens-artists photo challenge: new experiences)

Golden Hour

March 26, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Heading towards home, I catch a glimpse of the waning sun through my sideview mirror and stop to take a photo. Then the sun poses just behind the trees, and offers me a second glance of golden glory. For Weekend Sky

Roadside Encounter

March 24, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

There were two, at the roadside, their presence impossible to miss, and when I pulled over to get a closer look, they ignored me long enough to capture their majesty.

Spring Gifted

March 17, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

On International Woman’s Day, I was gifted with many flowers, chocolates, and other displays of affection from our budding Ukrainian community. How lucky am I? Rain has arrived today. It doesn’t appear to be making a dent in the snow yet, but Spring has to win eventually…right? The flowers sure have inspired hope. Hope they […]

The Roads Most Taken

March 12, 2023.Reading time 1 minute.

I follow roads, looping along the river’s banks. Back roads leading to special places frequented by my camera’s favourite subjects: birds. Which road beckons today?Shall I wander where the Yellow Legs wadeor chase the elusive Kingfisher?Every path an adventureevery sighting a gift Which road beckons today?March routes find robinsand the frisky antics of mergansers,Summer, I’ll […]

In Awe of Nature, I Find Peace

March 10, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A drive along the river, or sat at her side, observing, I note that my breathing deepens, my pulse slows. Whatever noise I’ve dragged with me, quietens. Featured image is a trestle view of the river that runs through our town. Below is the late afternoon sun highlighting a focal point in a snowy field. […]

Last for February

March 5, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Drive by snap with my camera, and a WIP from my iPhone. For Bushboy’s: Last on Card photo challenge

We Are Clay (tanka)

(Photo collage mine)

Ukraine

Planted seeds for prosperity –images of children frolickingthe delight of yellow horizonstradition setting our fields ablaze Till greed came knocking –brother turning on brother Rhetoric and lies shrapnelshattering our dreams Only the deer frolic nowunwitting participants inthis unprovoked slaughterland mines defiling landscapes But seeds are not lost,nor are the legacy of generationswhose soil has known […]