Moody

July 17, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Weekend Sky

Photo Play

July 10, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Haven’t had much time for art, but sometimes photo play can be just as satisfying.

Last Laugh

July 1, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Fourteen-year-old Alina thinks I’d look better with her hair colour. It was good for a laugh. (For Bushboy’s Last on the Card)

Stopping to smell the flowers

June 15, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I rushed to the grocery store for a few things before the kids got home, skipping aisles to avoid wasted time. Loaded the bags in the car and hopped in the driver’s seat before I noticed them: flower pots everywhere. If I don’t have time to photograph the flowers, I decided. then something is wrong […]

Robin, Robin What Do You See

May 30, 2022.Reading time 1 minute.

I haven’t been to the river for a while, time no longer a commodity. Ric and laugh at quickly our routines were toppled, and how sedate our life was by comparison. Life before 7 in our household, that is. “So that’s what the dining table is for,” he chuckles, since we never used it as […]

Ukrainian/Canadian Celebration

May 23, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

It was cool, but the smiles were warm. Four families from our area, hosts and guests. A celebration of kindness.

Weekend Sky

May 15, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Okay, it’s not this weekend; it’s an April sky. Weekend Sky

New Life On the Farm

April 15, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Renewal

April 6, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Once relied on a day-a-page diary to keep me on track. Chronic illness freed me from that. Calendar now sparse, I have yet to learn to the art of renewal. Grateful for awe-inspiring moments. What helps you recharge? (Image my own) (Update: We are still processing the death of my husband’s son. In the meantime, […]

Photo Play

April 1, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Introduced my granddaughter to one of the photo apps I’ve been using and gave her my phone. Within minutes she created the featured image, speeding through the app as if she’d been doing it forever. Not be outdone, I borrowed the photos she’d taken of herself and created this: Not quite an April Fool’s joke, […]

Monday Mood: Joyful

What an incredible weekend! Dinner with my husband on Friday night, followed by a movie (Moana) with our kids and grandkids – a first for newly four Fatima. Then another birthday on Sunday for our now fourteen-year-old granddaughter, as well as a lunch and round of cards with friends. I have done more in a […]

Peaceful Adieu

As night falls, the sunserenades my soul –Beauty wraps my heartin somnolent ecstacypaints my moodwith shades of love reality out of focus –imagination floats, full sailinto a dreamy mist,delightful course,a symphony of huescoaxing welcome slumber. (Image my own)