Bomb Canada?

December 10, 2025.Reading time 1 minute.

My husband showed me a post last week that said the US Ambassador to Canada had stated that if Canada wasn’t going to treat the US any better then they might as well bomb our parliament buildings. I was incensed, and ready to retaliate with a hateful post of my own…except… I decided to fact […]

Happy Holidays

December 25, 2024.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The photos are from day three of our Christmas celebrations. Today, we gather with two other families for more good cheer. Here’s wishing you a joy-filled day.

In Praise of Youth

May 6, 2024.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The young can find joy in any moment. These photos are some of the children who have landed in our small town having fled the war in Ukraine. The featured baby was born here, having travelled in vitro. For Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: To be young again.

Red-bellied Woodpecker

November 12, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

He darts in – a quick peck at the suet – and then is gone. Hard to miss with that crop of flaming red crown, and impossible to catch – he’s wary of any movement. So, it felt like a small victory when I managed to capture this beauty one day. Bird of the week […]

Environment

April 17, 2023.Reading time 1 minute.

We left the bustle of city life in 2018, touring the continent in a 41 foot motor home for a couple of years before returning and realizing that we no longer belonged. A forty-minute drive away from my lifelong home, we found our own little paradise. Environment is the theme for Lens-Artists photo challenge this […]

Christmas with our Found Family

December 28, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The circumstances that brought us all together are tragic, but everyone agrees our new bonds are blessings. We were 20 for Christmas this year. Ric and I and our extended Ukrainian family.

Holiday wishes

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

Trees!

December 4, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Trees over trucks any day. For Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: trees or trucks.

Briefly

September 12, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A family wedding, the arrival of a new Canadian/ Ukrainian baby, and a picnic to welcome our newcomers has kept me away. Celebration is a much welcome emotion. Pictured is 9 year-old Vasylisa, celebrating her heritage. Cheers all!

Nature through my lens

September 9, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Summer’s vibrancy draws me to capture the mood. For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: nature

Mother

When I had a mothermy hair would cascadein curls of auburn perfectiona red velvet bow to accentuate the wave And I’d wear my bestnewly sewn frockwith lace at the neckand fishnet stockingsand patent Mary Janes And the girls giggling with delightwould skip hand-in-handto the school promand the boys shyly perchedagainst the back wall would wonderhow […]

Lull (tanka)

Self-Sufficient

Isolated and incapacitatedI am prohibited from partakingof the influx of information incessantly presented consequently cut offfrom prescribed expectationsdictating costuming and culture external expressions of acceptanceare sorely missing, suggestingan overall lack of self-worth. Interestingly inverse to such conclusionsis the sudden contentment that arisesfrom escaping the mayhem Internal relief overrides dictated performancesurrendering willingly to intrinsic motivationand renewed […]