Artificial Light

September 22, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Two odd photos demonstrating artificial light. For Lens-Artists Photo Challenge

Going Wide

September 15, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Lens-artists Photo Challenge: going wide

Looking Up/ Down

September 8, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Looking up, I catch a seagull soaring past. Catch an eagle looking down. Discover beauty at my feet: For Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Looking up/down

A Rare Walk

September 1, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

My legs don’t carry me very far, so when I do get out for a walk, it’s extra special. I’ve featured photos from this walk before, but it’s worth repeating. An old rail line that ran through town, has been converted into a walkway. I made that walk one fine morning. For Lens-Artists Photography Challenge: […]

LAPC: It’s All About The Light

August 23, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: It’s all about the light.

My Inspiration

August 8, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A Baltimore Oriole at the feeder outside my window, a young deer in the backyard, a calm day at the river – these are my inspirations. Submitted for Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: inspiration. (As a side note, I will be MIA tomorrow – going for some tests. Nothing serious. Just enough to put me out of […]

Wish You Were Here

August 6, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

(For Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: postcards. Featured imaged is from Stratford, Ontario, then St Marys, Ontario and a local patio.)

Taking a Breather

July 21, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Between the hospital where Ric is doing rehab and our home – a forty minute drive – is a conservation area, a perfect place to stop and and breath in nature. The heron has the right idea. Take a moment. Be still. (Lens-Artist’s challenge this week is getting away.)

Black & White & Feathers

July 12, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Lens-artists Photo Challenge: black and white. Featured image is an Osprey in flight. A heavy browed crow and two goldfinches above.

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

July 7, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

(Lens-artists Photo Challenge: on the water.)

Where Are The Dogs?

Contemplating risk –a reunion with a former selflooking for an exit When did I become a snakerestrained?When did I become persona non grata? I slither between storiesconvince myself I can flydistraction a ruse I have big cat energyoverstepping boundariessocially adverse A faulty jeweldreaming of abundance but there’s a dragon to disarm My mother’s burden on my […]

Turning (tanka)

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 […]