Nature in Black and White

December 11, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The natural monotone state of Winter is captured in the first photograph, while I chose black and white for the little wader to emphasize the mood. For Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: All about nature.

Prickly and other sensations

November 25, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Lens-Artists challenge: Textures

Leafy Frames

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

It’s November already, and before I bid adieu to Autumn, I wanted to share these two photos, highlighting the seasonal hooray.

Autumnal Sky

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

It’s week two with pneumonia and I’m wading through the constant wheeze to keep up a semblance of presence. Autumn’s sky never fails to arouse my awareness. Hope you are all keeping well. (Weekend Sky)

Red Maple Leaves

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

For Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: Pick a topic.

Good Morning

August 29, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A rare early morning glimpse from the riverside.

Two Hues

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

For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: basically two colours.

Nature Inspires

August 7, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Photo worthy moments courtesy of Nature’s bounty. For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Reminds you of nature’s beauty.

Visitors

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

The dogs are quick to warn me about any new visitors to the backyard. Accustomed to squirrels and rabbits, and the multitude of birds, they seldom pay attention to those. A sharp yelp! yelp! usually means “Mom, grab your camera! Come quick!” The groundhog usually hangs around in the summertime, but the chipmunks are a […]

Centred

July 8, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Origin

Anxiety burnsan acidic devouring confidence impaled –mind wanders to childhood dreamsuncovers fear’s origin. (Tuesdays, I borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson. I came across this tanka written in May/21 that seemed to match with the image I recently posted on my other blog. I decided to pair them here.)

The Last Train (Sonnet)

We wait at the station, Mother and I,one final stop for her – painless she prays;I busied at bedside – prolonged goodbye –memories and regrets filling our days. “We live too long,” she wearily proclaims“Why must suffering linger till the end?”I plea and bargain, call angelic names,yet the will to survive refuses to bend. The […]

Mouse Massacre

There are mouse bitssplayed across the sunroomstuck to my favourite throw rug and great globs of glue The trap my husband setto catch the recent invasionapparently lured the hunterfor she, stiff legged andface matted, is skulkingelsewhere I stepped on a gluey biteyes not yet openbefore notingthe disarray Hard to concentratewhen a tail detachedfrom a thigh […]