Birds and I, Contemplating Clouds

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

Weekend Sky

Cute Factor

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

Hard to beat the goslings, but I think this Blue Jay doing an imitation of “Take my wife, please!” is pretty cute too. For Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: cute factor.

A Little Closer

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

For Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: closeup or macro.

Looking Up

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

A farewell to April with Bushboy’s: Last on the Card challenge – last on iPhone and camera, unedited. Also linking up with Hammad Rais’ Weekend Sky.

Textures

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

For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: textures

Change of Scenery

March 23, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

“After the nurse leaves, let’s go for a ride.” For months it been hospital stays and doctor visits that have dictated our outings. Now that the weather has improved, we needed to get out for enjoyment. “Bring the cameras!” We drove cross country, through little towns, and wide open spaces, until we came to the […]

Winter Light

March 9, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge this week is natural light. Featured image is early morning sun on a frosty landscape. Below, the light flooding in the window overexposes the image. Can you see the woodpecker I was trying to capture? Here the daylight was just perfect to capture the contrast of colours: Light breaking through the clouds […]

Soft

March 3, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A finch catching snowflakes, a deer running through new fallen snow, soft pink flowers to brighten our day. (For Lens-artists Photo Challenge: soft)

Winter/Summer Closeups

February 4, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: closeups or macro.

Patterns In nature

January 20, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: patterns in nature

What We Really Need

We purchase boardsimagine roots –dream biggerignore the dawning The higher the fence,we tell ourselves,the better the privacy.Work hard, earn big. And the longing growsit’s the heart that seeks rootshungers for connectionlove like sunshine Would knock down wallsthrow open the doorsbask in the expansivenessof kindred moments shared. (Image mine)

Daffodil (haiku)

I dream that I am teaching again, and having assigned the class independent work, I am spending time connecting with each student to see if they are grasping the material. It’s my favourite part of teaching, and I wake up wondering if I’ll ever have that feeling again. So rewarding. It is bittersweet, growing old. […]