Birds: “ch” & “ck”

March 25, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Quick quacking duck Red-breasted nuthatch (Featured bird is Black-capped Chickadee. For Cee’s Photo Challenges: CMMC and CFFC)

Focus

March 24, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Nancy Merrill’s A Photo a Week Challenge: unexpected focus

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 […]

Birds In Black and White

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

An angry starling, a beady-eyed grackle, a red-wing blackbird, and a robin for Bird Weekly.

A Country Drive

March 18, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

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

All About The Scenery

March 17, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

It’s the beauty of this place that drew us here. For Nancy Merrill’s A Photo a Week Challenge: All about the scenery.

A Treasured Moment

March 16, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Winter of 2018. I am just regaining my legs after three years bedbound. Ric, forever the problem solver, proposes that we put wheels on the bedroom and drive south. Doctors write me a report to accompany our journey, and we head out in November. It’s a struggle at first and I’m doubting my ability to […]

Pink Ribbons in the Sky

March 14, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Weekend Sky

Fish Eaters

March 13, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Great Blue Heron, Osprey, Common Mergansers for Bird Weekly: birds who eat fish primarily.

Kitchen Nooks

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

For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Things found in a kitchen

Imagine

If we could lift understandingto indigenous teachingsexpand our loveto earth, sky, and seaMake personal gain tabooand Ancients a weigh point If we could witness the mountainsslow floating across the skyand touch the dolphin’s soulanxiously swimmingwhere tuna are netted Would we cower at our insignificanceor move forward, learning to acceptthat all of life is deeply woveninto […]

Dear Child

I know a little girl,whose hair in ringletsfalls, unkempt from lackof brushing; who standswhen she should be sitting;who laughs with defiance whenchallenged, her dark eyes gleamingwith mischief; who holds her chin uphigh and stamps her feet, arms foldedin protest when she does not get her way. I see that little girl,have watched her play,with a […]