Morning Sky

October 24, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

(For Hammad Rais’ Weekend Sky)

Backyard Buddies

October 23, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Our backyard buddies include Juncos, robins, starlings, Red-tailed hawk, and goldfinches. Of course, there are many more. Busy place. (For Bird Weekly challenge: backyard birds.)

Harrington

October 21, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

Just before his surgery, Ric took me for a drive to “show me something”. We turned off the main route and travelled down a dirt road lined on either side by tall trees. “Should see it any moment,” he teased as I eagerly craned my neck for whatever “it” was. And then the tree line […]

October Skies

October 17, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Hammad Rais’s Weekend Skies

Communication

October 14, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

All day, as I try to write, the birds chatter outside my windows. Happy talk mostly, but the occasional row: My favourite image of communication is the understanding between a child and dog: (For Lens-artists challenge: communication.)

Weekend Sky (New challenge)

October 10, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Hammad Rais has started a new photography challenge: Weekend sky. Here is my contribution. October skies over southwestern Ontario truly are spectacular.

A Bird, ‘a’?

October 9, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

An American crow on the rocks with lots to say (featured). (For Bird Weekly Challenge: birds starting with an A)

A Photo Walk

October 7, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

Two rivers intersect at our city’s centre, and while I often patrol the larger one, this day I decided to visit a park adjoining the second. Probably because walking is still difficult for me, I was drawn to the many benches that line the path, all vacant now due to Covid restrictions. A quiet evening […]

Birds Up Close

October 3, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Bird Weekly challenge: Macro/ close-ups. Featured image: robin.

Farewell September

October 1, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Last photos of Sept 30th (camera and iPhone) for Bushboy’s photo challenge.

Sun Certainty

Clouds bundleshift and foldcotton strata Trees huddleconfidence incommunity Emotions stackone on anotherco-mingling hues Beneath layersan eternal glowsun certainty. (First published April 2021. Image my own)

Peachy Keen

Not Everything Is Defined by Age

As a child, I knew no limits, setting out on adventures with never a fear for how I’d find my way back home. Now, nestled in my home, I limit myself to certainties, fearful of risks. Some days, I wonder about that child, and how it would feel to wander freely, and it makes me […]