Have a Cuppa

March 6, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I’m a mug kind of gal –Spot of tea – Earl Grey or herbal – Feet up, mug in handa warm sip and I’m calm Save the fancy chinafor the birds! (For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: glasses, cups, or saucers.)

Clouds Are For Dreaming

February 28, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Don’t give me the scienceI prefer to dream floating on pillows of whitecarried over land and sea lifted sunward, inspired –no, please don’t tell me otherwise Clouds transport me, Heaven bound. (For Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: clouds)

February 21, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A walk in nature reduces life-sized problemsto ant-like awe – an open secret often ignored. I travel back roads, am humbled bythe power of farm machines, the vastness of the sky. Gratitude larger than this limiting skin. (For Cee’s On the Hunt for Joy challenge: make yourself small; Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: roads; […]

Narrow Passages

February 19, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Narrow this roadinto deepening woodsintrigue commands exploration (For Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: narrow.)

Lead Me Out of Here

February 15, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Cold and greythese Winter days,I search for a sign,a line that leadsbeyond this dismay. For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: vanishing or leading lines.

Oh, Those Eyes

February 13, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Love abounds with four-footeds around Those eyes that watchour every move,speak volumes (For Nancy Merrill’s A Photo a Week Challenge: eyes.)

Landscapes

February 5, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The path before me titillates –beckoning hues, rolling hills –I set my lens on discovery. My heart belongs to this land –lush landscapes, and dynamic seasons –here I’ll stay till shadows succumb to night. (For Nancy Merrill’s A Photo a Week challenge: landscape.)

Hello Sunshine!

January 31, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Hunt for Joy Challenge this week is: sit in the sunshine. The sun is always shining when little ones are about.

Pick Me Up Reds

January 29, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Winter’s whites fadeturn to drab greyand I search for signsto brighten, lightenred to make by day. For Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: something red.

Lines Lead

January 22, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Easily swayed, my imaginationfollows lines, dreams of new horizons spins and traces unknown spaces speculates about what might have been… (For Lens-Artists Challenge: Leading Lines)

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 […]