Lit From Within
I used to like to walk at night,to see the houses lit within –hope it gave me for love’s warmth,and freedom from dysfunction’s sin. (Submitted for Nancy Merrill’s Photo a Week Challenge: Lit from Within.)
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Photo A Week: Things With Wings
Six feet across, spread the heron’s wingsgreat, grey appendages in slow flight Some wings are camouflaged, propelinsect bodies who hover within sight. A Monarch’s wings are stained-glass delicatewith each flutter, sprinkle fantasies of delight. (For Nancy Merrill’s Photo a Week challenge: things with wings.)
Read MoreBlue Is More Than Melancholy
Blue is longing,for summer lakesand clear skies –a promise of forever It is the subtle hueof whimsical magicon wings that fly Blue is tuxedo perfectiona gift wrapped in perpetualsong, iridescent delight. (Submitted for Nancy Merrill’s, A Photo a Week Challenge: blue)
Read MorePhoto a Week: Bridges
The gap between the life I’d envisioned and this current reality is widening… I need a bridge – not a short, low one, but a large, expansive bridge to carry all my wishes, to facilitate movement of passing ideals, allow for traffic flow. Or a bridge to slow me down, dialled in to the sun’s […]
Read MorePhoto a Week: Ready…
Set…Go! Ready, set, go: I miss summer already! Thank you to Nancy Merrill for this week’s photo challenge: Â Ready, set, action.
Read MorePhoto A Week: Water
Water, I confess, holds me in its spell – I would follow it across the land from the Oregon coast, and ocean swell to the Arizona rivers, oh so grand: Set me by a waterfall and I will swoon, mesmerized by such awesome power, even deafened by its thunderous boom, I could watch the motion […]
Read MorePhoto A Week: Fruits of Labour
Finding an outlet to express myself creatively (beyond writing) has been my biggest accomplishment this year. Â Picking up a camera and a paint brush both happened simultaneously, as our adventures across country begged recording. Converting image to art, via watercolours, has become my passion, although to date, I’ve only had a few lessons, and each […]
Read MorePhoto a Week: Details
I’m drawn to the details – a knot hole in a tree – hoping my close-up will reveal a curiosity. The inside of Saguaro, ancient and grey – reveals the inner bones, speaks to a better day. A roadside encounter brought me face to tail with […]
Read MoreA Photo a Week: Quintessential Canadians
I hope not all Canadians are not as noisy and messy as the goose that bears our country’s name, but I do know many of us are as industrious as the beaver: (For Nancy Merrill’s A Photo a Week Challenge: Â Quintessential)
Read MoreA Photo A Week: Celebration
A year ago, as we sold off the rest of the contents of our house, I was both excited and wary about the path we had chosen. Â Two-and-a-half years confined to a bed had stripped me of the ability to dream, but my husband was not about to give up. “I will put wheels on […]
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