Woodpeckers & Co.

February 18, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Ric had his fifth knee surgery in November, and my health took a nose dive. Now, after two months of doctor’s appointments and ongoing tests, there is a pause. I am ready for rest. Freezing rain set in today, followed by snow, so we are snuggled inside with the dogs and a warm fire. Outside, […]

That’s Cold!

January 31, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

(For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: cold)

Ah, the Bliss

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

There is bliss to be found in the pop of red on a snowy bush, or on crisp Winter’s day at the river’s side. (For Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Follow Your Bliss)

Industrious

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

(For Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: pick a topic.)

Winter/Summer Closeups

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

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

Farewell to January

February 2, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

(For Bushboy’s Last on the Card January – camera and iPhone – no editing)

Wordless Wednesday

December 30, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

December Sky Wars

December 26, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

December skies are moody – one moment brooding, the next a pop of sun, and then snow or rain. These photos were taken just before snow.For Hammad Rais’s challenge Weekend Sky.

Morning Sun on Snow

December 12, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Weekend Sky

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.

We Are Clay (tanka)

(Photo collage mine)

Ukraine

Planted seeds for prosperity –images of children frolickingthe delight of yellow horizonstradition setting our fields ablaze Till greed came knocking –brother turning on brother Rhetoric and lies shrapnelshattering our dreams Only the deer frolic nowunwitting participants inthis unprovoked slaughterland mines defiling landscapes But seeds are not lost,nor are the legacy of generationswhose soil has known […]