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A hours quite walk with nature. Sunday.

He Stands so Straight and tall Awesome posture Hears it all the time That he is good looking But it holds no weight these days This is not conceit-based thinking But he prefers to be admired For his mind and ability to laugh ©2024 Annette Rochelle Aben Thicker Than Skin

That 4 Cast our midnight texts: ten minutes go by six hours later; calm, a pinch of sunlight, I peek outside to see if the world has ended. Driveway, sleek, glossy. No puddles. A scattering of bark chips. A sodden cat. zebra texts. That 4 Cast

Copyright ©2024 Deborah M. Zajac. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. PLEASE DO NOT USE MY IMAGES WITHOUT EXPRESSED WRITTEN PERMISSION. Here’s some of what I’ve been up to lately starting at the beginning of the month with a birding walk up in the mountains above Lake Tahoe. The wildflowers were in bloom. Here are a couple of…

Hotel Review Location: Bodysgallen Hall is a Grade 1 17th century manor house that has been sympathetically restored by Historic House Hotels Limited since 1980 and was given to the National Trust in 2008.  It is one of the three Historic House Hotels of the National Trust and is located in over 200 acres of parkland two miles…

A perfect opportunity to do a combined post for Lens Artists’ Challenge #311-What’s in a Garden and Sunday Stills Monthly Color Challenge: Nature’s #Golden Yellows. A random collection of photos. I can’t identify some of the flowers, plants, and trees or even where I took the photos. Along the Mekong River, Laos. Left: hotel garden,…

Hello, Readers. It’s my pleasure to host Day 6 of Elizabeth Gauffreau’s Simple Pleasures Blog Tour. I’ve known Liz for several years in Blogger Land, and perhaps we will meet some day in person. She is a generous, caring person who writes the most thoughtful, wonderful reviews. I’ve read though Simple Pleasures, and I plan…

“Here we are at Kizzy’s house.” “Oh boy, it has been a while.” How about you, Tempest? Ready to see Kizzy?” “”Yeah, I can’t wait to jump on that big ole  horse.” “Okay, kids It’s time to play. Inside or out?” “You have to be kidding.  Inside, of course. It’s 10,000 degrees out here.” “Hey…

🖋️ 📚   Writing is a journey, a magical ride through worlds of my making, where I can safely hide from the chaos of life, from the trials of the day into a world of my own, where I am free to play. I revel in the process, in the act of creation in the…

Over the years as a yoga teacher I have worked with people who have had different physical issues causing tightness, pain, and the accompanying fear of hurting themselves more. I supported them in calming down the body-mind, adapting their practice, moving their energy, and helped them to understand how the cycle of pain causes more…

Wisconsin skies; cloudy with a sprinkle of sun, and a few raindrops. We’re dodging raindrops and having a good time goofing off. Still a bit of time to irrigate your poems before Sunday! See August Poetry Challenge for details. I can almost promise a bit of sun before then. ¡Olé! –Rebecca This post is part…

Yellow Gold Finally, my muse pulled me out of self-imposed exile and took me far away into the large fields of sunflowers. Thousands of smiles greeted me, as I watched with glee, my heart woke up to embrace positivity floating in the air. Each yellow petal – a panacea for grieving hearts; a pertinent reminder…

The plants and flowers are thriving, all but the little guy in the back, spreading his ‘wings’ and trying to grow. Winged Victory is growing a baby flower. Winged Victory is the end of summer and summer camp, watching children thrive and grow, braving the big water slide. Winged Victory is nailing the query letter,…

A most appropriate prompt for Lens artists this week from Ann Christine. She tells us that there are so many ways to look at a garden, so, her idea is to see what we have found, what we see. I am no gardener, but do enjoy exploring different gardens, and feel very fortunate that there…

Historic and iconic buildings and doors in Philadelphia. Philadelphia Gallery: Buildings and Doors

As I was thinking about a theme for my challenge and looking for inspiration from my archive, I realised that, quite often, I mentioned in the past the importance of scale and how to give the viewer the perception of it. There are a few ways of doing it, most of them intuitively. In this…

I enjoy doing book signings at various venues but bookstores are my favourite. I arranged two during my trip to Canada and both were successful. At Unlimited Characters in Medicine Hat, I was well-advertised. This bookstore has done so well, it has had to relocate to larger premises. I love doing a book launch there!…

“Are you happy?” The question hitsmy gut,slingshotsdown the halldeadendsat optimism “Of course,” I respond. What else can I say…Sure life needs tweaking…I am learning to be better…I can make this work… Why?  What do see?Thoughts unspokenbut the bell has been rung… (I wrote this poem in 2020, in response to a prompt. It was inspired…

Soms is het simpelweg te warm, zoals toen de thermometer boven de 30 graden sprong. In die hitte leek elke stap zwaarder, en alsof dat nog niet genoeg was, speelde mijn geklemde zenuw weer op. De pijn in mijn been herinnerde me eraan dat niet alles vast te leggen is, vooral niet als je zelf…

Frozen in Time The hands of the clock and the sun in the sky moved slowly during those long, warm days of summer holidays. Other than limited household chores, Cath and I had little to do other than visit the nearby beach, splashing about in the waves and getting sunburned. All summer long our noses…

The bill from our date night out came and my wife grabbed it, took a quick peak and then handed her credit card to the waiter. She was taking me out for my birthday and wanted me to enjoy myself. We had a great time together. The Maryland Crab Cake was a special treat. Later…

Happy Wednesday! Welcome to #WQ (Wednesday Quotes). Here’s your chance to showcase your photos, poems, thoughts, and stories about anything that inspires you. You might want to review your month or your word of the year. As always, feel free to combine your favorite challenges and double dip. All you need is one excellent quote…

Hello all, and welcome! As I have alluded to multiple times, I have been running around like an idiot this week, so I will dispense with the chatter other than a huge THANK YOU for your ongoing support! It’s truly humbling and rewarding for me, and I can’t express how valuable it is. 😊 With…

We’ll, I am still in the hospital. I am better than I was but not as good as I will. I am told it is a slow process and I am not a patient person. I have no idea how long I’m going to be here. It is difficult to maintain my blog with my…

Not the citrus fruit – I’m not even going to attempt to grow those here. But the colours that are catching my eye this week. I’m not even sure why I bought red-hot pokers (Kniphofia) other than they are supposed to look good with grasses. I dislike the way they age, going brown at the…

Some of Scotland’s historical highways are well-trodden. The names of William Wallace, Robert Bruce, Mary Queen of Scots, and Bonnie Prince Charlie are known across the globe. The name of Helen Gloag is scarcely known, yet Helen played a unique part in Scotland’s history. The blacksmith’s daughter from Perthshire in Scotland became the fourth wife of Sultan…

Blue Monday

They say money is the root of evil–what is the price to be paid?–the benefit, the cost? We want to leave some kind of legacy–what has roots that will endure?–all that remains is stone Life grows gradually, then suddenly,reaching upward toward light–sunflowers open, smile They say money is the root of evil–What has roots that…