*Play music while you read.* Beep. Beep. From around the corner while cleaning out a kitty litter pan, I heard beeps. Instinctively knowing what was happening, I dropped what I was doing and rushed to the kitchen. Sure enough my husband had not only stopped the food timer I had running but he set it … Continue reading Disjointed Realities
Could it possibly be a bird I’ve wanted to see? Oh no don’t fly away! Please let me see move for me, turn your head so I can see a Ruby-crowned Kinglet! YES!! ~~~~ The moment “Ruby-crowned Kinglet” is mentioned to any photographer or birder, the face is transformed … Continue reading Treasure Hunt
Below is a YouTube music video for your listening pleasure as you read and view this post. Click on it first before you begin. It is specifically for stress. Pictures are best viewed directly from my blog, not reader. ~~~~~~ Meandering about with my feet barely touching the ground, I met more birders and photographers that day then I … Continue reading Introducing …
Friends, do not hook into the deliberate lies, propaganda, and fear tactics that the media is pounding at us. Stop reading, stop listening, just STOP! This is NOT my reality and as I have said so many times in previous years, I will not bend my knee to fear. Start getting involved in those things … Continue reading My Reality
Well, I was out and about in my fav park despite it being Sunday and a lot of people there as well. I tried to avoid as many as I could to hunt those birds I was there to hunt with my lens. My hands were not as fast nor as steady as they were … Continue reading Lock And Load
Life is a classroom. This is where we learn lessons that are presented to us within our lives. If we do not learn them the first time around, which is the case for most of us, they will be presented again sometime in our future. Presently it seems I’m working on self-respect more then … Continue reading Maturing Self-Respect
Santa was very very good to me this year. I have for the first time a professional Canon speedlite. I opened the manual to peruse the contents and my eyes crossed. Hubby laughed at me as I struggled to comprehend the basics and how to attach this light to my camera. He told me he … Continue reading Lite Memories
Years I complained. Years worth. How I dreaded each Autumn when the leaves would fall so that once again I could see the “junk” that has again collected right next to our property line. This year however, I stopped resisting, accepting what is for what is. The view from my kitchen window went from a … Continue reading Sunday Stillness
To know what love is what love isn’t has to be experienced first and then and only then real love becomes known to the heart. ~~~~ I get super nervous photographing people as I feel it is an invasion of privacy. If I do take human pictures it mostly is from the back or in … Continue reading To Know
A young boy, no more then ten, stood before me with words that had alarm bells clanging in my head. He said, “I always expect the worse. What if the apocalypse happens and I am not ready for it?” I stood rooted to the spot, appalled. In my mind I screamed, NO NO NO! Gently … Continue reading Make Your Own World
A portion of the Love Dance I witnessed ‘tween two Flickers ~~~~~~ Walking in the pouring rain yesterday paid off as I witnessed a Love Dance between two Flickers. I followed their mating calls through the forest, hoping hoping hoping I would see them. For some reason, these birds do not easily stand out and … Continue reading Love Is In The Air
That morning, I put a stone in my jean’s pocket after getting dressed. Carefully I made sure that stone was way down at the bottom of my pocket for safe keeping. I had finally made another hair appointment after canceling my original one. I made sure all our cats were stable and that Hubby had … Continue reading What Will Be
The Road of Salvation … [a lifting of/reversal of incongruities in regards to Love/Peace] … leads to the Path of Forgiveness … [cease blaming/feeling guilty for past mistakes; a letting go] … which will then and only then lead to the Bliss of Peace. ~~~~ Wisdom Procured … It is not possible to … Continue reading The Road Of Salvation
Mother, your frozen tears as they appear mourning the loss of such a Loved One this side of the Veil, mirror mine in blustery gale ~~~~ Barely I stand yet with You I can rescue myself from off the floor to once again stand tall despite the truth unprecedented hardships did fall ~~~~~~~ … Continue reading Ode To Mother
I was on red alert for weeks. I knew something was wrong. I just didn’t know what. I became super vigilant as I observed, wracking my brains as I did so in an attempt to figure things out so I could help him. He was comfort purring. He was craving heat, laying by the heat … Continue reading Mr. Security
Not too long ago, I walked away from my cellphone. Hubby converted our wireless in our home to hardwire ethernet and I could no longer use my cellphone except via DATA. Research shows the health risks of using wireless and cellphones outweigh their convenience. So now, I use my cellphone only for texting purposes (few … Continue reading Functionalism Versus Gentleness
Dear Friends, what can I say to convince you that good food, good lifestyle, exercise, and living from an Attitude of Love all will put a glow on your face and a spring in your step? Â Some may call posting a picture of myself vain, yet hear me out. Â Some of you know what my … Continue reading From Me To You
Heaven On Earth 