Birdwatching for me is a meditative practice. It involves immersing myself in nature and finding a quiet place from which I can observe. I begin with a prayer of acknowledgment and gratitude. I ready my camera and then I listen. Each bird has its own song and variations. It helps me determine where I want […]
She was quite eccentric, and visibly older than most of the students attending our program. I’d had five years between first and second year, so I guess she was drawn to my maturity. We both wanted to be teachers. After graduation, she went on to her Bachelor of Education, and I gave birth to my […]
(Featured image: Chickadee. For Bird Weekly challenge: at the feeder.)
Hopefully the wondrous dusk was worth the challenge of the mosquitoes
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Almost always is!
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I love the poem and the image.
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Thanks Cindy!
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🙂
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I love the quiet of late evenings, the last rays of sunlight! Really do not like the mosquitoes at all! Enjoyed your poem!
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Thank you!
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Love the image you created of the sunset scene. ❤ I know it's hard being a photographer when the bugs are out. I got attacked by black flies in my last photo adventure a few days ago.
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That’s brutal. We don’t have black flies, but I did get bitten by a deer fly – and of course, several mosquito bites. Not enough to stop me.
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Deer flies are horrible. 😦
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Ever the wish. i am really taken with that image.
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Thanks, Paul. It was one I had tucked away and forgotten about.
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Great to see it.
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Smiling. My summers are spent purchasing repellent.
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Just bought more today, lol.
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