beauty is always changing
bold colour, broad lines
expect the unexpected
a raindrop fills your hands
smiles big as the horizon
and I wonder
why I ever leave
Never the Same #Uganda
Category: nature
Monochrome Beauty #photography #flower
Monochrome Tulip © 2016 Moondust Designs
Many thanks to City Sonnet for the photo challenge for November. Today is a shot in Monochrome
Clear Weather #unexpected
blue skies
ten boys played soccer
taken by surprise
We never know when disaster will strike. My dear friend was hit by lightening several days before and survived. Sadness mingles with gratitude.
No Need for Tech #poetry #nature
it’s certain every morning
what then can one do
plan on early mornings
cock a doodle doo
nature in its cycle
nothing digital
man-made has its limits
the rooster has but few
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our neighbor recently adopted a rooster. no way to stop his early morning song so we might as well join with a yawn…
The Road Before Us #poetry #uganda
Looked over my shoulder to yesterday
time passed in the blink of an eye
the people and memories faded
I never bid them goodbye
I look to the left on this day
all that there is to do
wrap arms around you dear
memory’s time, make a few
I look at the road laid before me
tomorrow’s a wide open land
promise me you will go with me
orange love covers our hands
The unedited photo of Northern Uganda shows a panorama that is rich with children, mamas, papas, grandmothers, grandfathers.
Lonely But Not Alone #haiku #reflection
broken by cold world's storm tears fragile promise fragrant offering called hope
Are you finding yourself alone in this mixed up world of CoVid 19? Worries swirl about your head for yourself, family, the world.
“This is my comfort in my affliction, For your word has given me life.”
~Psalm 119:50
Hang on to the two words Comfort and Affliction that form a parenthesis around the word and very presence of affliction. Trials and afflictions (doubts and pains) may not be nullified, but they are cushioned by the faithful Word of God.
Please take heart today. He is always there.
Inspired by a fellow blogger’s post: a prayer and a flower.
Zebra #poetry #children #school
You look so shy
you are one of a kind
you wear black and white
my kids wear strips
you run and play
and so do they
kids give us smiles
no matter the size
Children are planning to return to school and some are finishing up their lessons for a break. Parents are all too proud of these lives that make ours so full of joy!!!
I drew a zebra for a friend the other day (not this one by my talented parent). Those zebra stripes take all sorts of zigs and zags but they still join up some where in the middle – amazing how that works.
Freedom Cancelled #poetry #alzheimers
rose bud bloom
decided on its own colour
catching random raindrops
she danced each spring
a calla lily
ivory water cup
opens like a scroll
makes my heart sing
dry dusty petals
always winter
a ballerina once
no longer remembering
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a swan song
the seasons changed her dance
robbed of her wings
Outdoors #atozchallenge #children
Our world is outdoors
path between blue skies and grey clouds
we chase the sun
Cat #children #Atozchallenge
This beauty was in the Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda. Glad we had a large vehicle with closed windows. Our host’s son was on his first Safari (well so was I.) What a joy to watch a child as he chases the animals in his imagination.
Here kitty
Kitty…
meow
the king of the jungle
or queen
her breathing is loud
his roar means you are too close
run!!!!!
penned in moon dust 