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Tag Archives: colour
Rhododendron Series (Part Two)
“We know that in September, we will wander through the warm winds of summer’s wreckage. We will welcome summer’s ghost.” – Henry Rollins Their voices are rusty but true after two years of silence, the yearly Strawberry Summer Party (formerly … Continue reading
Posted in blog, journaling, life, photography
Tagged beauty, celebration, colour, enchantment, fragrance, garden, green, holiday, languor, magical, rhododendrons, stanley park, Summer, Vancouver, wander
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Rhododendron Series (Part One)
“May, and after a rainy spring we walk streets gallant with rhododendrons.” – Alicia Suskin Ostriker As of this writing, many countries have lost their traditional seasons (spring/summer) due to war, climate change destruction (fire and floods) and changing weather … Continue reading
Posted in blog, photography
Tagged beauty, climate change, colour, enchantment, forest, fragrance, gift, green, life, rain, reflection, rhododendrons, Spring, stanley park, streets, Vancouver
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Bench Series (Autumn)
“Benches and books have things in common beyond the fact that they’re generally to do with sitting. Both are forms of public privacy, intimate spaces widely shared.” – Mal Peet During the last two years, my partner and I have … Continue reading
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Tagged Autumn, beauty, benches, colour, forest, humour, leaves, meditation, peace, photo series, share, stone, tranquility, vistas, wandering
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But first, spring
“It is so small a thing to have enjoyed the sun, to have lived light in the spring, to have loved, to have thought, to have done.” – Matthew Arnold Tiny, barely there snowflakes lazily fell from the blurry grey … Continue reading
Magic Realism
“ Summer is for surrendering; winter is for wondering.” – Debasish Mridha Early summer has brought changing skies, muggy air and the rumble of thunder. Looking in four directions yields a bank of dark clouds, stunning blue sky, a butter-like … Continue reading
Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, travel
Tagged bees, cancer free, climate change, colour, heatwave, journey, magic realism, nature, ocean, picnic, Stash tea, Summer, thoughts, wonder, world
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Passages
Those who have left before us are unable to look back, in their wake they leave one trailing hand a phantom touch suspended at the edge of time. We cannot follow, only read the language of their passage – finding … Continue reading
Orphans, Exiles and Disowned Rebels
There are signs of them everywhere showing up in the wild looking pair of beautiful metal wings set up on the shoreline in fae colours of dark moss green and the deepest lake of blue inviting us to step inside … Continue reading
Posted in poetry
Tagged colour, disowned rebels, Doc Marten boots, exiles, fairies, fences, life, nature, orphans, poetry, warriors, wings
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Mexico Dreaming
“if you keep a green bough in your heart, then the singing bird will come” – chinese proverb December and now January have been very rainy, dark with only the odd day of sunshine. After the busy days of December, … Continue reading
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