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In Memory…..
From the 104th Floor A Poem by Leda Rodis When the plane hit the building rocked first to the right then to the left, and outside all the skyscrapers of New York seemed to tremble. The alarms screamed louder than we did, and I knew it was time to get away. It’s funny what you notice: a pen rolling across the floor my screen saver flicker and go off a picture of you and me at Coney Island. So much to leave behind. And yet so little. Running down the hall I remembered my mother taking me to the top of the Empire State Building when I was just a…
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Paths
Isn’t this photograph beautiful? It is a gift from my friend Tracey at These Nine Acres. Unfortunately, my photo doesn’t really do justice to her actual photograph, but it gives you a general idea. I loved it when I saw it….I am a sucker for the forest and paths. I have this photo near my work space…close by so I can gaze at it and wonder where the path leads…what adventures await at the end….does it go on and on? That is the beauty of this image….it can take you anywhere you allow your mind to go. I have found myself questioning some of the paths I have taken in my life…
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Return To Normal
Hurricane Earl was not so much in our area….some wind…..some rain….we were lucky. I came home from work this afternoon and put my garden flag back up…. ….and hung my wind chimes back where they belonged…. ….refilled the bird baths I had emptied and put away last night…. ….rehung the feeders filled with seeds for the birds…. ….took photographs of my morning glories…. ….and some unexpected fall roses…. ….return to normal…. ~ until the next time.
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Now We Wait….
I took this outside my office in Williamsburg around 2:00 today…. ….we were beginning to see some of the first bands of clouds this morning around sunrise. Five o’clock today looking west. Six o’clock looking east……he will be passing by us off shore. Tropical storm warnings….maybe I will sleep through it.
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Gulp!
An update ~ for those of you who don’t check the Weather Channel every hour on the hour after hearing the words “hurricane in the Atlantic moving west” 🙂 …Hurricane Earl is still a powerful Category 4 hurricane headed towards the United States. Everyone keeps saying it is going to turn….the sooner the better please. I’m hopeful…but then ~ Image Credit ~ The Weather Channel This is the worst case scenario….passing right over the Outer Banks. They have issued a hurricane watch for most of the North Carolina coast. Interests in Virginia and north to New England have been advised to monitor Earl. The best case scenario has it at a more…
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I love…….
…..my wind chimes singing to me on a windy day. ….spring mornings. ….sunsets ~ always, any time of the year. ….the first snowfall.
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Catawba Visitors
While visiting my parents earlier this month, I was able to take a few photos of some visitors to the house. I wanted to share them with you today….. Baby blue birds in the house…..my father carefully opened the house so we could see if they had left the nest. We were pleasantly surprised to see the birds still in residence. They kept so very still while we were there ~ except the little guy in front did flinch a bit when I took this photo. Of course, there were hummingbirds….. There were butterflies visiting the butterfly bushes….. ….and our friend the Polyphemus Moth….it was brand new…. This little green guy…..each morning…
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Little Friends
I have been going through the many, many photos I took while visiting my parents in Catawba, South Carolina. Many of those photos were of the hummingbirds that visit their feeders. I’m not talking about one or two birds……there were occasions when there would be as many as 15 to 20 birds competing for the four feeders at the same time. It was hysterical watching them…..they did have a way to make you laugh, especially when they took away the feeders for cleaning and refilling. Some of them were quite brave and would buzz close and take a look at us on the porch watching them….others were quite shy. It is…
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A Touch of Fall
We experienced a touch of Fall today…… I wish she would stay.
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The Things We Do….
I arrived home late this evening. It was planned ~ a long awaited day….I was having my hair done! I was sitting in the chair and I couldn’t help but think “the things we do”……. so of course I had to take a photograph. 🙂 Notice how I positioned the camera just so? Yes, I planned it that way. The end result…..I don’t have to see that woman with the scraggly hair in the mirror tomorrow morning. 😉