I travel across Spain from south to north about once a month. That’s over 800 kilometers, and I go by car. I could travel by plane or train, which is faster, but unfortunately it’s not practical and here’s why. My husband and I stay at my mother’s cottage, in a tiny village which has 200Continue reading “Why I love long car journeys #Mondayblogs”
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#WordlessWednesday ‘When in Rome, or maybe Munich…’
Photos from Munich
#ThursdayPhotoThoughts ‘Invincible’ #March2021 @Pixabay #Haiku #ThursdayMotivation
Today I needed a WAM Morning, that is my Water And Music therapy. Step 1: I get up and jump into the shower while my favourite motivating song/s of the moment are playing, loud enough to block out my terrible singing! The songs vary depending on my mood. Today it was The Champion sung byContinue reading “#ThursdayPhotoThoughts ‘Invincible’ #March2021 @Pixabay #Haiku #ThursdayMotivation”
#ThursdayPhotoThoughts ‘The Sun Will Rise’ #March2021 @Pixabay #Haiku #ThursdayMotivation
Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise. Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, 1862. After darkest night Sun will rise on horizon Bringing light and warmth **** We cannot avoid dark nights, there will be one every day, as surely as the sun will rise. As the sun sets, the night gradually darkens untilContinue reading “#ThursdayPhotoThoughts ‘The Sun Will Rise’ #March2021 @Pixabay #Haiku #ThursdayMotivation”
#WordlessWednesday ‘Shades of Pink’ #tanka
Pink leaves on street trees, Cherry Blossom, mimosa, Chewing gum, lip gloss, Cotton candy, strawberries, Sweet scents, Spring in shades of pink.
#ThursdayPhotoThoughts ‘Butterfly Effect’ #March2021 @Pixabay
Don’t worry, I’m not going to introduce you to Edward Lorenz’s hypothesis, presented at the New York Academy of Science, in which he states that the flutter of a butterfly’s wings could set in motion a movement of air which could eventually lead to a hurricane on the other side of our planet. There areContinue reading “#ThursdayPhotoThoughts ‘Butterfly Effect’ #March2021 @Pixabay”
#SereneSaturday #Haiku ‘Branches’
#ThursdayPhotoThoughts ‘Still Winter, Soon Spring, Welcome March!’ #March2021 @Pixabay #Tanka
Still winter, soon spring, Birds build nests, trees start to bloom, Stormy, windy March, Go you! Leave winter behind, New year, new life, rebirth, hope. **** I discovered this fabulous webpage full of wonderful poems to March by nineteenth and twentieth-century poets which you might like to read, while you listen to birds chirping! I’ve noticedContinue reading “#ThursdayPhotoThoughts ‘Still Winter, Soon Spring, Welcome March!’ #March2021 @Pixabay #Tanka”
#WordlessWednesday ‘Shades of Green’ #haiku
Father and son chat Nothing’s ever black or white Life in shades of green
#ThursdayPhotoThoughts ‘Decluttering Clothes’ #February2021 @Pixabay #ThursdayThoughts
I definitely have too many clothes in my wardrobe. Some no longer fit, some are no longer fashionable, others are worn out, some I don’t like any more, but even so, I have a hard time getting rid of them. Am I a hoarder? Perhaps, although I don’t think so… About twice a year IContinue reading “#ThursdayPhotoThoughts ‘Decluttering Clothes’ #February2021 @Pixabay #ThursdayThoughts”
