Some dreams are so fantastical I wish I could stay sleeping longer while others scare me awake. Below I describe the latter, a dream I recently had, exactly as it unfolded.
Stressful dreams don't happen often. They can be like poems full of symbolism.
Thoughts ebb and flow like the tide, ponderings in the middle of our before and afters.
Life events linger to sometimes seek resolution during sleep.
My visit to Vancouver amid a heavy rainfall gave fresh perspective. A lovely chandelier sparkled cheerily in the foyer of a hotel.
Trees lining the streets were starting to change colour.
The city bustled. People were out and about unfazed by the rainfall.
Purple balls hung in the sky by the Art Gallery in Vancouver.
The art added colour to the gray day.
Strikers displayed their bright signage, too, in hopes of quick resolution. They are in a bit of a waking bad dream, stuck between wanting to work and wanting fairness.
Crescent Beach back home was also starting to look like autumn.
I liked the cooler weather ...
and nature's decorations.
Tomatoes snuggled, touched by tiny droplets of occasional sunlight.
The usual suspects were out and about searching for food.
It looked like slim pickings.
Birds groomed before bedding. Perhaps they would have fantastical dreams of their own of catching fish or chasing eagles.
I, however, prefer dreams of flying carefree and wondrously through billowy skies.
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Wow, that is quite a stressful dream!!
ReplyDeleteI hope you get some sort of resolution with it soon.
Beautiful pics. You are several weeks ahead of us for fall weather. We are still running our air conditioning and some of the trees are just now "thinking" about turning color.
Hello Penelope, your photos are absolutely stunning! And I love your childhood photo on the right hand column of your blog! Precious! A beautiful poem as well! Thank you so much for sharing, and warm greetings to you from a retired lady living in Montreal, Canada.
ReplyDelete...yep, hold on to the light, Maria. Our peace President just declared WAR!
ReplyDeleteCool art.
ReplyDeleteQuite the dream ~ awesome photos ~ especially like the autumn ones ~ hugs and thanks,
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I love the art installation. Beautiful photo of the chandelier!
ReplyDeleteI love all your photos. Life is sometimes very stressful.I hope the issue you are dealing with gets resolved. I also hope the BCGEU can get a fair resolution.
ReplyDeleteThis dream really pulled me in. The images are just stunning.
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ReplyDeleteThe art sure did add color to a gray sky! Love the poem.
ReplyDeleteI love seeing the crows and sea gulls get together for meals. Sometimes pigeons join the block parties.
ReplyDeleteWonderful post, both words and images!
ReplyDeleteI'm with you, when my dream wakes me up before an end kinda makes me unhappy. I like your pictures, fortunately our stay in Vancouver had no rain.
ReplyDeleteI dream all the time. Sometimes I wake up and remember the whole dream. Most of the time I don't remember. There are some dreams of family I've lost that stay with me indefinitely - I talked to them and hugged them.
ReplyDeleteLovely. lovely images, especially all the Autumn color surrounding you AND the purple 'whatever they are' floating about. Thank you for brightening my day!
ReplyDeleteThese photos are fantastic.You have a gift.
ReplyDeleteWhat a frightening dream you have described so clearly. I love how you contrast the suffocation there and your beautiful photos that show a wider, brighter world beyond bad dreams and locked doors - Jae
ReplyDeleteAn intense dream! Love the shot with the happy dogs on the beach.
ReplyDeleteHello :)
ReplyDeleteYour dream was pretty stressful and made me feel stressful too, so powerful were your words. I wish we could interpret our nightmares. I often dream that I don't have a key because I have forgotten it. and wonder what it really means. I love the Hold On To The Light picture.
Have a happy Weekend, and no more bad dreams
All the best
Sonjia.
Hello,
ReplyDeleteI do not always dream if I do I rarely remember the dream.
You do have a gift with words. I love the photo of the dogs on the beach, they look like they are jumping for joy. Great captures of the gulls and crows. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a great weekend.
That is one stressful scary dream...I hardly ever remember my dreams. Lovely photos . The purple balls look like so much fun. I want to get to Van Couver one day!
ReplyDeleteI don’t like scary dreams. I love your photos. So beautiful.
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"The door is startin to close" that's probably where you woke up? An intriguing but scary dream You must have felt quite anxious. Beautiful autumn and bird photos and I love that chandelier Always loved them
ReplyDeleteThat is when I woke up, as I was about to get crushed by the door in my dream world, perhaps feeling smothered by having my head too close to the pillow in the real world.
DeleteBeautiful photos from yur Vancouver visit, neat gulls,
ReplyDeleteOh.. dreams of dread are the worst.. those that wake you with a start and make it impossible to go back to sleep.
ReplyDeleteLovely photos.
Beautiful photos and lovely poem. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI love your Zola Peace on Earth, it is exquisite! Your dreams are troubling. I have been having them lately. One I remember, a playground full of children and there is this feeling of dread. It reminded me of a dream I had as a child. Your images make me smile again, in particular the ones of the usual suspects, the dogs and the changing leaves. I may have missed a few but I loved them all. Thanks for those smiles Maria :)
ReplyDeleteStressful dreams are certainly unsettling, a bit like a waking bad dream sometimes, aren't they, full of symbolism seeking resolution. Vancouver in the rain sounds beautiful though, the bright art and the sparkling chandelier must have added such a cheerful contrast to the gray day. The purple balls by the Art Gallery and the striking autumn colors back at Crescent Beach make for lovely images. I hope your next dream is indeed of flying carefree through billowy skies.
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