Small Victories

Challenges are relative, aren't they? What can seem like small success to one can be a huge achievement to another. After being set free from my cast, I found a weak wrist that reacted painfully even to the touch of water. Bed sheets were a monumental lift. The Poets and Storytellers prompt "small victories" is my chance (perhaps in a silly way) to express what success meant to me. My wrist isn't normal yet but better with time and exercise, as is my ankle, so I'm glad to type, untangle bedding more easily, walk and discover the wonders that lie at my feet along Crescent Beach Park shores.

    

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HOLD ONTO THE LIGHT

Uphill Battles & Heavy Rain

"Grow through what you go through." - Unknown

Life has many uphill battles.

A struggle makes you stronger they say. Nothing should come too easily.

Given the slightest chance, however, life spontaneously knows how to bloom with ease. Above was a gift found at our door created by neighbourhood children I assumed as an Easter project. The sweet pea seeded in an eggshell container had no trouble growing.

Sweet peas were my Ukrainian mother's favourite flowers, not only for their delicate scent and multi-colours but because their blooms replenished themselves. (When a flower is snipped a new bud can come along quite miraculously to take its place.)

One home at Crescent Beach planted a flag to support Ukraine's mammoth struggle.

Another nearby home was wrapped like a huge gift box in celebration of Easter.

I saw a stark tree, sprouts perhaps undercover before yawning and stretching awake.

Just when I thought spring had most definitely arrived everything changed.

A hailstorm's sudden burst of icy tears flew like a random toss of stinging pebbles.

Spring came back just as quickly, though, to find most flowers survived the bruising.

Read one of my past posts about Easter HERE. Explore more at SKYWATCH FRIDAY.

Still the kid I used to be

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Re-Imaging

“The bird who dares to fall is the bird who learns to fly.” - Anonymous

   

There's a lot of chirping going on lately. Every bird seems to have something to say. The zeal in their songs amid the flurried whisk of their feathers inspire us to imagine a reality where we, too, can fly. Do slugs or bears long to escape to the skies? This is a human trait. We are the species of creative thinkers; our aspirations are high.   

     

Each mind is a treasure box where we pick and choose from our thoughts. Knowing that life on the surface is not the full story or indicative of our full potential, we expand the possibilities through the marvels of math, art, science and more.

I recently walked about re-imagining the tones, textures and portals that can be hidden from the human eye. Although all scenes originate from my camera, a few show how I envisioned them during this Easter season of transformation. 

Above, I saw a wild tangle of torn trees. The rock (below) appeared like a skull at the side of the road in the early morning dark. 

Crescent Beach was mostly empty in the morning mist. Even the gulls seemed asleep. 

A rabbit camouflaged extremely well. 

Another rabbit was a doorstop. 

A daring little girl (below) did a marvelous balancing act. 

A home with heart displayed holiday decorations.

The door was very welcoming, indeed, although few people knock during Covid. 

Dreamy hues seeped into daylight at Kwomais Park. Willow branches, barely green, were just beginning the way imaginations do when re-awakened by spring. 

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Still the kid I used to be

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From Rabbits To Snakes To Mind-Blowing Conclusions On Earth Day

EASTER came and went in a blink of an eye. That page has been turned and now it's Earth Day again.

We had a nice visit with our daughter over the holidays. It seems like it was just yesterday when she was a child. We leafed through the past and in an old album found a picture of her holding a rabbit (left). It reminded me of the Penelope art (lower right) she painted for me when she was small.

I've spent hours recreating this imaginary character who plays in an environment friendly to all. The pastime is relaxing and the scenes idyllic in contrast to the new report about our intensifying climate and its mind-blowing conclusions about Canada heating up twice as fast as the rest of the world, not due to borders but rather geography and melting of ice.

Fact, fantasy and denial converge as Earth evolves to its own natural conclusions. Meanwhile, harmful carbon dioxide caused by human activity definitely can be reduced and extend our stay here.

Like the reptile (below) snugly wrapped around a boy's arm, the world is tied up in knots over climate change. With their futures most at stake, youth are working to preserve life in a myriad of ways. Locally, a boy and his sidekick, Charlie the snake, raised funds for the Urban Safari Rescue Society.

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Still the kid I used to be

Visit Postcards From Penelope Puddle and Penelope Puddlisms: BC Life Is A Whale Of A Ride to view more West Coast scenes.

Because the state of our planet is the most pressing issue of our time, link up and learn about the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report.