Category: Photography

Welcome December!

Welcome December!

I can’t believe the last month of the year is here! 2025 could be described as ‘hurry’. Too much to do and so little time, the months started and ended with such haste.

We had our first snowfall of the season over the weekend. It’s pretty out there, all white, and the stillness that comes with it urges me to slow down and ponder what it is worth to me right now. To keep up with the hurry and let this month go by as quickly as the others, or to slow down and enjoy each moment?

Twinkle lights, a hot drink, books, blogging, writing … all the goodness winter has to offer. Yes, it’s time to go inwards and take care of myself.

Happy winter to you!

“Winter knows to hush, still, listen, so the soul can speak” Angie Wayland-Crosby

Photo walk

Sunday morning, the sun is still waking up, the shadows are long and the air is crisp.

Yellow flowers on my way, they are taking over the walking path.

Cargo-ships are in hurry to reach their destination before the river freezes and their season ends.

Of course, more yellow flowers!

This photo reminds me of impermanence, changes, and letting go.

Beautiful leaves, they are Autumn’s flowers.

Hope you enjoyed walking with me! Have a great week!

Tanka Tuesday :: uncommon fall words

welcome autumn joy
a muffin, pumpkin spice latte
kouyou everywhere
an dulcet invitation
guiding me to a fika

kouyou – Leaves changing color dulcet– Sweet, sugary
fika – A concept in Swedish culture with the basic meaning of making time with friends for coffee and a little something to eat; “a coffee and cake break.”

Tanka Tuesday

W3: The kite

It’s Sunday, so why we don’t have a little fun! 

looking up to the sky

the kids are on standby

the smiles are fading away

the bets are at the bay

the kite echoes bye-bye

Joining W3 prompt below, I’ve chosen a Limerick form ‘AABBA’ for my little poem.

This week, we’re playing with contrast:

Write a poem where form and content are at odds.

  • Use a light or playful form (for example, a limerick, clerihew, double dactyl, skeltonic, or nursery-rhyme rhythm).
    • Or simply write in any style that sounds upbeat through its meter, rhyme, sing-song cadence, or playful repetition.
  • Then employ that cheerful sound to convey weighty subject matter — loss, mortality, injustice, or other serious themes.

The tension between the bright form and dark content should create an unsettling or thought-provoking effect.

Extra twist (optional): Work the word echo into your poem.

Fall colours

Fall colours are popping up around here, starting with the golden sunlight in the early morning and late afternoon. I saw these sunflowers at the grocery store last week. They have the most exquisite colours, and I couldn’t resist; I brought them home. 

Pumpkin spice is my fave taste this time of the year, everything, from lattes to candles. Cinnamon, apple pies… delicious, and delicious. 

And of course, cozy up with a great story. I got these three books for September. Strong women’s characters are always my to go when choosing a book.

Little things here and there, trying to focus on the positive.

“There is a harmony in autumn, and a lustre in its sky, which through the summer is not heard or seen, as if it could not be, as if it had not been!” 

Percy Bysshe Shelley 

Justing

Spotted this weekend in a river nearby
flow
with joy
time will tell
the right moment
not a second more
and not a second less
listen, your intuition
sailing in turbulent waters
let go of the grip, breathe in and out
sparkling water will show the direction

Joining the W3 prompt this week with an Etheree poem.

II. Violet’s prompt guidelines

Choose a word from The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows and make it the title of your poem. Your poem should either use the word directly or capture the essence of its meaning. Include a direct link to the word’s page so readers can explore its definition and origin. Write in any poetic form you wish.

I’ve chosen JUSTING, check the meaning here.

Light

I’m always searching for light, both in the true sense of brightness and the lightness in my thoughts, my being.

Spring is coming, at least trying, the fight with winter seems never-ending. Slowly it gets there, the signs are everywhere; from the grocery store, loaded with tulips and fresh produce, to my garden where the signs are still subtle but promising.

Tulips
Lilac

The Earth is smiling and starting to dress up in all colours.

However, darkness lurks in the corner, waiting for an opportunity to take us down. Be wise and keep a source of light at all times.

Image credit: Marko Blazevic @unsplash

Sharing with Sadje’s What do you see

hello!

I haven’t posted here for so long, always leaving it for next week and next week, and now it has been months since I last showed up in this space.

Spring has arrived, but not completely; it is still fighting the winter. We had some snowflakes this weekend.

Catching up on a few things I have done recently:

Long walks outdoors. The river was frozen for so long, and I love to hear the song of the water underneath the ice.

Tulips. I can’t resist and end up buying lots of them. I’m practicing my photography skills using them as a model.

Reading and writing, as always!

Baking delicious and healthy meals. And of course, drinking lots of coffee and tea.

Plants are never enough! On the left my new indoor baby, turtle string, the tiny leaves are so cute. And on the right, tulips are starting to pop up in my garden.

Hope you had a wonderful winter and are enjoying the new season.