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January …UGH

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These photos pretty much sums up the continuation of last year’s obsessions with birds and puddles. Ugh, you’re stuck with it. Until I can move past and find more inspiration, I suppose I will continue to find something inspiring in these rather sulky January moments. I like regarding nature after a tumultuous storm, or days of rain and then that cloudy quiet when you can go back outside and regard the damp, sullen leaves, puddles, and the stark trees reflected in the pools. And of course my little kid comes out of me and I must dance in the puddles! But yeah, you’ve already heard this, and if you’ve seen one puddle you’ve seen them all, so I just want to share some more with you.

The only cool thing is I finally caught a barred owl in the trees! So I was super happy and went trudging through the mud trying to get a glimpse of him. He was enjoying a delicious meal of mouse.

He’s hard to see, but you can definitely feel the January in these photos. I can’t promise there won’t be any more puddles and birds, so just bear with. Maybe the next photos there will be plenty of sunshine and buds emerging from this sullen, sodden winter.

Last Puddles of 2024

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I would like to say I didn’t choose puddles, the puddles chose me. And their reflections that you see, normally I wouldn’t really notice much walking by, but for some reason in the evening they reflect the trees and the sky in a forlorn way. Almost like they are looking at me, through me. Saying goodbye, but for now. We’ll be back. I don’t know, but the ones this evening really do reflect a gloomy presence.

Goodbye 2024. I hope that 2025 is going to be good for everyone.

Puddles in Twilight

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Just my usual wanderings around with my camera! There were some very strong storms today that lasted a few hours, and around evening time the skies began to clear and I felt myself stirring. I was in my usual gloom and doom mood, so I got myself out on a walk which usually helps. And I saw a crane! (of course he was moving too fast for me to capture it) and I forgot, this is the crane life! I was supposed to embody the crane this year. Crane Power! Perhaps I did, but was expecting results, like something great to happen. But I guess in small bursts.  I think something did change though. But it’s usually the kinds of changes that one cannot describe. Maybe they are reflected in these puddles.

Good Morning, coffee

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Floating in the clouds, this coffee is. To wake you up slowly on a chilly Saturday morn.

As I sat silently watching the sun rise, I noticed just how precious and fleeting life is. I wondered why I worry about anything. In a few months, in a year from now, all the things that bothered me will have been washed away in memories. And I’ll laugh or smile and see I was just growing a little bit more each day. To reach the Pinnacle of wisdom that usually transpires when you grow.

Evening Coffee

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Tiny doodle drawings in your journal.

Sipping coffee in the evening, what will happen? A panic attack in the middle of the night? Sounds like it!

I drink coffee at night a lot since I work one night shift a week. It’s a weird middle of the week night shift that my body has grown accustomed to. It’s a night where panic ensues, constantly, a race against time. And as I get older I hear more of my bones creaking and moaning more as I race against the clock. I slipped on a blueberry last year and my knee has never been the same. I fear the doctor to tell me it’s nerve or permanent damage…I can’t be having a bum knee. Nope. Not as fast as I move. Has it slowed me down? No, but it still hurts.

I love this song quote by Waxahachie, ” I awkwardly move at the speed of light” and that is so me when I’m working. And in any social situations, every situation…what am I saying. I may run away faster than you can say Hello.

“You say Hello and I say Goodbye” woops! it’s the other way around in that Beatles song.

Here is a dumb doodle comic I’m working on. I think I can do more with half head. Like make doodles where they are trying real hard to get out there. This is one of them. I love this because it’s a bit me. If there is someone I admire or want in my life, no matter how hard it is for me to speak up, I’ll make the effort however way I can..usually it’s with gifts, doodles, and just awkwardly trying to speak and think of things that they would like when I see them…yep.

Half head comic