Sorrow is a reaction. Sorrow is a mental response to something manifesting as a cause which results in an effect from what is accepted to be an observer. Conditioning concerning the manifestation of an “observer” results in a response allegedly from (and supposedly “by”) that observer. Intelligence, however, perceives that the observer is not separate […]

Sorrow is a Conditioned Reaction…

Well, it has been a busy day, with Pilates, packing and pottering down memory lane. The day began with tea and toast, followed by packing up the dolls’ house (which I have never featured on the blog for some reason – will need to wait for a while now for that as we are moving) […]

Words on Wednesday

“Experience is the hardest kind of teacher; it gives you the test first and the lesson afterward.” – Oscar Wilde Summer is winding down in the Northern Hemisphere. I can feel all the tell-tale signs, the nights that are chilly before we go to bed, and have that cool calm when I get up at […]

The Gift of Hard Things

My favorite sandwich, ever since I was a little girl, is the Austrian/German Tomaten-Brot a piece of bread with slices of homegrown tomatoes, garnished with chives and/or diced onions. Such a simple meal, but so delicious. Back at home, we buttered the bread, this way the tomatoes couldn’t soak the bread, later on when I […]

Tomato Sandwich – An International Favorite

Purple beauty phlox

At least it looked like that to me 😊

MALLARD ON A MISSION

Despite the fact that where I live has a lot of Corvids, I don’t have a lot of photos of them. The crows are very annoying as they walk over my roof and sit on my neighbour’s roof at dawn making their raucous noise. Recently Jackdaws have appeared and there is often a Magpie or […]

Nature Photo Challenge | Corvids

Badge by Shelley Krupa.. Its Saturday and time for Linda G Hill‘s Stream of Consciousness Saturday. The email prompt arrived yesterday and said: “Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “tune.” Use it any way you’d like. Enjoy!“ This week we are dancing to a different tune, yes indeed. We are looking after […]

The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS Aug. 26, 2023