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DAY DREAMING ABOUT YOU

   

   

DAY DREAMING ABOUT YOU

For The Three Muses: Mail Art.

   

AUGUST 02017 - snapshot poem

   

   

 

          August 02017

 

Here, drought. Forests burn.

There, neighborhoods and houses

flood. Wildlife and humans flee their

homes, lost, breathing smoke and ash,

struggling through high water. Fighters hold

the line, weave rescue boats through swollen

streets, sometimes die beneath flaming trees or

cold water. Fire jumps rivers and roads. Rain tops

levees. A child is peeled from her dead mother’s arms.

 

We lie together, seeking solace, seeking safety. I rest

my hand on your heart. It still beats. You hold my

head against your chest. We sleep. We wake.

We turn toward each other, away from this

burning, flooding world. In this way,

in this place, far from floods, miles

from fire, we breathe smoke, ash,

each other, peace. In this way,

we pray.

      

AGED TO PERFECTION

   

   

NOT TOO LATE

   

   

   

ALAN & BALLOON

   

   

ALAN & BALLOON

For an AnnaColor challenge at Oscraps. The photo is by Cameron Dow Parker, everything else is from Anna Aspnes.

      

HERE & THERE

   

   

HERE & THERE

I have been gifted by one of life’s surprises. A friendship of nearly a half century caught fire in June. Suddenly everything feels different, is different.

This month I traveled to Billings to be with Alan for a week. As forests burned around us, we nurtured our own.

The largest photo was taken at my house; the others were taken during my visit to him. Travel has been a rare occurance for me since becoming ill, but I anticipate more of it in my future. Adventure on every level!

   

   

THEN & NOW

   

   

Rain Came Down

   

   

I made this last week, while Montana was burning, and Texas was not drowning. 

   

   

FAIRY GODMOTHER SCHOOL

   

   

FAIRY GODMOTHER SCHOOL

For Digital Whisper: fairy. Elements from Graphics Fairy, The Urban Fairy, Beth Rimmer, Marta van Eck, and SherriJD.

   

   

BE WILD

   

   

BE WILD

For a challenge at The Lilypad. Made with the August Mixed Media Monthly kits at The Lilypad. Elements from Little Butterfly Wings and Paula Kesselring. The eagle in the tree photo is by Alan Parker, altered by me.