Midday sun is warm on my face and the wind whips high around the tops of the trees that line our garden spilling rust and gold colored autumn leaves down to the earth. The garden is getting ready to sleep. The autumn flowers are showcasing their last sprays of color in rich abundance and the … Continue reading Autumn…
It's pitch black out tonight and we are late getting home. There are no street lights out here to light the way. The darkness cloaks the landscape like a blanket.We come up over the rise and the light beam from the headlights cuts through the night. The shadows rush away as light fills the space … Continue reading This little light …
Its the end of March already. What a start to the year it's been. I had such hopes for 2019, such excitement. But then that gut feeling hit, knocking the wind from my lungs. A call from my father confirmed it - Leukaemia. Acute Myeloid Leukaemia to be exact. These words burn my ears and … Continue reading Best laid plans ..
First days of spring were finally here after a long winter both literally and metaphorically speaking...and this particular morning was brutal. Depression can trigger unbeckoned. Like a tsunami, it rips through the sunlight without warning turning the tide on the hope that the day had started with. Sometimes amidst the onslaught, I fall. I forget … Continue reading Green thumb
Traveling down the freeway in the hopes of making it to our destination before the menacing sky unleashes its fury. All I can see is thick black as charcoal clouds and the effects of the wind building up around me. The car shudders as another gust hits us. Rain falls so heavy I can no … Continue reading Clear skies …
Night shift 