25 August
strong
first born
beautiful
smart
courageous
loving
loyal
funny
kind
believer in fairies
hearer of mermaids
tree nymph
Shining through the branches of a big old pine tree
When Joe comes home from working nights he flops his cap down on the kitchen table. It is an Irish sculls cap and when he wears it with his mask at work they say he looks like a Southie (Irish part of Boston) bank robber. I just like the way it looks on my kitchen table and I’m glad he’s not a bank robber. My sister had to get some scans in Boston and spent the week at my mums. I had them up for dinner one night. This isn’t the greatest picture of her...I think I caught her in mid-chew. Sunday I met with both of my daughters and my grandchildren. We were the only ones in the pizza place and felt comfortable taking our masks off while we ate. It was the first time we’ve all been together in such a very long time. It brought me to tears. I rise before the sun most mornings and see it coming up over the neighboring houses like ribbons of orange and indigo light. One morning this week I happened to glance up and see the crescent moon setting behind the big, old pine while the sky was
children in my school like climbing up trees.
ReplyDeleteA lovely daughter, a lovely post and a lovely share, thanks for linking up at Our Beautiful World!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photo and words ... Thanks so much for sharing with us at Our Beautiful World!
ReplyDeletei hope you let her read this....smiles.
ReplyDeleteLove your post!! I could change the picture for my daughter and keep your words to describe mine too! Aren't we blessed!
ReplyDeletewow, this is really poignant! What a wonderful photo and the words are just lovely. I hope she reads your post.
ReplyDeleteTotally awesome.
ReplyDeleteAwesome the picture says it all!!! thanks for sharing it with us at our beautiful world!
ReplyDeletePerfect photograph for this week's prompt. Love it.
ReplyDeleteWOW, what a beautiful perch!. Gorgeous tree, I could spend up there for hours :). Thank you for sharing with us @ Our Beautiful World this week :).
ReplyDeleteI have one child... A daughter... Yours is beautiful
ReplyDeletea completely wonderful post and i think you've put a lovely perspective on the word "strong".
ReplyDeletei too have a daughter. my only child and i understand your sentiments so well.
i hope that your week is going well.
:-)
libbyQ
Such a gorgeous shot... so peaceful and strong at the same time. thank you for sharing with all of us at Our Beautiful World! xo hugs and Happy Thursday to you!
ReplyDeleteWOW, love this picture and the words are perfect for it!!!
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