one little boy... mesmerized by the bigness of the sea. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ one man on the bridge... and the witness tree ....Civil War battlefield at Antietam Creek How do others see solitary? ... at WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge
Author: Brooke McGillivray
Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Everyday Life
Fuel Stop - on the way from point A to point B... the painter son..... the toothless one.... I can never pick just one picture!!! Check out how others see Everyday Life at WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge
A Perspective on Coming and Going
Grandsons in the morning before school.... "but I don't want you to go" "I'm sorry buddy, but I have to go to school" "but why" "because I have to learn" "about your letters and the alphabet?" "yeah" ...meanwhile... an hour away on the other side of town.... another grandson leaves for his very first day of Kindergarten... …
Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Near and Far
From the Oregon coast, a few years back.... to a Kentucky house in the pines..... from a steady shoulder to skydivers .... from clouds to earth.... To view how others see "Near and Far", check out the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge.
Five Minute Friday ~ Graceful
To my younger self - graceful was how one walked across the room and spoke with assurance... neither of which I did well. Graceful was the high school dance team I desperately wanted to belong to, but never made the cut. Graceful was my aunt, standing on the tarmac in her broad-brimmed hat, looking like Grace …
The best thing I learned this summer
As my husband might say, “I have a case of the fall-a-parts”. Things have been breaking loose, you know... a summer of being undone. The last couple months have been full of things I've never experienced before... - cancelled a very important trip for an emergency tooth extraction - lost all my credit cards and didn't …
Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Merge
Interesting how it goes with vehicles..... We recently paid off our truck. A couple days ago we paid off my car. Finally a bit of breathing room in the budget. But I had this nagging feeling... So the weekend starts with the merge of my husband's car onto the tow-truck. I knew it was too good to …
Showing Up… for 43 years
Forty-three years ago today, I put on the dress my mother made and went to church. I hoped you would be there. Well, actually, I knew you would be... it was just a matter of when. Because of, you know... that little time management thingy you've got going on 🙂 But you were not only there... you …
Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Growth
Last winter three adult deer visited the yard regularly. There's plenty to eat around here, so that was no surprise. They were very fond of the apples on the ground. Then they went away for a while. So where do deer go when they're not here? Where do they sleep? Where do they find good food and fresh water? A few days ago …
Using my Laser Vision
For a couple weeks now, a picture has been floating in my head… this little boy, red boots, red jacket, green hat… standing on the edge of a frozen highway… alone. It’s one of those life snapshots I’ll never forget. The picture, the sounds, the circumstances are as real to me this moment as they …
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