life presents choices
chances
an assortment of paths
kiss this one
or that one
with our eyes
hands
or lips
wander this way or that way
will these paths intersect
or
wander so far beyond
that we'll never look back
an assortment of paths
kiss this one
or that one
with our eyes
hands
or lips
wander this way or that way
will these paths intersect
or
wander so far beyond
that we'll never look back
there is this flower that flower
this trail or that
this rock or that rock
shinny and wet
whether we choose book bindingwild dancing
cook a la passionate
writer of tales
this or that
such a wild wonderful
moment
in the midst of a choice
the ability to decide
this way or that
look deeply
and sweetly
innocently
just perhaps
each moment
presents such a occasion
See others writings at OSI for this weeks prompt: Intersections
Happy Birthday Charlie!
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Loves the dandelion photo. When my daughter was little, we used to blow at them.
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Have you heard of the book, we were warriors by Alan Duf? a NZ book? I read it a couple of years ago. Last night I watch it as a TV, I think it is very controversial. Extreme stereotypes.
Wonderful song about life! Gorgeous pictures too.
ReplyDeleteInteresting, I just posted a moment ago on my blog a similar subject. Coincidence? Love your pics and poetry. :) Janine
ReplyDeleteThis way or that? A question that opens up the mystery that makes life a wonder and a joy.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous, inspiring words, to say nothing of those photographs. I swoon every time I see those pebbles!
ReplyDeleteYour photos are amazing yet again. I am also intrigued by the concept of wandering without knowing whether we will wander so far beyond that we'll never look back. I have to think on that for a while.
ReplyDeletePS did you notice your sky photo has a cloud shaped like a beautiful fat heart?
Love it all! Especially the last pic! I love blowing at those so the white thingies fly xD
ReplyDeleteI also see the heart which Clytie spoke of seeing in the cloude.
ReplyDeleteLife is sure made of plenty of choices and the photos here are beautiful.
Hi Ann,
ReplyDeleteSo glad you love the dandy photo. They are one of my favorite little plants! I have not heard of this book, some day I will take a look. Thanks.
Spacedlaw,
many thanks!
Janine,
Fun how we have a common thread today.
Sandy,
I so agree, a joy and wonder.
Ciel,
those pebbles have my heart too.
Clytie,
I did not see the heart, I rarely do, it takes special folks like you.
Anywhere,
Hugs
Maggie,
thank you~
Make a wish & blow...
ReplyDeletedid I choose the right path?
I'll have to wait & see.
Perfect photos & words...
thank you once again:)
Wow!!!Love the flow and pictures..
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful words and beautiful pictures to go with them.
ReplyDeleteI love the out-of-focus middle in the last shot - extremes are always clearer.
ReplyDeletesome really cool images!
ReplyDeleteI really like the flowing intersections of poetry and images. Nicely done.
ReplyDeleteThis was a beautiful post. The words and photographs are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteHi Tammy, will [our] paths [ever] intersect?'
ReplyDeleteA neat little poem, oh to be a dandilion seed with sails!
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What a wonderful collection of photos! Nature is really wonderful...if only one takes the time to stop and admire. Btw, you write beautifully too! :)
ReplyDeleteMost beautiful photographs. I especially like the dandelion ones. Incredible light and details. (I'm going to have to go look at your other posts now...)
ReplyDeletei try to live life in the moment. i like "this or that".. there is no right or wrong way in life.. you don't have to make permanent decisions.. life is full of revisions.
ReplyDeleteDearest Tammie--
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful conundrum of intersections! I really like the path that wander so far beyond that we never look back. Been on that one...
Your photos are lovely!
Thank you--and hope you are doing swell--
You made it seem so complete. Water stones and flowers in their full glory.
ReplyDeleteWhat A Fantastic Capture !! I Really Like The Pebbles In 3rd Photo..Mindblowing Post And Great Blog..THanks For Saring..
ReplyDeleteAwesome post! The photos, words, everything is perfect!
ReplyDeleteOSI: strings cross with wires
Beautiful images. Beautiful words.
ReplyDeleteAlso, choosing from this or that is sometimes very hard to do!
Dear Tammie,
ReplyDeleteLovely!
I have been working more with my macro lens and find it has opened a whole new world. It is always about choices isn't it.
I am so happy I choose to visit you today!
Sherry
Lovely writing, and such artistic photography!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful meandering illustrated poem / meditation. I love the first image (like a native sundial) and the notion of kissing with eyes, hands, and lips. Lovely Monday morning croissant. Chocolate, fer shure.
ReplyDeleteA lovely post - Your words evoke fine feelings and your photos stir the memory - I'm so fond of lady slippers (from childhood) but haven't seen one for a long time.
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ReplyDeletePaige and I were looking at your blogdom...we agree that you are one talented lady and have the EYE...Keep on thrilling us, darlin...xo Royal
ReplyDeleteHi Tammie, Love that post... Life does give us so many choices. Sometimes we take the right roads and sometimes not. BUT--we do have choices, and that is GOOD.
ReplyDeleteLive is good and bad. It's all about attitude and how we handle things...
Love your writing and pictures..
Thanks!
Hugs,
Betsy
So much beauty! Photos and verse!
ReplyDeleteHi Tammie,
ReplyDeleteThese are utterly delicious photos and a wonderful BD present to Charlie, whom I don't know but send wishes, too!
I particularly like the dandy photo and the one of the rocks.
I'm elated I found your blog again because my computer crashed and I've been out of "emerald" blogland for several months.
(You used to know me by "gel").
For an explanation, please see this post. For an explanation, please see this post.
So true and wonderfully visualized! Have a great day, Tammie :)
ReplyDeleteHello Tammie,
ReplyDeleteEach time I come here I'm stunned by your words and images. This time my favourite is the wet pebbles. Now if you would come over to my blog you will find an award waiting for you. Please accept it as an expression of my appreciation for your lovely blog, even if you don't post it. You'll find it here: http://postcardsfromwildwood.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/another-great-day-for-the-isle-of-wight/
Thank you!
Janice.
Beautiful pictures, all of them!
ReplyDeleteLovely photos and you interweave the words so beautifully between the pictures
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photos! You write so well about what choices we have in our life, and the photos fit well with. I think it's very important that we live our lives in a way that we can carry out our dreams. In that way we will get the life we love.
ReplyDeleteTruely lovely, Tammie.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!! My fave is the 1st pic...it reminds me of feathers :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and very representative of my life right now. As always, gorgeous photos, and love how you also appreciate the dandelion.
ReplyDeleteLisa :)
You may recall The Road Less travelled poem by Robert Frost. Some people believe their paths are limited and they feel regret about taking some and not others. If you believe you have multiple souls, you begin to recognize you are on mutliple paths simultaneously.
ReplyDeleteStunning photography, exquisite words!
ReplyDeleteOh, I've missed your blog ... your images ... your spirit!
ReplyDeleteA while back I deleted a blog link by mistake and couldn't figure out whose ... last night I wanted to show a friend your (AWESOMELY AMAZING) photos and discovered it was yours! So nice to be re-linked!
Thanks too for the Rosolio info!
Peace.
Tammie, every choice you make is a way to quench the conscious thirst for understanding. Each soul is a blossoming flower. Many flowers exist and some grow from the same stem.
ReplyDeletebeautiful photography. I especially like the dandelion seeds with the water droplets
ReplyDeleteWonderful photos, lovely words... I absolutely love the dandelion shots. Remarkable!
ReplyDeleteHi Tammie,
ReplyDeleteGetting caught up with your posts after a week of Grandchildren and Gardening. I like your concept of the immediacy and necessity of choices -the photos are wonderful illustrations of your words. I can't make a "choice" about which I like best!
I loved the poem- it seemed to dance as I read it- flitting to one topic after the next seamlessly. Beautiful pictures also~
ReplyDeletesuch a wild wonderful
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look deeply
and sweetly
the gentle flow of your words
rippling past flowers and stones
ancient and new
embody the wonder
I was drawn to the stand of intelligent blue flowers
Beautiful pictures! I love dandelions. And gret pictures of dragonflies.
ReplyDeletePerfect shot teh one with the stone with the diffrent colors and water on them so simpel but so very intressting if you satnd still for a moment.
ReplyDelete/Maria Berg, that let her kids play football in rain.
Stunning! YOur poem speaks to my soul... to me it means that all our choices can be right, we just have to love and honor them. In loving and honoring the path we have chosen (or has chosen us) we are making it 'right'. Thanks for this! Lovely
ReplyDeleteWonderful pictures,
ReplyDeleteeach and every one.
I just love your photography!!! :)))
I love to draw Dandelions : ) I don't know why... they are so delicate...
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