Turn the other cheek

Posted on November 9, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Arguing, Blogging, Calm, Election, Over the pond, Random, Thinking, Watching2 Comments

Watching from afar, I wonder what is going on over the pond. The TV reports people of faith advocating violence (and by that I mean both sides in the election). Whatever is happening people need to step back and take a deep breath and then count to ten.

Why don’t they all follow the guidelines that are written in the bible and other religious books. Turn the other cheek. It’s not impossible, caring for your fellow man and woman instead of denigrating them or speaking out against each other. It’s not easy to stand back I know. Tempers are rising, but why? Surely we need a world where people support each other. I know there is evil out there, but we don’t all have to follow it. I know I’m naive, and I’m actually not religious, but I wish people would think….

Indoor and outdoor meet

Posted on October 26, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Calm, Cats, Happy, Heater, Indoor cars, Life, Outdoor cat, Safe, Settled, Warm2 Comments

Cats heat bathing. But this isn’t our indoor cats, it’s one indoor and one outdoor one. The outdoor cat has been in half an hour. He usually stays that long, then I think he gets too hot and goes and yowls by the back door, ready to go back outside. In fact that’s exactly what he’s just done. Walked to the back door and mroowl, that’s it. So I let him back out. His introduction has to be on his terms. My boy indoor cat is sniffing where he was sitting. Luckily he’s on a flea treatment so everything should be fine and as mine are inoculated means they should be safe.

I wish

Posted on September 4, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Boat, Calm, Dream, Duck, Flight, Lake, Poem, Poetry, Rudyard lake, WaterLeave a comment

I wish I was in that boat,

floating on the lake,

watching the ducks

taking flight

with great strides

across the water….

Flap, flap, fly

soaring over me

reflected in the water

like the white sails

of the boat

stirring in the breeze

rippling the water.

Floating along, calm.

Mirrored

Posted on July 15, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Air, Calm, Colours, Flowers, Gardening, Poem, Poetry, Rest, Scent, YardLeave a comment

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Floral display

Back yard play

Never forget

Flowers are the best

To give me rest

To lift my mood

When the day is done.

To smell sweet scents

And heady airs.

Glorious colours

Melding together

Brightening my day.

Giving me calm.

Shibui

Posted on June 25, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Calm, Digital art, Drawing, Found ideas, Fun, Japanese design, Playing, Shibui5 Comments

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I’ve just been invited to join a page on Facebook about Shibui. A Japanese word that seems to mean calm and understated. The art there is ‘found’ with things like paint splatters or blown watercolour paint used to create images. Maybe trees, maybe flowers.

I had a go at creating something. I used my finger to draw on my the screen and created a digital image. Using a few apps to make something interesting. I want to find out more about the art form.

Relaxing cat

Posted on June 21, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Calm, Cat, Fun, Happy, Poem, Poetry, Relaxed, Sleeping, TiredLeave a comment

Quiet, peaceful, resting cat.

watching TV

With me.

Quiet, gentle, happy cat.

sleeping deeply,

Sleeping beauty.

Quiet, tired, needs a nap,

finding comfort,

giving support,

Quiet peaceful, happy cat.

Keeping up

Posted on April 14, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Calm, Email, Life, Old picture, Photo, Relax, Stress, Thought, Time, VirusLeave a comment

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A forty year old photo of a river I took when I was young.

It reminded me to calm down, try and relax, maybe ignore the news for a couple of days and get some rest.

I’ve also had to leave some of the emails I get. I can’t keep up with all the notifications of news. I want to read everyone’s posts, but I have responsibilities that I need to take care of. Even in this mad situation you still have to cope.

So anyway. I hope everyone is doing OK. It’s hard to think of people stuck in their homes. Not allowed out. In lockdown. I imagined that the world was linked and that people would feel each others pain or loneliness. But of course that isn’t true. Otherwise when people in different countries went through famine or disease we would know and help them… But sadly it doesn’t work like that.

Canada Geese

Posted on March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Beauty, Blue, Calm, Geese, Goose, Lake, Random, Reminiscing, Small lake, Water, Westport lake2 Comments

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On the water, small lake at Westport.

I’m glad I went for this walk a couple of weeks ago. Blue sky reflected in the water, one goose partly hidden behind a post. The water was gently rippled by a cold breeze. The geese were preening themselves.

It’s a random image, but it feels calm.

I will try and find some more images of the world, just to remind me……

Just had a real fright!

Posted on October 9, 2019October 9, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blogging, Calm, Cold, Crime?, Dark, Fearful, Garden, Incident, knock on window, Life, Patrol, Police, Scared4 Comments

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When you are sitting in your home watching TV at 2.30 in the morning you don’t expect someone to knock on your kitchen window. But that just happened. I shouted up to my husband who had just gone to bed. He came down and went to the back door–and let a young man in!… He said he was being chased by some other men. What could we do? I went to the front door and shouted that I was ringing the police-which is what I did. They dispatched a patrol who arrived after about twenty minutes. In the meantime my husband decided to go outside and have a look round! I was standing next to the young man, in my living room on my own! Luckily I was speaking to the police and trying to keep the man calm. I could feel my chest getting tight, I was quite shocked. At one stage the police dispatcher asked if I needed an ambulance! Anyway the police came and took him away to safety. They checked no-one was in the garden. I’m still shaking. Writing this to calm down and get it off my chest. It’s a case of what could have happened but luckily didn’t !

Going back

Posted on September 29, 2019September 29, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blogging, Calm, Going back, Life, Rest, River, Sea, Short break, Tired, WaterLeave a comment

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Going back to a haven in the sun, a place where I was happy, a home from home. I won’t give you a clue, just a generic photo. I hope the weather will be bright. I might take my paints. Now I need a break, a rest. Somewhere to breathe. To be calm, to listen to water and waves. Cold weather may affect things, I’m hoping not too much. May not be about much this coming week.

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Tag: Calm