Standing Into Danger: April 2020

Friday, April 24, 2020

That's All She's Got Folks!

(couldn't access the original source)

Seriously, I ran out of time.
It has been a busy day. Week.

Please take care everyone!
Have a great week!

Friday, April 17, 2020

Not My Ducks

These are not my ducks.
It's been miserable here for days with lots of wet snow,
so I haven't gone down to the ponds along Piney Creek
to look for mallards or other living things.

Not My Ducks

May 31, 2014

Today was raw with a mixture of rain and fog
that quickly deteriorated into snow and sleet.
Not the best day to venture out ~ but we needed milk.

My virus protocols crashed when I exited the store into driving sleet.
My dishtowel "mask" forced my breath up, fogging my glasses,
and I skated blindly across the parking lot clutching the grocery cart for dear life.
And let me tell you, latex gloves do not keep the cold out
when your hands are pelted with sleet.
Off with the mask. Off with the gloves. Virus be damned.

I am so ready to feast my eyes on living green and colorful flowers.

One Perfect Rose

May 31, 2014

I had a grocery processing station set up in our garage:

Clorox wipes and the top of an old desk covered with towels.

My plan was to disinfect things that had to go into the fridge

and leave everything else on the desk for 24 hours.

I'd hand the wiped fridge items to Terry,
strip off my clothes in the laundry room,

toss them in the washer, and race for the shower.

Ha! I was sleet-soaked from hacking the ice off my car's

windshield and windows in the grocery store parking lot,

frazzled from sliding home in first gear, down hill and up,

and frozen stiff before I unloaded half my ice-sheathed vehicle.

It was way too cold to disinfect groceries in the garage,
let alone leave some there overnight.

I fled for the coffee pot in the kitchen and poured a steaming cup.

A Soothing Spring Green

May 31, 2014

Later, when everything was sorted out and I snug in a robe after a long, hot shower,
I sipped more coffee, and escaped into springtime Hyde Park.
If I can't go to my special place right now, I'll visit another in my mind.

The weather will warm up, the snow will melt, and I can get back to my ducks.
Until then, I'll think of an English May filled with flowers and greenery.

The Serpentine Bridge

Marking the Boundary between Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park

London, UK

May 31, 2014

Patiently Waiting

Hyde Park

London, UK

May 31, 2014

Snowy Roses

Hyde Park

London, UK

May 31, 2014

Terry Enjoying the Roses

Hyde Park

London, UK

May 31, 2014

Spring Roses

Hyde Park

London, UK

May 31, 2014

Springtime

Hyde Park

London, UK

May 31, 2014

Two Comfortable Couples

Hyde Park

London, UK

May 31, 2014

A Burst of Colors

Hyde Park

London, UK

May 31, 2014

A Shaded Passage

Kensington Gardens

London, UK

May 31, 2014

Surprise!

Hyde Park

London, UK

May 31, 2014

Peace

Hyde Park

London, UK

May 31, 2014

Swan with Cygnets

Hyde Park

London, UK

May 31, 2014

A Splash of Blue

Hyde Park

London, UK

May 31, 2014

A "Meadow" in the Middle of London

Hyde Park

London, UK

May 31, 2014

Another Perfect Rose

Hyde Park

London, UK

May 31, 2014

Till next time ~
Fundy Blue

Princess Diana Memorial Fountain
London, UK
May 31, 2014
© M. Louise (MacBeath) Barbour/Fundy Blue
All Rights Reserved

For Map Lovers Like Me:

Location of London and the United Kingdom

Google Maps 2020

Hyde Park in London

Google Maps 2020

Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park

Google Maps 2020

Friday, April 10, 2020

Happy Talk

Happy Talk is popping up all over the open space along Piney Creek.
Someone (or more) is creating happy smiles and laughs and delight!
It's looking positively like Easter in unexpected places.

LOL ~ I Love It!

Along Piney Creek

Aurora, Colorado

April 7, 2020

A Happy Face with a Happy Message!

Along Piney Creek

Aurora, Colorado

April 7, 2020

There are whimsical and inspirational stones scattered along the path
by the creek, like so many colorful Easter eggs.
I've watched people giggling and laughing as they came across the stones,
from a socially safe distance, of course.

Who Could Pass This By?

Along Piney Creek

Aurora, Colorado

April 5, 2020

In One Cottonwood Crook ...

Along Piney Creek

Aurora, Colorado

April 5, 2020

... And In Another Higher Up

Along Piney Creek

Aurora, Colorado

April 5, 2020

There is plenty of natural Happy Talk too:
the red-winged blackbirds singing in the reeds,
the gurgling of water,
the chattering of frisky squirrels.

Female Red-Winged Blackbird

Along Piney Creek

Aurora, Colorado

April 7, 2020

Gurgling Water

Piney Creek

Aurora, Colorado

March 24, 2020

Frisky Squirrels

Along Piney Creek

Aurora, Colorado

March 24, 2020

And One Fat Robin Listening for Happy Talk of His Own

Along Piney Creek

Aurora, Colorado

March 24, 2020

It doesn't take much to spread a little happiness to help us through a difficult time.

There is beauty and joy everywhere. You just have to open your eyes and look.

Reflections in a Snowmelt Pool

Along Piney Creek

Aurora, Colorado

March 29, 2020

Let's! #1

Along Piney Creek

Aurora, Colorado

March 31, 2020

Let's! #2

Along Piney Creek

Aurora, Colorado

March 31, 2020

Let's! #3

Along Piney Creek

Aurora, Colorado

March 31, 2020

Female Red-Winged Blackbird

Along Piney Creek

Aurora, Colorado

April 7, 2020

Lifting My Spirits

Along Piney Creek

Aurora, Colorado

April 7, 2020

Mallard on Middle Pond

Along Piney Creek

Aurora, Colorado

April 5, 2020

Wishing each and everyone who celebrates Easter or Passover

a time of reflection, love, and joy.

Happy Talk

Along Piney Creek

Aurora, Colorado

March 31, 2020

Encouragement

Along Piney Creek

Aurora, Colorado

April 5, 2020

Pray, Be Positive, Hope

Along Piney Creek

Aurora, Colorado

April 5, 2020

Be Kind Because God Loves You 💖

Middle Pond Bridge Over Piney Creek

Aurora, Colorado

March 31, 2020

Hope

Along Piney Creek

Aurora, Colorado

April 5, 2020

Thanks to All the Rock-Artists

for Their Happy Talk

Along Piney Creek

Aurora, Colorado

April 10, 2020

For Map Lovers Like Me:

Location of Aurora, Colorado, USA

Wikimedia

Area Where I Took the Photographs

(by the asterisk in the lower middle)

Google

Southern Aurora and Northern Parker

Google

Adapted from a Sign in the Park

Red-Tailed Hawk Park

Aurora, Colorado, U.S.A.

Books Read in 2024

"5 Languages of Love: The Secret to Love That Lasts" by Gary Chapman
"At Home in the World" by Joyce Maynard
"Cockroaches" by Jo Nesbo
"Death's End" by Cixin Liu
"Eruption" by Michael Crichton and James Patterson
"In Darkness" by L. Diane Wolfe
"In My Time of Dying" by Sebastian Junger
"Nothing to Fear" by Julie McFadden, RN
"The Bat" by Jo Nesbo
"The Dark Forest" by Cixin Liu
"The Frozen River" by Ariel Lawhon
"The Last to Vanish" by Megan Miranda
"The Montauk Monster" by Hunter Shea
"The Road to Character" by David Brooks
"The Song of Achilles" by Madeline Miller
"The Twist of a Knife" by Anthony Horowitz
"The Uninhabital Earth: Life After Warming" by David Wallace-Wells
"The Women" by Kristin Hannah
"Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens
"Writing the Shadow" by Joanna Penn

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Friday, April 24, 2020

That's All She's Got Folks!

Friday, April 17, 2020

Not My Ducks

Friday, April 10, 2020

Happy Talk