from naked branches
leaves starting to pop on trees
conveying new life
Tuesday Photo Challenge – New
Category: Tuesday Photo Challenge
Tuesday Photo Challenge – Rise
Still I Rise by Maya Angelou
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I’ll rise.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
‘Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I’ll rise.
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.
Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don’t you take it awful hard
‘Cause I laugh like I’ve got gold mines
Diggin’ in my own back yard.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.
Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I’ve got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?
Out of the huts of history’s shame
I rise
Up from a past that’s rooted in pain
I rise
I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.
Tuesday Photo Challenge – Trip
Roadtrip is like a good courtship
Courtship is the same as a roadtrip
Tread carefully and be in good stead
Stead is very important as we tread
All the preparation and fun to call
Call of the wind and adventure all
(c) ladyleemanila
For: Tuesday Photo Challenge – Trip, Our World: End-of-April Edition
Tuesday Photo Challenge – Breathe
just breathe
no reason
some mistake
no turning back, just go
don’t be glued to what we do
life’s full of ups and downs
just breathe
finding peace
remain as one piece
it’s inside us
key is being free
no pressure
normal to err
Tuesday Photo Challenge – Place
Of all the places in the world, my favourite is my home. Where is home? Home is where Him Indoors, I and HRH the son live. It’s full of love, affection and fun. Ideally it is here in Bavaria, but it could also be anywhere. OK, HRH the son has left us but he still comes back from time to time, and he comes back with his beautiful K.
home is happy
home is cosy
home is warm
home doesn’t regret
home doesn’t mind sharing
home grows with love
it doesn’t matter
where or what is home
home is with Him Indoors
and HRH the son
our three tortoises
our flowers in the grden
things we share
experience and memories
I love our home!
Him Indoors and I
HRH the son and K
happy together
in the garden
Gin, Rex, Nik – our tortoises
eating lettuces
flowers, herbs and trees
butterflies, hedgehogs and birds
garden full of fun
he loves gardening
I love writing and cooking
we love cycling, too
For: Tuesday Photo Challenge – Place, Our World: 19 March 2018
Tuesday Photo Challenge – Time
any time again
all places and experience
love sharing with you
two hearts but one soul
until death do us part
our hearts beat as one
thirty two years of love
time’s fast when we’re having fun
where did they all go?
For: Tuesday Photo Challenge – Time, #ThreeThingsThursday – What made me smile this week…
