And the number for this week’s challenge is 55 ~
Monochrome Madness #25 – Places of Worship
I found Leann’s preamble to this challenge quite fascinating for a number of reasons that I won’t go into here. Suffice it to say, I wish our culture here resembled that of Australia’s.
Here’s my (short) take on this week’s Monochrome Madness ~
learning to thrive
single-digit cold
and yet, at times,
I welcome the chill
what’s that bright light outside my window?
the blinding sun
welcome, welcome!
been dark too long
not resolutions; not exactly, anyway
she mapped it all out
several bullet points
paths to self-improvement
A Misery Shared
The holiday hoopla is over and done. All fine and well and good. It’s a New Year. We’re moving on. Already, resolutions made and broken. Such is life.
And now, the COLD spell begins. I saw a headline in my Google feed this morning containing those dreaded, winter-month words, polar vortex. Yikes! I remember well, those frigid days and weeks, from just a few years back.
Ah, well. Bring it on, I say. We’re Iowans, Midwesterners. We can handle a few frozen temperatures. We’ve got Netflix and Hulu and Apple + TV. There are LOADS of books on our shelves and downloaded to our Kindles (and we know where to get more). There’s the Internet! Streaming! Painting tutorials: watercolors, Bob Ross, acrylics! We’ve got quilting, reorganizing, Sudoku, baking bread, crock-pot lasagna. Take-out, for crying out loud.
Knife sharpening!
The miraculous wonders of YouTube….
Yeah, we’ll manage alright. That doesn’t mean we have to like it.
affirmations
let’s meet for drinks, she said
I’ve missed you
eyes wide open, I left the pub
more aware than when I’d arrived
falling, falling
soft is the sky
from whence
this beautiful
white snow
Happy New Year, Everyone!
out with a whimper & a sigh,
the old year slinks into the past.
here’s to new & improved,
oh, so much better days ahead!
slickory
sloping concrete slab
plunging mercury after the rain
our cautious morning steps
A Sawyer's Daughter 
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