Author Archives: Kathy Simmons

One Word Photo Challenge – Change

Nothing that is can pause or stay; The moon will wax, the moon will wane, The mist and cloud will turn to rain, The rain to mist and cloud again, Tomorrow be today. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow . https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_photo_challenge/change-2015/

A picture paints a thousand words

I discovered this image taken over fifteen years ago in a small town on the Amalfi Coast, while going through a shoebox filled with old photos.  As I strolled past a beautiful old church I was struck by these four men sitting together on a Sunday afternoon, the middle two deep in conversation, the bookends, content in their own thoughts. EachContinue reading “A picture paints a thousand words”

One Word Challenge – “Up Close”

“Each sunshine-moment twinkles by A white-winged, wandering butterfly…” ~W.T., “Honeymoon Cottage,” Chambers’s Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Arts, 1862 June 28th “Just living is not enough,” said the butterfly, “one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower.”  Hans Christian Andersen “Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp,Continue reading “One Word Challenge – “Up Close””

WPC – Symbol – Irish Worry Stone

  I am not superstitious by nature, but this lovely, simple symbol of my Irish heritage is never far from my side. In fact, I keep it tucked in a small zippered compartment of my purse.  Made from Connemara marble, the Irish Worry Stone so smooth and cool to the touch, is reputed to keep worries at bayContinue reading “WPC – Symbol – Irish Worry Stone”

Cee’s Oddball Photo Challenge Week 26 – 2015 Flip Flop Flower Pot Stands

Stopping by the supermarket yesterday I breezed past the various outdoor flowers and plants ubiquitous this time of year. My eyes fell upon a lovely, light pink rose-bush which I imagined would look pretty on my doorstep but it was the new item “standing” next to it that caused me to pause.  Flip Flop planters! Three words immediately came to mind “Cee’sContinue reading “Cee’s Oddball Photo Challenge Week 26 – 2015 Flip Flop Flower Pot Stands”

Daily Post Photo Challenge “Vivid”

It always draws controversy. I recall a neighbor glancing at the painting with the discerning eye of a collector remarking, “How in-ter-esting!” Love it or hate it, it hangs on my bedroom wall. This vivid, lively swirl of jade green, orange and blue with the upside down heart (my interpretation) The painting that brings the memory of my father closer to meContinue reading “Daily Post Photo Challenge “Vivid””