A walk from…. Before. When the air was cool, the land was green. The fires upon the plains hadn’t slickened the soil black with ash and soot. Before the sun turned to flame.

The Blue Heron Stills
Side by side
I walk alongside
The meandering stream
Stepping with care on moss covered logs
Glancing upon the eddies
pausing
for a moment
The scarlet leaf swirls
and the
Blue heron stills
Mist seeps now through the wood
snuggles up close
like a winter quilt
that leaves me shivering
Turning back
I leave my place of rest
trudge for the cottage lit with fire
I scout
in these wild adventures of mine
bringing back
my memories
The Blue Heron Stills
beautiful
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thanks Maureen 🙂
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Beautiful Debi!
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Wonderfully written Debi, loved it!
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thank you Eva 🙂
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So beautiful.
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thank you very much Jodi! so glad you liked the post and image !
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Lovely! Thank you Debi. When does it start cooling down a bit for you there? I’d be a charcoal briquette by now lol. Herons are such majestic creatures.
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mid March………
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Yike. Yeah, makes sense. I guess this is your August. Sending show to you!
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fantastic post, Debi, cheers Mitza
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muy gracias, Mitza! so glad that you enjoyed this one (ok, I do know Some other language, lol) cheers, Debi
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hehe, I can understand Spanish and Italian quite well as I learned Latin. Even though I hated this “dead” language in my childhood I know now how important it is. Not for school but for life we learn, as the old Italians said.
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that is so true. So many of the English words are based on either Latin or Greek origins. And, so many of the names of the colors, I was amazed.
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That’s completely true, Debi, and nearly nobody thinks about it. From Greek origin are some of the most important words like democracy and orgasm, hehe
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Debi, thank you for this beautiful moment in time.
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you’re welcome Sharon, I’m pleased that you enjoyed the post 🙂 Thanks!
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