it can look selfish
this way I’m living
looking for love
through a camera lens
through the way my thighs move when I dance
through the way my chest rises when I sing
but it’s survival
like the lone daffodil blooming in January
a waning moon at dawn
the first dandelion puff
the cluster of fuzzy buds on the bare peach tree
we are all looking
- These photos were taken this morning in my yard with an Olympus OM-D and edited with ON1 Photo RAW.
Bridgette Tales 
david wailed
absalom
young man
think of you
too so it may go
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so good so true Bridgette.
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Thank you! I appreciate that.
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Lovely words and macros Bridgette 🙂
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Thank you so much!
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Bridgette Anything we long for, can be seen through a camera lens, life itself is only a imagination of what we can achieve, one click away from everything we deserve. A still image captured, can open our minds, leading us to who knows where. You photos make me mind imagine ☺️🙏
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That’s such a beautiful way to look at the world. Thank you for that. I’ll be thinking about that when I take photos now. ❤️
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Look at yourself, find the beauty you find through your lens when you look in the mirror.
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You are so kind! Thank you ❤️
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Hey Bridgette; just discovered this post: love the poem and the pics: we should reconnect 🙂
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Thanks, John! Yes we should. I’m so busy these days but I’ll stop by the blog soon and see what you are up to. 😊
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Those who think it’s selfish need a ‘boot to the root’. Every living being needs food…both physical to nourish the body and food for the soul….and the food for the soul will look different for every one. 💞💞💞
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You are the best! I love that saying “boot to the root.” I’ve never heard it but I’m going to use it now. I found a place to swim daily and I’m starting to feel so much better. I needed a way out of the darkness I’ve been sliding into and I’m finding it, piece by piece.
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💞
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I love this poem, Bridgette, and your photos are stunning, as always!
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I’m so glad you liked both. Thank you ❤️
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Wow lovely written words. So pretty & good looking all photos. Beautiful red flower!
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So happy you liked it. Thank you!
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Most welcome, Bridgette 😄
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Survival is fine. We’re wired for that. And if your survival takes you to look at the moon above… even “finer”.
👍🏻
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I like how you think. Thank you.
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My pleasure…
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Beautiful post 🌹
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I appreciate you saying that. Thank you.
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Beautiful reflections, both visual and written!👌🏼 I love that waning moon and that first dandelion puff, it’s all survival.
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It really is. Thank you. Nature tells us the story if only we stop and pay attention.
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Beautiful
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Thank you!
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Lovely collection, the images dance out the text.
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I’m so glad they danced for you. Thank you!
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beautiful and celebratory — like these exclamatory photos —
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I appreciate you saying so! Thank you, John.
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it’s good we caught up, Bridgette; look forward to your next post: try not to be so slow in responding next time 🙂
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I’m working on it!
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yay!
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Perhaps posting to a blog can be seen as attention seeking… but our readers, the ones willingly and freely giving said attention, get so much benefit out of our posting, so no, I don’t think it’s an entirely selfish thing to do. Like Dawn said, we’re allowed to nourish our souls through our hobby of choice!
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You are so right! Being a creative is so hard. We pour ourselves into our work and then feel needy because we want others to read it and say something. I truly cherish every time someone takes the time to read my work or look at my photos. It makes me incredibly happy.
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Such a lovely poem 🌹 and beautiful photographs. ❤️
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