Sunday morning musings...

 Musing on a spring morning, just being still, and dreaming
through leaves of a large tree, can be needed light for the soul...
I have spent many hours of many days working on end of year marking and reports...
(School demands are getting significantly worse..)
My blogs have been sorely neglected...
A little dreaming here and there and a little reading have broken the vicious cycle...
There has been little time to go wandering with my camera...

But that time will come...



 

winter grips the spirit... but...

autumn leaves have almost passed by in my garden...
winter grips the spirit...

Yes... It has been awhile since I last posted...

first - ongoing treatment of an abcess-like formation on my ankle...but still going to school...
(ankle elevated at weekends, just to be able to get around at school on Monday)
second - flu...but still going to school...
third - back injury from too much computer-time getting school reports finalised on a weekend
and requiring the last week of school term at home because I could barely move...

Being out and about to take photos seems like a distant memory...

But the ankle is almost healed - after many weeks...
flu gone...
Back finally improving, and I can move more freely...
(Reports and exam-marking all done on time... yeah...)
There is hope...
Perhaps next week - school holiday time - I can get out to take photos...



There is hope...

turning point...

Not often do I indulge in a sad post, but this is to be one of those rare occasions...
You may have noticed I have not been posting here for about a week...
But I have been drowning in mid year report writing and marking for secondary students...

And there is more...

I have decided it is time to let go some of the memes I run...
Monday Mellow Yellows
Scenic Weekends
Wednesday Waters
as well as ones I share with MMT (but she is going to continue the following ones for awhile)...
Shadow Shot Sunday 2
Ruby Tuesday Too
Macro Monday 2
Some of these memes have been running for almost 6 years...a long time...
(And each post always includes a photo relevant to the meme...)

The sadness involves the feeling that I am becoming just a robotic convenienece...
Always there for participants to drop their links...
Many regulars barely comment...
Some participants have never commented on my meme post...

Even today, my last post for Monday Mellow Yellows...
Participants have linked up and not a comment...
Not a word...
Not a thanks...

It hurts...


I do know the meme world is fading these days...
But still...
For those who still connect...
It would be so nice to be noticed...


The autumn leaves in the photo above seem to embody some element of all the memes I have run..
Just a little nostalgia...


deep breath
eyes to the stars
walk on

glow of autumn colours...

Autumn at Seawinds, Arthurs Seat...


golden pool of leaves
shining 
swan song


Linking to:
Monday Mellow Yellows

shadows and leaves...

outdoor dining tables and chairs waiting early on a Sunday morning at Mornington...


shadows and leaves
waiting and longing for
company


Linking to:
Shadow Shot Sunday 2

where the leaves fall...

A view of part of the Enchanted Maze Garden at Arthurs Seat in Autumn...


where the leaves fall
there my summer spirit
sighs


Linking to:
Shadow Shot Sunday 2

Autumn colours spin...

Autumn colours spin happiness for me


Linking to:
Six Word Saturday
Scenic Weekends

Fallen Colours

Autumn leaves and shadows at the Enchanted Maze Garden, Arthurs Seat


with falling colour
comes the lengthening shadows
and a sense of hush


Linking to:
Shadow Shot Sunday 2

Scenic Autumn Street

Scenic Autumn street in the village of Bittern


Seasonal colours
Like a sunset waterfall
Resplendent all day


Linking to:
Scenic Weekends