Facing Inner Darkness And Bad Vacations

Saturday November 2nd, 2019 

Stockton, California

Autumn is the time of balance and of sacrifice, a time when the light is defeated by darkness, a time when night takes over and brings the coming winter. The ancient wisdom says that those who long for light must face their inner darkness and overcome it."

~Tony Riches

The Secret Diary Of Eleanor Cobham

This is one of the last photos I took, while still on vacation. I was tired at this point, and just wanted the whole thing to be over, but I was not cynical about photography, and I was happy to still fit in a little time to celebrate the shadows and the twilight on the last evening before the clocks changed. Personally, I love moving the clock backward and gaining that extra yummy bit of autumn, but not if it meant I had to deal with one more hour of that vacation. I decided to not think about it, and just move on.

#54 Leaf Of The Day

November 15th 2019

Photographed November 3rd 2019

University Of The Pacific

Stockton, Ca

Nikon

~Mood: Happy

~Me

Under Construction And The Leaf Of The Day

"Listen! The wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves,

We had our summer evenings, now for October eves!"

~Humbert Wolfe

As you might have noticed, I have been working on editing the design of Ellipsis. I had a lot of gadgets and photographs that no longer applied, so it's time to move on to a more enthusiastic outlook and design! It will take me a few days, so bear with me if the blog looks a little odd, I have a pretty good idea how I want it to look, but it's going to take me a little while to get there! All things in their own time, right?

#10 Leaf Of The Day

October 1st, 2018 

Stockton, Ca

~Mood: Creative

~Me :)

 

Cough Drop Affirmations

"Life likes to be taken by the lapels and told,

 'I'm with you kid, let's go!' "

~Maya Angelou

What you see above is a picture of a cough drop... with an affirmation on the outside of the wrapper. It's a Hall's strawberry cough drop to be exact! I hadn't had cough drops for a while, even while being sick because all brands of cough drops contain sucrose. Because of my Fibromyalgia, I can't have anything containing sucrose. It gives Fibro sufferers, such as myself, unworldly gas! I don't like experiencing unworldly gas, so I usually just cough until the coughing runs it's course.

But with this current cold, the coughing was really persistent and it was making my back and sides hurt to try to soldier through, so I broke down and used the cough drops. They were tastier than I remembered, and while they did indeed give me gas, it wasn't as uncomfortable as the constant coughing. And wonderful hubby that I have didn't even complain about my air concerts, he just wanted to help me feel better! Gosh I love that man! 

And look at that, an affirmation for when I am better!

"March Forward."

That's always good advice, 

marching backwards just makes you look stupid! 

Mood: Tired

~Me