A big ole storm is comin'

light rumbles heard for hours and hours

all around....Then

rumbling ever deepening

skies darkening

portentous clouds appear

Just waiting now

for those skies to break open

and pour out

its obscenities foul

There won't be any rainbow

after this big storm

night has come

not one ray of sun....

But morning always comes

glistening is diamond dew

reminding me and you

that Gods love is true.

Love-light as a feather!

I couldnt believe my eyes!
I have never seen two hawks together
They were so close and so fast
that I was unable to get the magic shot
to prove it.

It is said they mate for life
But I only see them causing strife
(with my chickens)

But today-driving East
in my beautiful VA countryside
There they were...

Flying and flipping
dancing circles in the air
courtship
love so fair!

MY VIRGINIA

Rolling grassy green hills
shadowed by the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Happy fat cows and horses
munching on thick green grass...
Farmers and hay
chickens and more
dance across
the Page County floor

In the distance
the Massanuttan Mountains peak above trees

Each season brings beautiful changes
and I love them all

Stark gray of winter
barren trees burst forth
with glistening diamonds
after an ice storm

Winter gives way to spring and summer
each month bringing a
different wild flower.
too many to name

Wildlife abounds,
bear, raccoon, possum
birds of prey, coyote, fox...
deer...mink, otter and beaver...
bobcats and talk of mountain lion...

Fall comes again all to quickly
taking over with brightly colored trees
giving the world one last hurrah
with their gorgeous leaves.

So much here
So much I hold dear

This is MY VIRGINIA
I will miss you!

Friendship

IS sacred
accept it
treasure it
respect it
you are loved

Reality

Reality
suddenly dawned
something a road trip
seemed to spawn

Reality
I am leaving her
it doesnt seem quite right

Reality
I am leaving
a safe and beautiful place
where honest friends abound

Reality
my job
smacks me in the face
everytime I walk in
that place

Reality
torment continues
uninvited
unexpected
unecessarily

Reality
it is time to go
I feel the flow
I felt the call
It was "given" to me

THIS REALITY
is RIGHT
I KNOW!!!!

Innocence Lost

I can't relive my life
I can't retrace my tracks
I can't undo what's done
There is no going back
I chased a selfish dream

Did not survey the cost
Illusions disappeared
I've found my innocence lost

Some say it's lessons learned
Some say it's a living life
I say it's choices made
Knowing wrong from right

One night I fought to sleep In my slumber
I turned and tossed
I woke to a cloudy day
And found my innocence lost

Innocent child is a beautiful thing
Secure in her father's arms
Sleeps while a mother sings
There's no way to know
All the harm this world can bring
I miss my innocence

Oh, to be innocent My heavenly Father
The way of eternal love
That overflows with grace
I can completely trust

My broken heart repaired
And all my sin forgot
I can be pure again
In spite of my innocence lost

In his eyes I'm a newborn child
'cause I accept his love
I have a newfound hope

Though I've found my innocence lost
I can be pure again
I've found my innocence lost

Amy Grant...Innocence Lost

innocence

I remember that day...
I was only 13
submerged....

emerged.....
in the face of innocence

Clean
pure
with a will to do good

I was only 13
but I understood it then
just like now
It was and IS simple

but somewhere in between
lifes immoralities took hold
angry
cynical
denial
disbelief...

but in the end....
drawn back
to
the age of innocence

the "flower girl"
that drops the rose petals....

INNOCENCE