Monthly Archives: December 2014

Final flourish

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Sue Vincent

Posted in flowers, Photography, Poetry | Tagged greeting, haiku, new year, primrose in frost | 19 Comments

Small dog… busted!

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Sue Vincent

Dear Kanzen, I found this hidden amongst Ani’s toys… I think it may explain certain anomalies and the whisperings we’ve been hearing ….You may want to have a word with the inscrutable SamCat… Hmm….

Posted in cats, Dogs | Tagged dog and cat, humour, pets, poetry | 7 Comments

Note from the small dog… on the annual review…

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Sue Vincent

Crunchy? There I was thinking it was bones… but no, she’s just had the annual WordPress review. You can have a look if you like. It makes you blink a bit… I mean, Sydney Opera House is all very well, … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Dogs, writing | Tagged annual review, community, Dogs, exoskeleton, stats, wordpress, writers | 18 Comments

12 things your grandparents said…

Posted on December 30, 2014 by Sue Vincent

When you are very young, forty seems ancient and grandparents are, of course, so old they are practically another species. Like dinosaurs…almost- but-not-quite extinct and very much at home in museums. Their homes bear the traces of a ‘bygone era’…you … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Love and Laughter | Tagged ageing, grandparents, growing up, humour, mistakes | 51 Comments

As the year ends…

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Sue Vincent

As the New Year celebrations approach, it is traditional to think about making resolutions, those choices projected into the far flung future of the year… which few of us actually manage to keep beyond the second week of January. Many … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Photography | Tagged choices, Colleen Brown, new year's resolutions, success and failure | 14 Comments

White

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Sue Vincent

Pristine perfection Flowing from the Mother’s heart As liminal light

Posted in Photography, Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged haiku, light, perfection, snow, water | 8 Comments

Sleeping

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Sue Vincent

Sheltered by decay, Shadows waiting for the sun New life awakens.

Posted in Photography, Poetry | Tagged haiku. spring, plants, sleep | 1 Comment

Feathers

Posted on December 27, 2014 by Sue Vincent

Posted in Birds, Photography, Poetry | Tagged feathers, haiku, robin, snowflakes, winter | 14 Comments

It was all going so well too…

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Sue Vincent

My Christmas day had come and gone As good as you could get; I woke to silent darkness, But I wasn’t moving yet! I’d wait till the alarm went off And get a duvet fix, I wasn’t starting Boxing Day … Continue reading →