Neck Of The Not So Woods

March 11, 2019Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Photography, Reflections, Writing Tags: Bell towel, Blue sky, City life, Daily life, Interconnectedness, Lens-Artists, Neighborhood, New York City, Photo Challenge, Poetry, winter Leave a comment

Photo: Na’ama Yehuda

The birds spiral

‘Round the spire

And the bells peal

Half and whole,

As the sky paints blue

Horizons

In a neighborhood

For all.

For the Lens-Artist Challenge: Around the neighborhood

Saving Daylight

March 10, 2019Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Meditations, Muse and Flow, Photography, Reflections, Writing Tags: Beach, Calm, cycle of life, Daylight, Holding on, Ko Samui, Meditation, Sunday Stills, Sunset, Thailand, Twilight, Weekly Photo Challenge 8 Comments

Photo: Na’ama Yehuda

Cherish every moment

Left

Of light as

Suns will set.

Hold on to the

Deep rewards

Of daylight breathed

Through soul,

And saved.

For Terri’s Sunday Stills Challenge: Daylight Hours

To The Seashore

March 9, 2019Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Meditations, Muse and Flow, Photography, Reflections, Writing Tags: Beach, Belonging, Calm, Creative writing, Evening, Photography, Poetry, Seashore, Sunset, Weekend Writing Prompt, Writing Challenge 18 Comments

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Photo: Smadar Halperin-Epshtein

I will go to the seashore

Where the waves touch the sky.

I will go to the seashore

To kiss the day fond goodbye.

I will go to the seashore

Where the boats come on home,

And the children still play,

And the sun’s last rays roam,

And my soul sings with the surf

Where it has always belonged.

For Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Seashore in 59 words

Vibrant Welcome

March 8, 2019Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Photography, Reflections, Writing Tags: Colorful, Culture, Delightful, Hospitality, Papua New Guinea, Photo a Week, Photo Challenge, Photography, Poetry, Trekking, Vibrant, Welcome 5 Comments

Photo: Ofir Asif

Welcome, guests, into

Our midst.

Join right in, you’ll

Get the gist.

We’ll dance you

Through our jungle greens,

‘Twixt crops in fields,

Across ravines.

We’ll sing and chant

And strike the ground,

With feet and poles

And hearts and sound.

Welcome, guests, into

Our midst.

Where mists among

The mountains

Roam,

And culture bursts

In vibrant

Song.

Dedicated to the amazing villages in Papua New Guinea, who came out in their young and old and in betweens, to dance heartwarming welcomes to my nephew and his friends who stayed as guests in their midst.

For Nancy Merrill’s Photo A Week Challenge: Colorful

On The Wall

March 7, 2019Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Funnies, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Photography, Reflections, Writing Tags: Black and White, CB&W, Ditty, Graffitti, Just for fun, Out and about, Photo Challenge, Poetry, Silly, Smile 4 Comments

Photo: Philip Coons

Among murals I

Would get

No prize for

Over talent,

But on this wall

I still get smiles

(And tissues for my

Exhalant …)

For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Murals

Sweet Little Round Of Mine

March 5, 2019March 5, 2019Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Photography, Reflections, Writing, Yummy Tags: Delicious, Doughnuts, fpj-photo-challenge, Hanukkah, Just for fun, Photo Challenge, Poetry, Round, Sufganiya, Sweet, Yummy 7 Comments

Photo: Inbar Asif

The yeast had proofed

The dough had risen

Air had filled the bubbles high.

A kiss of oil

A squirt of jelly, and

Powdered sugar flying by.

The plate is set

The mouth is open:

This treat won’t fail to

Satisfy.

For the Tuesday Photo Challenge: Round

I See A Pattern

March 5, 2019Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Muse and Flow, Photography, Reflections, Writing Tags: Carpentry, CFFC, Craftmanship, Masterpiece, Mohawk Mountain House, New York, Pattern, Photo Challenge, Photography, Poetry, Stairway 9 Comments

Photo: Philip Coons

I see a pattern

In these stairs:

In carpets’ weave

In craft-men’s squares,

In how the landings

Spin and dip,

With railings poised

To let hands grip,

In void that carries

Gaze to floor,

And legs that wish

To climb no more.

For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Patterns

Berry Barbs

March 4, 2019Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Photography, Reflections, Writing Tags: Alliteration, Berries, Just for fun, Photo Challenge, Photography, Poetry, Protection, SpikySquares, Thorns 7 Comments

Photo: Na’ama Yehuda

Baby berries

In barbed bushes

That protect

The precious parcels

From beaks and bears

And plucking fingers

Poised to pry

The ripe supply.

For Becky’s Spiky Squares

Living Wild

March 3, 2019March 3, 2019Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Photography, Reflections, Writing Tags: Capra nubiana, Desert, Habitat, Israel, Negev, Nubian Ibex, Photo prompt, Photography, Poetry, Spiky, Sunday Stills, Wildlife 10 Comments

Photo: Osnat Halperin-Barlev

You have come to my

Backyard,

To my desert,

My home.

So why look

So surprised

To see me coming

Along?

Trivia:

Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana) are desert-dwelling goat species that are found in mountainous areas of North Africa and the Middle East. The wild population is considered “vulnerable” and is estimated at only 1,200 individuals. Nubian ibexes stand around 65–75 cm (2.1–2.6 ft) tall at the shoulder and weigh around 50 kilograms (110 lb). They live in rough dry mountainous terrain and are a light tan color, with a white underbelly. Males also have a dark brown stripe down the back. Nubian ibexes have long thin horns which extend up and then backwards and down. In males these reach around about 1 meter (~ 1 yard) in length while in females they are much smaller and reach around 30 cm (~ 1 foot).

For Terri’s Sunday Still challenge: Wildlife

For Becky’s Spiky Squares challenge (even though this is not strictly a square …)