Feelin' Wet

Part 2 of the previous post .....

We were right to buy the umbrella! The rain came down, and down, and we spent most of the morning sitting in cafes like this, or strolling around a shopping mall. The we had a long lunch. The sun came out long enough for us to go to a nearby specialist supermarket, then the rain came down again. And it was time to go home again. Ah well, there'll be another time.

This is the last in my "Feelin's" series.

A new series of thoughts and anecdotes starts on January 1

Feelin' threatened

Feeling threatened - not by people or any form of danger. Just by the weather - which turns nasty just as we arrive and our saved-for day-out destination.. Rain is on the way, heavy rain. Maybe even thunder and lightning. Will it pass us by or will we spend the day sitting around in cafes and restaurants?

We buy an umbrella, just in case ..........

Part 2 at the next posting on this blog.

Feelin' relaxed

The Christmas rush is over, but it's still holiday time. All that had to be done has been done, the visitors have left, or gone quiet because they want to go. Time to relax.
Get away from it all.
Commune with nature.
Real life starts all over again next week.

Feelin' Happy

During a short break for the holiday season, I will be Feelin' Happy with my life and family.

I hope your will also be Feelin' Happy and hopeful for the new year..

Feelin' Cold

I don't like the cold. I don't even like to think about the cold. I hate living in a cold climate, and winter is my least favourite season.

But I do have admit there are some good photographs and pictures to be gleaned from cold weather, and the more snow there is the prettier, or more dramatic, the pictures can be.

I am thinking today of the excessive snowfall in the area that I am naturally from, which is usually fairly protected from the worst of the snow. I glad I'm not there, but feel sorry for the people who are and whose lives are being disrupted by this unusually heavy snow. Schools have closed as well, which makes me sorry for the teachers losing their planned end of term activities, but I'm sure the children were more than happy to have an extra day off so they could play in the snow.

Brrrrrrr ..............

Feelin' parched

Feeling thirsty, feeling dry, in need of a drink, arid, needing moisture......

This is one palm tree in a city garden. Imagine whole swathes of land like this in Africa, and elsewhere in the world. Drought. Crops wither and die, animals and people die of thirst and starvation. The world says why did this happen? It must never happen again! But it does. Every year.

Is this global warming?

Feelin' the music

They say plants respond to music. These plants seem to, even though they are sadly neglected. They receive little water or other attention, yet they continue to flourish, with filtered light at one side and music at the other.
There are two guitars here, leaning against an electric organ. What more could music-loving plants want?

Feelin' jagged

Feelin' jagged - fraught, stressed, off colour, out of kilter, off key, on a different wavelength, irritable, and many more ways to not be at peace with your fellow man, or woman.

Feelin' ropy

Feeling ropy - another way of saying you feel off-colour, or not quite the ticket, or under the weather, or not 100%, or not quite in the pink, or not at your best.
Or simply just not very well.

You can find more of my photographs on my other blog and through my website

Feelin' closed in

Feelin' closed in

There are times when we feeled closed in. Surrounded on all sides by buildings and hurrying people, in a small room with lots of people, in a dense forest, in a crowded train, in a traffic jam or snarl up on the motorway.
Or in the park, in the gazebo surrounded by tall tree cactus.

Feelin' prickly

Everyone feels prickly sometimes, even when everyone around them seems fairly smooth.