Face of 2020

The face of 2020 will haunt us for a long time to come. We were true to these times of fear and courage, despair and hope, helplessness and help. But above all it has been a time when we had nothing to prove but fidelity to the spirit of holding on. Kipling could not have been more proud.

 

“If you can make one heap of all your winnings

And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,

And lose, and start again at your beginnings

And never breathe a word about your loss;

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew

To serve your turn long after they are gone,

And so hold on when there is nothing in you

Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’

 

As the priority of privileges goes, she and her family may be a long way from getting immunised. But then may be as nature’s priorities go, they may develop herd immunity sooner than science comes to their rescue.

 

I have seen several such faces, some of them I have shared on Flickr. I am thankful to you for showing support, encouragement and hope.

 

I have received heart warming responses to my rather scattered gallery of nature and birds and streets.

 

Fabulous work from Francesc Candel, www.flickr.com/photos/141453264@N07/, Pascal Reiemann, www.flickr.com/photos/95566715@N08/, Nancy Charlton , www.flickr.com/photos/32927502@N07/, has kept me inspired. If it was not for the generosity and kindness of @Leon Van Kemenade, @Jeanne @Paul Gallagher @RavenXXIII @Jean-Marc Depreux Raven, @Laszlo Bacs @James R. Page, @ Eduardo Vales, @robert moushi I would have been but a dull photographer. Your own work is so wonderful, I have learnt many a line and light from you.

 

With hope in my heart and a little mist in my eyes, my heart-felt thanks to all of you my dear Flickr friends for showing me how to hold on!

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