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"C'mon junior, time to get up", after a long nap a mother polar bear wants to move on. The larger of her two cubs has already gone ahead, Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba.
11/03/2022 www.allenfotowild.com
"I-I love the colorful clothes she wears
And the way the sunlight plays upon her hair
I hear the sound of a gentle word
On the wind that lifts her perfume through the air
I'm pickin' up good vibrations
She's giving me the excitations
Close my eyes, she's somehow closer now
Softly smile, I know she must be kind
When I look in her eyes
She goes with me to a blossom world
I'm pickin' up good vibrations
She's giving me excitations
Ah, ah, my my, what elation
I don't know where but she sends me there
Oh, my my, what a sensation
Oh, my my, what elation
Oh, my my, what
Gotta keep those lovin' good vibrations a-happenin' with her
She's giving me the excitations
I'm pickin' up good vibrations"
Pulled from "Good Vibrations" by The Beach Boys.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkPyB-g3asI
Shesa and I exploring new places and we take our relationship into new spaces...
Lawd I love the vibrations she exudes. The give me "excitations".
I love and appreciate you and our new time together Ms Shesa Quandry.
I gotta keep those love good vibrations a-happenin' with her...
- Katherine Marie
All Happy With Glee
XOXO
"I wanna come over
To hell with the consequence
You told me you love me
That's all I believe
I wanna come over
It's a need I can't explain
To see you again
I wanna come over"
From "I Want to Come Over" by Melissa Etheridge
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckt0TuK0qv0
Shesa? You always leave your light on for me. Every night, I always just want to touch you once more.
You and I have been left behind by those who filled us with fears, some kind of sins...
We turned and stopped denying the fire. Now lover, I burn and you let me in.
I ALWAYS wanna come over.
:-)
- Katherine Marie
XOXO
"You saw through me all this time
I'd forgotten people are kind
I was hurting and you knew
So you showed me what to do
You said "I will listen, tell it all
When you're finished we'll talk more"
But I didn't know how, so we took it in turns
To my surprise we found my words"
From "Ready Now" by Dodie
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee41m9AH58w
I am ready now...we found my words by taking it in turns...
Thank you for understanding me Shesa...
With so much love,
- Katherine Marie
xoxo
Today was a whirlwind of unpacking the truck and trailer, checking in the trailer, and getting ready for the drive back home. As emotionally charged as it was, I found moments of peace and calm to enjoy the small things in life- like coffee...
Theme: Moving On
Year Fifteen Of My 365 Project
"Strange and beautiful
Are the stars tonight
That dance around your head
In your eyes I see that perfect world
I hope that doesn't sound too weird
And I want all the world to know
That your love's all I need
All that I need
And if we're lost
Then we are lost together
Yeah if we're lost
We are lost together"
From "Lost Together" by Blue Rodeo
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEYdwiVAP9o
Every time I get a chance to be peaceful with Shesa, we end up getting lost with each other...the world as we know it gets left behind and we end up in one of our own - always lost in emotion, but always together.
I love how we are pushing forward softly, respectfully and lovingly bae...
I love getting lost in your arms, eyes and most importantly - your love.
Thank you for being ever caring, empathetic, and oh so very romantic hon.
I look forward to getting lost together with you again soon.
- Your Kitty Katie
xoxo
“What is that feeling when you're driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? - it's the too-huge world vaulting us, and it's good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.”
-Jack Kerouac
Onward. :) Happy Monday!
I see the sun,
it's first rays,
lighting up the day,
Chasing monsters away.
Your face appears,
kind, caring, loving,
cheering me up,
chasing away my blues.
you're the reason I breathe,
you're the suns rays,
touching my blossoms,
helping me survive.
Sustaining me,
giving me will
to carry on,
to keep up the fight.
My sweet baby girl being her adorable self! <3
SOOC
55mm
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ISO: 200
Here are two pics from our horseback riding adventure yesterday. All 3 girls were naturals in the saddle. They will be taking riding lessons and hopefully it will help grow their already existing love for horses.
They were at the stables for about 2 hours and went on a trail ride through the property (even got to ride on the road for a little bit)!! It was so fun!
This is Abby riding Ringo!
More pics tomorrow! <3
Another of the 124 lost photos after retrieval. This one was to mark a change in my Second Life when an important friend left suddenly, but I resolved I had to carry on.
"We try to grab pieces of our lives as they speed past us. Photographs freeze those pieces and help us remember how we were. We don't know these lost people but if you look around, you'll find someone just like them."
Gene McSweeney
"Things could be stranger but I don't know how
I'm going through changes now
I've spent a lifetime trying to figure it out
I'm going through changes now
And I've just begun
Under a purple sun
There's many reasons we are what we become
I'm going through changes, ripping out pages
I'm going through changes now
I knew it once, but I forgot
I'm going through changes now
We want everything but what we got
I'm going through changes now
Maybe it's too soon
Under a purple moon
But I'd ride off with you in a big balloon
I'm going through changes, rattling cages
I'm going through changes now
Things could be different but I don't know how
I'm going through changes, through all of the strangeness
I'm going through changes now"
"Changes" by Langhorne Slim
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK-Tbcy66jY
We'll figure it out. We've had lifetimes to figure it out. We'll rip out pages, through all the strangeness. We're ready - together - to go through changes now even if we don;t know how :-)
- Katherine Marie to Ms. Quandry
"come up to meet you, tell you i’m sorry,
you don’t know how lovely you are.
i had to find you, tell you i need you,
tell you i set you apart.
tell me your secrets and ask me your questions,
oh, let's go back to the start...."
"Sixty seconds now feels more like thirty
Tick-tock, won't stop, around it goes
Sand through the glass sure falls in a hurry
And all you keep trying to do is slow it down, soak it in
Keep trying to make the good times last as long as you can
But you can't, man
It just goes too fast"
-Luke Bryan
Today I did the last of the Christmas family celebrations.
I love Christmas but I am glad to be moving on......to quiet, peace and a sense of having my life back..
Ah, putting my feet up and dreaming of all I want to accomplish in 2010.
Have a great week everyone.
Chance stopped in for the night to stay with me in my cabin at Turtle Mountain. A warm duvet and a hot Chance make for a rather cozy and safe place for the night that makes the snow storm outside seem miles away :-)
- Katherine
Very kind, very smart and oh so very cuddly...a Chance encounter :-)
I'd say Chance is with me ;-)
She's a very good Chance to take...
I have a wonderful friend who I treasure more then my own self. I say that because despite all odds against them they have fought a helluva demon that still likes to taunt and try to drag them back into Hell. The same demon took my Dad from me...
Each time I see or talk to them, I feel blessed for I never know if I might not see them again...or used to...they fight harder now and the Demon's taunts and seductions get quieter for them...I don't worry as much as I used to.
They aren't who they were now. They are much better. They are stronger.
They will win.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKnTjYu4c44
Somehow though, when I talk to them, they give me the vibe that listening to Janis Joplin does. They come from the same part of the world, so you never know - maybe Janis came back.
I know my compadre came back again...
My avatar sits and ponders if she will return in this picture as at the time, she had left...quickly...
To the pretty ginger who crinkles her nose so cutely and tells me of travels far and wide...I love you in ways that words can't describe...and I hope..so hope..you heard Janis for that song the way I do and never ever will be the "Little Girl Blue" anymore...
This was part of the 124 of 148 pics Flickr ate on me...luckily I remembered the song and who it was for...
Love you all...especially Crinkle Nose;-)
- Your Katie Kat, For Always
“I dedicate this to all my friends past and present who allowed me to shine; who gave me the gift of unconditional love and understanding; who set me free to follow my own path and all those friends whom I have yet to meet. I am content to stand in your shadow so that you may also shine. I am content to let you go; to let you fly free so that one day I have the pleasure to welcome you back again with open arms and love in my heart … “ - AP
Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iAzMRKFX3c
WIND BENEATH MY WINGS – BETTE MIDLER
FRIENDSHIP
Friendship to me is letting go
helping someone to find their wings
allowing them the freedom to grow
and wishing them well and all good things
standing in their shadow as they fly away
letting them shine brightly like the sun
waiting patiently for the day
that brings them home;
and I will be here to catch you if you fall
and gently mop your brow
erase all doubts you may have had
be content with all I have right now
A friend is like a precious flower
nurtured by nature; freedom from pain
swaying to and fro as life does
learning to laugh and dance in the rain
a flower does not have enemies
when nature is in balance
no matter what the wind blows in
we can survive; we can withstand
we may be battered by the storm
but we come through it all
hand in hand the promised land
awaits us; we stand strong and tall
A friend is happy to see you smile
gives thanks for all your triumphs
and puts you first before themselves
provides a safety net against imbalance
when doors are slammed shut in your face
God opens up a window
what lies beyond was not for you
look through the glass; the gentle glow
a candle flame is lit for you
a sign of love and understanding
it will not burn you as you pass through
it will not hurt; it's undemanding
just as a true friend to you should be
it is warm and it is welcoming
makes you feel loved and understood
never seeks to put you down
We know full well when something's wrong
we know we can't win them all
these battles that rage in others are
not our fight; out of our control
so it is easy to forgive them
and find the rightful path for us
for in their torment they are hurting
only themselves; so to above
I pray for them their souls to lay
to rest and ease their weary minds
but for now they have to stay
behind the door they closed on kind
and loving souls who wished them well
who bid them one last fond farewell
and try to keep our thoughts from dwelling
on their own sad and tortuous hell
We can only try our best
to help; to love; to understand
but until the recipient is willing to accept
they are cast out; they are banned
It seems to go against the teaching
of Christian love that I know
but a lesson can be hard in reaching
those who will not hear the woe
that they enforce on other's kinder
fragile, gentle, brittle hearts
until they recognise in the mirror
they are the ones who made them part
I do not like to see the suffering
of anyone if I can be of help
but sometimes all we can do is leave them
to find their way; to rid themselves
of the self-imposed angst they keep inside them
that fights to keep the whole world out
if they can break the pattern of their thinking
and let love in, then they will never be without.
- AP - Copyright © remains with and is the intellectual property of the author
Copyright © protected image please do not reproduce without permission
My artwork is a compilation of 5 of my photographs
August 2011, Dortmund
We were in the park and the birds flew over our heads.
Thanks for the favs,views and following me!
One of the 124 of 148 photos that Flickr's servers mysteriously "ate" that were saved by their efforts for me.
This is from one of the happiest days of my life - when Kelly and I finally wed. She was my second wife.
Was.
We'd had a lovely life together until then.
It was a most gorgeous venue that we created ourselves and all the stops were pulled out to make it OUR own. Also to celebrate it inclusively with our friends.
It's a shame that only month's later she purposely wandered into the arms of another chasing kinks and hiding from her true self after breaking promises to me. Also our vows.
You know...I let her go after, I moved on to, but Kelly sadly never did.
She still stays obsessed with me. Even THREE YEARS LATER.
I guess I wasn't so bad after all hey? Her loss, not mine.
This day was at least a happy one. This memory will always stay untarnished. I wont let it be otherwise, so back up it goes. At least I can smile at what once was...
Tu te fais ça, tu le fais, et c'est ce qui fait vraiment mal...
Vous l'avez toujours fait à vous-même. C'est vrai. C'est ça qui fait vraiment mal...
Au revoir pour toujours...
Sooooooooooooo my girlfriend, the forever cute Ms Katie Parx, is BACK in the grid again after a brief absence and I am so H A P P Y about that!
Also, fortunately, my OTHER girlfriend, the ever gorgeous Ms Shesa Quandry, popped in to meet Katie for the first time with me, Katie present.
So it was a "quandry" with a Quandry, a Katie and a Katie! ;-)
WE had a wonderful visit on my back patio surrounded by the trees on the big, comfy couch.
I consider myself rather lucky to be loved by both of these remarkable women.
I feel even luckier that I get to LOVE both of these remarkable women!! :-)
No, it's not a "throuple", it's me as the person who dates both separately. They just happen to get along and are friends :-)
I have been in polyamorous situations before, but not quite in this way with me as the "link pin", but love is love and I know whom I love...
I also know I AM loved! For that I am humbled and thankful.
Katie? Shesa? Know how lucky I feel to be so cared for. Know how much knowing both of you in the way I do makes me feel so fortunate.
Thank you for loving me...both of you...
Feeling Lucky in Love,
- Ms Katherine Marie McAuley
I tweaked the aperature settings and... viola!
We had such a great time today! Just me, Kait and Amber. More to come!! <3
"We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey." ~Kenji Miyazawa
11/04/00-11/04/09=R.I.P. Happy Anniversary???
How uncomfortable it is to have a date that should by all rights equal happiness and love..be a day of discomfort and uncertainty. Gone are the flowers...the cards...the sweet sentiments...the forget-me-nots...the gift of love and adoration. Replaced by foulness..anger..bitterness...blame...finger pointing and an incessant need to run fast in any other direction! Today shall be a tough one as I am in the throws of divorce and moving on yet still in my complacency and awaiting the loose ends to be tied up. There is no finalization yet..it is limbo at its best. How does one get uncomplicated in a complicated mess? I do not cry or hope or wish or beg...for it is not the loss of my husband that bothers me but certainly I will mourn the loss of what I thought things would be....
BUT that road ahead sure does look colorful, bright and inviting..I think I shall get on it!
Two years ago I met a girl named Becca and we fell deeply in love.
Loved.
A year ago she ghosted me and took my real life bestie of ten plus years with her who ghosted me as well too. Until then, Becca and I had had the next thirty years of our lives planned.
Together.
Suddenly everything came apart including me. This picture is from our first date and when we both fell hard for each other. This pic was one of the 124 of 148 that Flickr's servers ate, but was rescued - just without the journal I tend to write with the pictures.
Alone.
She stole my heart and then my life...nearly ending it in the process, but at least, for awhile, I felt truly loved and was able to love another fully myself...at least, for awhile...
Fallen.
I'll never ever forgive you Becca Bae for what you did to me, but I have good memories of who you USED to be...Those I will cherish. Those I can almost smile at now. The tears still come freely though...
Broken
You broke me. You broke me without saying why or goodbye...
Goodbye...
- Katie...
"Penso che un sogno così non ritorni mai più
Mi dipingevo le mani e la faccia di blu
Poi d'improvviso venivo dal vento rapito
E incominciavo a volare nel cielo infinito
Volare, oh oh…
Cantare, ohohoho…
Nel blu dipinto di blu
Felice di stare lassù
E volavo, volavo felice
Più in alto del sole ed ancora più su
Mentre il mondo pian piano spariva, lontano laggiù
Una musica dolce suonava soltanto per me"
From for "Blue Painted in The Blue (Flying)" ie "Volare" as sung by Domenico Modugno.
How my heart flies now...A wonderful "quandry" entered my life and it is one I will gleefully dwell and ponder on as I thought such a dream would never come back...
I had painted my hands and my face blue...
Then suddenly I was ravished by the wind and I started flying in the infinite sky. I was flying.
Flying, oh oh…
Singing, ohohoho…
Blue painted in the blue
Happy to be up there
I was flying, flying happily, higher than the sun and even higher whilst the world was slowly disappearing, far beneath.
A soft music was playing just for me.
Shesa was orchestrating it..
Innamorato di te...
Shesa? Sei davvero un bellissimo dilemma.
Con tanto amore mio caro,
- La signora Katherine Marie McAuley XOXO
Celebration after the walkoff win in game 4 of the ALDS. The win clinched the series! The shot isn't the best since I was standing on a chair yelling, which definitely adds to camera shake!
2023 was a rough year health wise and sadly, in the latter part, romantically, but I am better healthwise though and also a lot better off without Becca.
I have been getting out a lot more in both worlds because my health is improving fast and just being more "me".
I'm also not stuck to the phone 5 nights a week listening to Becca road rage a big rig down the interstate. Sleep is underrated.
It feels good to be by myself again.
Tonight I sit and watch as Felina DJ's my eclectic little Beach Club and puff on my little pipe as I think about how lucky I am to have so many loving friends in both worlds - something my ex can't say the same of.
I will be ok. Life goes on and it goes on rather well. It's a shame she didn't want to stick around for the ride, but I am still not travelling alone as I know I am still loved by many who travel with me.
You know...life is hard...but you must never stop fighting for yourself and what's right.
Always cast out into the universe good, but never expect it back and it will come. Cast out bad? Karma will find you with it to return it.
Be of peace all. I love ALL of you!
- Katherine Marie McAuley
ME. Teehee!
My usual self on a very sunny HOT humid day in Singapore. Ugh!!
No processed edit. Almost SOOC. just levels. crop a bit. Shoot by the boyfriend, concept me. LOL.
I am screwed because I missed 30 days of my Project 365 and I am kinda tired patching it up. IT DOES COME TO A POINT like that sadly to realized. And I know no one will noticed but me. Ha ha ha. But now that I have told you, throw the rotten tomatoes at me now. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
It made me sad to ponder really at some point how hell did I screw it up. I can come up with a number of life's realities' reasons (other than seeing my face all over the stream)..blah blah blah... but I kinda learned to LET GO..and no other way, but MOVE ON. =) But it doesn't mean I am stopping, NEVER. I will continue the count. Woot! So what? I am not breaking any RULES anyway ---just BENDING them! Hahaha =)
For as long as I am still sticking to my goal of being able to enjoy the whole process of LEARNING the ropes here. Teehee. And I am not ranting (I do sound a bit hahaha) but seriously, I will still continue this project for as long as I can. NO STRICT RULES but DELIRIOUSLY ENJOY. =) Right now, I am busy working on being able to expand my ideas on my Portrait collections and learn Street Photography. Yayyy!
So there. I'm done for Day 102. Maybe you'll see the 103rd next month? LOL
~~~
Tomorrow I go out in the streets to do stalker shots with the 18-200m. Ha ha. <3