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Mother, sister, daughter, teacher, caregiver, thoughtful soul. Choral music groupie. Fair weather gardener. Knitter. Crafter. Here with an open heart, curious mind, and deeply felt responsibility to others. Looking for joy. Releasing pain through poetry.
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekZforZoology #rabbit Missy

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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekZforZoology #rabbit Malcolm

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#vss365 #prompt #micropoetry What #guru told you That this was a good idea? I beg to differ!

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#vss365 #prompt #progenitor #poem

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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekYForYellow #bloomscrolling #Stunday #Sundayyellow #gazania #flower #UKgardening A sunburst of #yellow rolled petals on this striking #treasureflower.

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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekYForYellow #Stunday #sunrise #skyscape A stunning #dawn unfurling over #Suffolk landscape and streaking the clouds with layers of golden #yellow and flame orange.

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#flowers #bloomscrolling #gardening #UKgardening #sixonsaturday A week of firsts blooms and ‘almost there’ buds in my garden. I have had my first #roses (David Austin: You’re Beautiful), my first fragrant #sweetpeas and white flowers on the #heuchera. The #Agapanthus and #lavender are opening too.

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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekYForYellow In my quest to learn #crochet I have graduated from simple flowers to an attempt at #grannysquares. Granny square number 2 is #yellow. Not sure they are perfect - a bit smaller than the pattern said - but I am getting faster. What shall I make?

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#vss365 Reflected in my dreams: confused transition, large buildings, empty corridors, #liminal spaces. Familiarity echoes uncertainty — hospitals, schools — a maze of passages, never reaching a destination. Alone.

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#vss365 You moved in a realm of fantasy, parallel to reality— not imagined, but engineered. A perfect bubble, blown by you. You told yourself you were okay. Good, even. Nice. But look what you’ve done— what you’ve undone. Life. Now, he loses everything: his home. his job. his wife.

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#vss365 #Parallel worlds / versions of me

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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekYForYellow #bloomscrolling #onlybeautifulthings Sunny #gazania #flowers on a sunny terrace. A golden #treasureflower

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#vss365 #poem #prompt #realm #vortex

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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekYForYellow #bloomscrolling #onlybeautifulthings Dainty #yellow #nemesia #flowers from my garden. A little bit of sunshine.☀️

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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekYForYellow #rosewednesday #bloomscrolling I wish this lovely #yellow climbing #rose were in my garden!

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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekYForYellow #eye Had to visit the hospital again this morning and noticed this high-contrast signage outside ophthalmology.

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#vss365 #susurrus

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#vss365 #primordial #micropoetry Why do I try To understand Complex beings And their plans? At the end of the day The simple is true We’re all descended FROM PROKARYOTES Me, her and you!

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#vss365 #primordial

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#vss365 #self Tragic Woman scorned. Unchosen, unwanted in the real world. Used; A fantasy. Self-respect, Any? Is life failing her or Is she failing at life?

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#MacroMonday #Bloomscrolling #Alphabetchallenge #photo #WeekYforYellow Beautiful delicate pale #yellow petals on this stunning #peony #flower

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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekYForYellow Spotted this book at Cedar’s Pantry Cafe #Suffolk (the owner is a #Saab enthusiast). It reminded me of when we had a yellow Saab with a black soft-top back in the 90s. My husband called it the ‘banana’ #car. We drove across Sweden in that car. Happy days!

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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekXforXs #walking #getoutside Spotted this X while on a #walk in the woods.

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#vss365 #slash I'm tired of this feeling Ten months of reeling Heart slashed Hope dashed Soul torn Forlorn… Past scorned Future pawned No end How will I mend?

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#vss365 #Slash

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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekXforXs Xs for safety at the local #train #station

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#flowers #bloomscrolling #spiraea #pelargonium #geum #cosmos #aquilegia #rose A selection of hot pinks for #sixonsaturday today. Some are from my garden, but I have also borrowed from my mum‘s garden as🐰 are eating all my flowers! She is much better at this than me anyway!

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The thunderstorm over #Suffolk tonight. #thunderstorm #thunderstorms #thunder #storm #lightening #weather

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#vss365 I hide in my #shed, Woman cave in my garden, To escape the pain.

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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekXforXs A pretty #bridge at Helmingham Hall #Suffolk

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#vss365 The #shape of your love fluid, shifting, like dunes in dry winds— unsteadying. We stumble, tumble, head over heels in confusion, in love. Her mirage, an illusion. Thirst-quenching, delusion. Desolate, lifeless, Parched.

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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekXforXs #Thursgate #rabbit A gate made by a handyman for our old rabbit enclosure (we still have the rabbit that’s behind the gate but we moved and he and his partner have a new picket fence enclosure now).

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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekXforXs #Suffolk

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Flower at dusk. A #pink #begonia #flower #macro #photo for #bloomscrolling from my garden - #UKgardening

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#vss365 #skin #scrape Unfulfilled. Lonely. Guilt-ridden. She mourns your soul— even as she scrapes Life from deep within. A shadow in your dream— seductress. Bewitching. Skin pale as sin— perfectly, perfect. Cold. Enchanting shape-shifter, as if a succubus. Wearing your longing like life itself.

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