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May 4 ~ 28 years

Emily Dickinson said, “‘hope’ is the thing with feathers – that perches in the soul -…”. What then is grief?

“Grief” is the thing of stone
That perches in the soul –
And presses hard without a sound –
And never stops – at all –   (BB)

Volker died 28 years ago. Incredible. Can it really be? Time is such a peculiar thing.

This is one day of the year I “take off” — I take off from work, from socialization. I spend it mostly alone with my dog. Once again this year I headed to Goderich, to the water, to a leash-free dog park.

I think what I like most about my day off is that both grief and hope reside without conflict in my soul.

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A new Camera —

— new to me, that is. I bought a used Fuji Finepix HS10 on-line from Henry’s. [As a side note, I agreed to an online price, but when Henry’s had a sale that I didn’t know about they refunded $50!]

The camera I’ve been using for the last several years, an Olympus SP-570UZ had too many trips in my carry-on luggage, I think: the auto focus mostly didn’t work, and much of the time I couldn’t put it to manual focus either. I do use my iPhone to take pictures and video clips and I bought a little Fuji XP60 when I was in California in March but neither of these two can take the kind of pictures I want to take. I didn’t want to spend $500 or more so I shopped used from a reputable dealer. (I wasn’t ready to buy used on Kijiji or eBay.)

I am happy with my purchase. First 2 pictures out of the box taken from the same vantage point:first2Yesterday morning, just before I was leaving for work, I heard a commotion on my balcony. I looked out to see Mr & Mrs House-Finch. She was busy stealing fibres from my planter. He was preening and standing guard:

(Because of re-sizing these pictures aren’t as crisp as the originals.)

I am quite pleased with my new toy!

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