difficult to choose
Spain versus Netherlands
may the best team win.
© Cheryl-Lynn 2014/06/14
Poetry ~ Waka
difficult to choose
Spain versus Netherlands
may the best team win.
© Cheryl-Lynn 2014/06/14

(haiku)
what beauty above
artist paints the horizon
watercolours.
Working in the helping profession can be challenging but it is an extremely validating career. To listen to someone who has no where else to turn, no one else to trust and bravely dials an anonymous help line is liberating and at times, life saving. I am fortunate to work for such a great organization that offers so much hope to youths and young adults.
A counsellor has to practice self-care to avoid compassionate fatigue. That entails taking time off work periodically, spending time with family, friends and mostly finding activities to unwind and experience joy. Life is not all about pain and sadness but when you work in a field where you are facing darkness in the eye too often, it is easy to distort life’s reality.
But what must one do in between those “times off”? Some watch comedy clips on-line, read a good suspense thriller allows the mind to tune out real quick, go for a walk on the streets of Montreal, talk to a colleague, sit in a park for half an hour, journal, write and some take the elevator in our building to go up to the roof and just breath in the crescendo of colours created by the Great Spirit.
I often hurry up there when I take a sneak peek while on a phone call and see through the window the sun starting its performance and I rush upstairs to witness the concert playing out along the horizon.

(haiku)
quelle vision là-haut
l’artiste peint l’horizon
gouache coloré
© Cheryl-Lynn 2014/06/13

Photo: © CLR 2014
angels play with paint
brush strokes on blue canvas
coloured horizon.
new horizons
mother earth bids goodnight
concert of colours
© Cheryl-Lynn 2014/06/13

Dawn breathes good morning
the robin spreads its wings
breakfast is the worm
*
l’aube respire bon matin
l’hirondelle étend ses ailes
brunch au petit ver
© Cheryl-Lynn 2014/06/13

Photo: Silhouette of Woman
(haiku)
Vent doux caressant
corps brulant et bronzé
fraicheur délassée
*
Brunante paisible
brise venant de l’océan
somnifère d’été
© Cheryl-Lynn 2014/069/11
I am a slow learner. I bought my Canon power shot digital camera when my grandson was born almost 10 years ago. I still don’t use it to its fullest capacity. My smart phone, I changed from a Blackberry Torch a year and half ago for a Samsung Note and this week I discovered (yes, I am slow) the various “scene modes” like sunset, dawn, night, candle…sheesh!! all this to say, I am going ballistics taking photos at night…last night was the first time taking pics of the moon hiding behind the clouds, tonight it is almost FULL, June 12th is the actual date. And as I was crossing the bridge to get home, I got some shots of the river and the moon’s reflection…but could not get both together…the moon was too far up and I was just sitting too close to the river on the bus. Oh, well. So the photos I am showing are my first night and “moon” shots. They are not perfect but I enjoyed taking them.

Taken Monday night after work, June 9th
The above photo and all the others were taken tonight June 10th, Tuesday. This is on the walk from work to the Métro.
Same walk a few streets away…I took a few other dark streets so I would not have the street lights interfering with the shots. I like this one. It would be a great photo for a short story.
Another one taken tonight.

Now I am on the bus and I was so happy to have a window seat and I was sitting on the right side of the bus to take a few shots over the river. Pretty cool, eh? You can even see the freight bridge in the distance.
Moonlight in the sky
river echoes with moonbeams
Mother Nature shines

© CLR June 9-10 2014
I really love this one although I could not fit in the moon too. You can actually see a small boat in the distance too. And that reflection, well, I find it pretty darn cool. Not bad for a smart phone eh?
© Cheryl-Lynn, June 11, 2014