This week’s theme for the Weekly Photo Challenge is ‘Reflections’. Of course, as with so many of the themes, this is wide open for interpretation. For once though, I’m going to stick to the literal theme and share some photographs of actual reflections which I hope you’ll like.
Entrance to South Walsham Broad, Norfolk Broads, England
(c) Sherri Matthews 2014
Neatishead, Norfolk Broads, England
(c) Sherri Matthews 2014
Bodhiam Castle, Sussex, England
14th Century moated castle with ruined interior
(c) Sherri Matthews 2014
As I press on with my memoir this week (you’ll be pleased to know!) I’ve been doing more than my fair share of deep ‘reflection’. I’ve bashed out two blog posts just this morning in an attempt to describe where I am at the moment in my writing journey but I’m not so sure that even then I’ve been able to adequately do so. Some serious cutting and pasting yet to be completed that’s for sure.
There are so many writing voices screaming at me just now that I’m having trouble keeping single-minded about it all. I’ve got a fiction assignment to get out, I’ve missed more than one competition deadline which I’m not happy about and I’m also chasing an article submission I made to a magazine a couple of weeks ago (too early, do I wait a bit longer I wonder?). I also have a couple of freelance blog posts to write. So what am I doing instead? This blog post of course!
All-in-all, I hope to steer through this muddied mess and plough ahead once again and get moving. Rolling up the sleeves, keep on keeping on. You know what it’s like. Meanwhile, I’ve written this poem as I reflect upon this constant tug-of-war pulling at my thought-patterns and search for clarity. Peace? Fear? Loss? Silence? Who knows. Maybe I just need a hug!
Silent Embrace
Silken touch lingers upon my face
The touch of cool melting
in the chase;
For only in this silent dream
Does my heart slip into your deep embrace.
Though caught in the grey of shadow’s path
Lurks the ever-present threat to the
peace in my heart.
Grasping, sighing, falling, dying
Where wait we must for the
Hidden Spark.
Calling out from the deep where the
Lost Voice seeks
to be heard, understood,
Laid out as it slumbers in deepest sleep;
Yet caught up in ridicule so that in laughter
We both might weep.
Let your touch linger then, upon my face,
in the sweet sadness clinging
like rain’s damp taste;
For a thousand promises still hiding
in the grey, so at last, melting deeper into
Silent Embrace.
(c) Sherri Matthews 2014
A View From My Summerhouse 
Hugs, hugs, hugs and more hugs to you Sherri! 🙂
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Ahh, thanks Jhanis! You give great hugs 🙂
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I love your first reflections photograph, it’s absolutely beautiful! Is it a sunset or sunrise picture? Your poetry is so beautiful Sherri, you have such a wonderful way with words. I hope that your reflection goes well, so often I feel that we don’t take enough time in life to step back and reflect. It’s so important to do!
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Hi Heather, and thank you so much, I’m really glad you enjoyed the poem as well as the pics! The first one is a sunset, taken from the boat which we hired out for a couple of weeks last year for our holiday on the Norfolk Broads, a beautiful expanse of waterways on our Eastern shores!
It is very important to take time out to reflect, and I think that in process of writing my memoir, or ‘creative non-fiction’ as I think I’m going to start calling it (!), it doesn’t give me much choice. I’ll be sharing more of this in my next post, but didn’t want to sound too angst-ridden!
I hope things are going well with you and that you are having a good week 🙂
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I’m so happy to hear you’re pressing on with your memoir, Sherri. As busy as you are, you found the time to write a beautiful poem, you’re amazing. Your photos are lovely and so relaxing to view.
I’m sending you plenty of hugs and a working boiler! xo
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Ha Ha! Well, the working boiler will go down a treat Jill, thank you so much 🙂 Of course, the hugs work even better, bless you 🙂
Yes Jill, I knew you would be happy to hear this (thank you!) and I am going to be sharing more about this in my next post, so watch this space! But you are too kind. The problem is I like writing poems and blogging but I’m procrastinating with the other ‘stuff’ because I don’t like doing it! I’m having major problems with fiction at the moment but I’m thinking it’s because this isn’t the right time for me as my heart is in my memoir and that has to come first. My writing course ends in October though so I want to get my money’s worth and get all the feedback that I can though so I need to get this fiction writing done in time but it’s sidetracking me 😦
Oh well, when my heart is in it maybe things will change…ever hopeful eh?!! 😉 xo
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Lovely poem, Sherri and your reflections are so beautiful. Hugs to you. 🙂
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Ahh, thank you so much Sylvia , so glad you enjoyed them, and for the lovely hugs too, as always 🙂
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Lovely photos…I’ve got to get back behind my lens and try a few of those “weekly challenges.” Well done as always!
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Thanks so much MM! Yes, you should give it a try, it’s great fun and a great way to meet other bloggers too 🙂
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I will definitely give it a try! Thank you, as always, for your encouragement! 🙂
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You are very welcome, I look forward to seeing your challenge posts 🙂
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Each present a different feel of reflections. “…like rain’s damp taste…” — too beautiful, Sherri! You are such a talented writer!
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Wow, goodness, thank you so much Amy! So glad that you enjoyed it, I’m very humbled though!
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Oh Sherri, you could have been writing about me! Not that I’m writing a memoir but there is so much going on at the moment I don’t know which way to turn, although I’m beginning to sort through the tangled mess that is my mind. I’ve put a temporary halt on any new fiction – I have more than enough material to re-work and edit. I too just missed a competition deadline but as there are so many out there, I’m just going to try one of the others.
Blogging takes up an inordinate amount of time but it’s fun, I find it’s both educational while comforting to know that there are other folks out there (you!) who are experiencing similar things.
I love your shot of Bodiam Castle – haven’t been there in ages but it’s magical, especially with small boys in tow. (Alas, they grow up).
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…’tangled mess that is my mind’…oh Jenny, yes, we are definitely going through the same thing! Sorry you too missed a competition deadline, but glad that you are going to find another one. I need to do the same!
Yes, blogging is great fun and it is a wonderful thing. Maybe sometimes it’s the only thing 😉
I hope that you get your projects underway and it sounds like you’ve made the right choice in not taking on any new fiction for the time being.
Ahh, glad to hear that you know of Bodhiam! We visited a couple of years ago with my son funnily enough (but he is a big boy now as you know!!!). Thanks Jenny, glad you liked the photo 🙂
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So much easier to slope off to our blogs than ‘head on’ at the real world, Sherri. I think that’s probably why I blog- the escapism and the hugs! Unconditional 🙂
Our paths must have almost crossed a time or two. Some of my Polish family live in North Walsham on the Broads. Lovely reflections!
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It really is isn’t it Jo! Yes, nothing beats that escapism and the lovely hugs, thank you 🙂
Well what a small world it is! Growing up in Surrey we took our holidays every year on the Norfolk Broads so we know it well, but this was the first time we had been back there for 15 years when we went last year 🙂 I wonder if our paths did indeed cross… 🙂
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Just beautiful That second photo just knocked my socks off. I would have stared at that for hours. Your poetry, Sherri, is so calming. Thank you.
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Ahh, thank you so much Susan, I’m really glad you liked it so much! Also that you found my poem calming, that blesses me greatly 🙂
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Beautiful photos and poetry Sherri 🙂 Sending you lots of hugs and encouragement! You are such an incredibly talented lady!
I’m a terrible author and probably shouldn’t be giving you any advice. But, maybe you could write a story for your non-fiction memoirs and then totally rewrite it as a fictional assignment for your writing course. Isn’t some fiction loosely based on real characters and events?
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Ahh, well you are too kind as methinks that you are such a lovely, talented and wonderful lady yourself Theresa! I loved your post earlier, but then I love them all! I’m so glad that you enjoyed the poem as well as the photos 🙂
You give good advice! I am beginning to grasp that this in fact what fiction writers do, use their own experiences and characters from people they know (or themselves) and turn them into fictional stories. I’m trying to get my head around this. You would think it would be easy wouldn’t you, but I have a real mental block about it!
Thank you as always so much for your lovely hugs and encouragement and right back to you 🙂
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Bodhiam castle looks impressive! I’ll have to add that to my list of places to visit. I love the poem too. It sounds as though you’re very busy, Sherri with lots of creative endeavours. Sounds great!
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Oh Rachel, you would love it and so would your kids! Keep that list growing! Thank you very much about the poem, it’s very encouraging to know that you enjoyed it.
Yes, it is very busy but I need to get my priorities in order and then I’ll be ok. But at least I’m getting on with my memoir, in fits and starts and that helps 🙂
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Your photos tell stories, as do your poems. And blogging is yet another way of honing your craft. Reflective time can be a time of gestation rather than procrastination, and that’s sometimes as important as the discipline of actually getting the words onto paper. Creativity is demanding and when you have different voices calling for your attention, it’s a wise woman who knows where to listen first! And you sound like a wise lady.
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Well I thank you very much Julia, you are very kind, and yes, perhaps this is just what happened, merely a question of deciding to go with what felt most important! You know how it is, sometimes you just have to write what is pressing on your heart in the most purposeful way because creativity is indeed very demanding 🙂
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I like the monetesque reflection of the rhododendrons, very nice. Now Sherri, although I love to read about your ‘tangled mind’ as Jenny says, it is time to stop procrastinating and get those jobs done! Sooner you get your ‘homework’ done the more you can work on the good stuff ❤
(says someone who can't decide where to live)
Jude xx
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Ha Ha! Yes Jude, I know, but you also know how it is sometimes with me!!! My ‘tangled mind’ goes overboard at times and I just need to get these things out of my system! Still, you are right, (and it does feel just like homework as I was trying to express in my ‘other’ blog post) once it is out of the way then I can do what I really want to do!
Now, you need to get your ‘homework’ done too and find that elusive new home:-)
Thanks Jude, glad you enjoyed the reflective rhododendrons 🙂
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Beautiful pictures and poem, Sherri. I especially love the castle picture. 🙂
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Hi Patti, thanks so much and so glad you enjoyed 🙂
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Hi Sherri. You’re welcome. By the way, the sample card I have of the painting I did of your photo turned out really nice. Do you have an address I could just mail the card to?
Patsy 🙂
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Oh I would love it, thanks Patsy! I’ll email you my address, thanks so much 🙂
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Great! 🙂
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My fav:
For a thousand promises still hiding
in the grey, so at last, melting deeper into
and that castle.
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Well I thank you very much Diana, means so much…
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I’m so glad you used the reflection on water, ’cause, after all, you could have used anything! Metal, mirrors, glass etc. But the still water of lakes… Beautiful. The most beautiful reflections there are, mirroring the sky and flora to make it look like there’s another world lying beneath the calm surface… I used to stare in lakes a lot as a child (I was a strange child).
Your poem is equally beautiful. A very delicate, gentle vibe came from it, though slightly melancholic. I often think of that as positive sadness, because there’s nothing wrong with sorrow, and speaking to the world creatively is the most graceful way to do it. It’s good to see you’re getting there with your writing 🙂 I hope your time away is healing you. As you said, reflections can be more than physical.
HUGS to you 😀 Remember: keep smiling! If you’re struggling, remember the mental image of Mr. Gazelle-Catley 😉
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Oh Jenny Jen Jen, if you were a strange child then so was I as I used to do just the same and still love to, hence these pics! I’m fascinated with reflections in the water so this challenge was easy for me.
I’m so thrilled that you liked my poem too, what you said about it means so much to me as I love to get feedback like this and to know what others reading it feel when they do so. I like that, ‘positive sadness’. It must be what is in my heart as that is where it came from and that would be a very true description, but, as you say sorrow can be creative and positive. I’m so glad that you see this in the same way and ‘get’ it 🙂
Ahh, and big hugs to you too, I hope you are feeling better 😦 and had a better day 🙂 Take care of that knee and oh yes, I’m laughing quietly now just thinking of Mr Gazelle-Catley, ha ha 🙂 🙂 🙂
Blue skies and twilight JJJ x
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Heh, well maybe being strange isn’t such a bad thing 🙂 I did many things like that as a child – lying on the grass and watching snails an inch away from them, sitting by the pond to watch the frogs and the water, staring up at the clouds for hours on end, and then go out at night and stare at the stars. All so simple, all so beautiful.
We writers have a connection, Sherri 😉 But yes, I like to think of ‘positive sadness’ often. Thinking things in that light makes the world lighter, in both meanings of the word!
My day was better, thank you, but the knee is not good at all… I’m genuinely getting quite concerned about it
Until we speak again, Sherri, take it easy! Enjoy your reflections 🙂 x
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Aww, Jenny Jen Jen, get well!!! So sorry about your knee but glad that things went better today for you 🙂 Yes, we writers really do have a connection, the way we see the world around us…
Thank you, I will, and you too, as we both reflect and I hope you have a lovely evening – and I’ll say it again, get well 🙂
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Sounds as though you might be in the middle of a creative maelstrom Sherri! Glad to hear that you haven’t forgotten about the memoir though – like the way you linked those reflections of memory to the theme – beautiful photos again, I particularly love the first one. There are lots of wonderful images in your poem – ‘touch of cool melting’ ‘grey of shadow’s path’ ‘sweet sadness clinging’ ‘rain’s damp taste’….I could go on…
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Creativity comes with challenges. I could relate to the distraction you describe. Sometimes I am grabbed by something that takes me away from an “assignment” even if my own. So many discoveries in our thoughts/words and yet our feelings seem to be orchestrating it all. Somehow it all comes together in our life expression. My favorite reflection is in relationships and how we see ourselves in each other. This is the beauty of the blog!
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Hi Tiramarie, thank you so much for coming by and reading my blog and for your great comment. Creativity does indeed bring it’s challenges and many distractions! Sometimes it comes down to just giving in to the one piece of writing that is burning the strongest in our heart and then we just have to give into it before it dies away. How we see each other as reflected by others is a very interesting perspective and what better way than by that as expressed through blogging!
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Well it does seem that way Andrea, probably because I’ve had more time on my hands to actually get down and write. The hours fly by don’t they when writing? The problem is that I need to get my priorities right! Still, I’m learning that actually, by going from one piece of writing to another, even if a completely different genre, can be a good thing. I used to think that I had to concentrate on just one thing before going onto the next but that it is possible and maybe even preferable to have several writing assignments on the go at once!!
Thank you so much for your encouragement of my poem, I love that you picked out these specific phrases, this means so much to me it really does. To know that you felt these images…
So glad you enjoyed the pics too 🙂
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Gorgeous photos. Outstanding reflections, every one. I don’t know anything about photography but, for me, each one appears well framed to its best advantage. 🙂
Your poem is lovely. Sounds wistful and dreamy. 😉 Excellent.
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Thank you so much Tess, so glad you enjoyed them and my poem too. I hope you are all set for your trip, woo hoo 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Leaving the house in 10-1/2 hours. Can’t believe my suitcase isn’t bulging and splitting at the seams. 🙂
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Ooooh, so exciting! Packing is a real challenge, especially these days with all the restrictions and what can and can’t be carried on. I hope you get your nap in and wake up refreshed and ready to go! Gonna miss you Tess but you have a super-duper time, be sure too. I’ll raise a glass to it and to you, even now… 😉
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Nope. Too charged for nap. Will save for later. Not flight to Chicago, later. Hope we can stay awake the 5 hrs at Chicago airport waiting for connection. Ha ha.
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Ahh, the long wait for the connection! Well, maybe you can nap then, ha ha 🙂
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Yep. Later. Maybe I’ll even get some ‘reading’ in at home 😀
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You definitely nailed the photo challenge! Keep plugging away! Looks like your first quarter of a great 2014 if off to a roaring start.So much to do, sometimes overwhelming but take it bite by bite and before you know it you will have devoured the pile of stuff on your “to do” list. Here’s wishing for you a very productive week 🙂
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Thanks so much Lilka, I very much appreciate it! You are right, bite by bite is the way to go and that is just what I’ve been doing. Feeling more in control again and getting there which is always a good thing! I hope your week is every bit as productive…:-)
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I love your photos! Such bold reflections in the water, I think that’s what makes them look so stunning. Good luck with all your writing. I know how it feels like when there are so many writing voices making a lot of noise inside your head. As a freelance writer, I’d be working on one article, but then another article or a blog post idea would be calling out to me and I’d feel compelled to write the latter two first even though the first one’s due first. But to be honest, I enjoy all this madness a fair bit. Writing is my passion; I write to share and I think you do too 🙂
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Hello Mabel! Thank you so much for coming over to my blog and I’m so glad that you enjoyed the photos. Oh I do know just what this feels like, just as you describe with writing! When you feel compelled like that you just have to go with it don’t you? I am just the same. And yes, writing is very much my passion and writing to share is paramount. It’s what makes the words flow even more. Wanting to share the words written on our hearts as they flow out onto that white space for others to read! Bless you and thank you for your lovely comment 🙂
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Thanks for your nice words, Sherri. Totally agree with you there. Sometimes deadlines don’t work for us writers. Creativity doesn’t strike us all the time. Some just don’t understand writing and see writing as science – putting thoughts down in structured paragraphs. But really, writing is an art. When the time is right, well, there’s no stopping us creating and sharing something that is borne out of love and passion.
Looking forward to seeing more of your blog 🙂
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You are so right, writing is indeed an art. Structure can kill it. It has to come from the heart as only then does the passion really flow.
I really look forward to your future visits and I am also looking forward to coming over to your blog too.
Have a great weekend Mabel, it’s lovely to meet you 🙂
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love the photos and REALLY love the poem. 🙂 enjoyed this much.
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Thanks so much Y, you’ve made my day 🙂
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Beautiful photos, Sherri. And I’m so glad to hear you’re working on the memoir. I have a plan for your New England book tour. 🙂
I think it’s very common for us creative-types to get overwhelmed by ideas and too many projects at once. I’ve often struggled with that, but my health problems have demanded that I learn to prioritize and work steadily on just one thing, or I end up too sick to work on anything at all.
Since I’m really not very good at prioritizing (it ALL feels insanely important to me!), I have weekly meetings with Ken. He’s got the kind of efficient, results-oriented mind that is able to cut through the goop and just get the job done. I’m off to have another one of those meetings right now.
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So glad you enjoyed the pics Tracy, thank you! Oooh, a New England book tour, wow, now that has really propelled me to get writing 🙂
I know just what you mean about everything feeling ‘insanely important’, I really do. Having weekly meetings with Ken (your husband?) sounds ideal. I have to say that talking to my hubby really helps too. Sometimes I’ll hash things out with him which really helps with me feeling in better control again and able to push through. I’m glad that you have your meetings, you have learned what really works for you and what really helps but I know it hasn’t come easily. That’s why I admire you so much 🙂
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Nothing worthwhile is ever easy. 🙂
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You got that right 🙂
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Love the photos, especially the castle one. It reminds me of a jigsaw puzzle I put together more than once when I was a kid. Maybe that was a clue that I wanted to live in England 🙂
Good luck with everything. I’m cheering you on.
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Hi TB and I’m really glad you enjoyed the pics. The castle is an amazing place to walk around, it is just ruins on the inside! That is quite something about the puzzle, leading you to England 🙂
I know you are cheering me on and thank you so much, it means such a lot… 🙂
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Beautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful! Well done!
I so hope to post soon on my blog again. I am in the middle of transferring my blog to self-hosted and it takes way too long 😦 Today I was lucky I could log in – and pay you a visit my friend. Keep posting these amazing pictures 🙂
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Ahh, thank you so much Ilka! I have missed you and hoped that you were ok so now I know why! I’ve known others who have gone over to self-hosting go through this but you will get there in the end. You are very brave, I’m not ready for that yet!! I’m so glad though that today you logged in as reading your lovely words and seeing your even lovelier face has made my heart smile my friend 🙂
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Obviously, the Norfolk one is a personal favourite. Love the sunset behind the trees… and the reflection on the Bodhiam Castle snap is so crisp! I love that you’ve kept to the reflection of water; I could quite honestly sit and stare for hours on end at a gently-moving lake or what-have-you, as the reflection drifts, without getting bored at all. But hey, I grew up on the Broads!
A lovely poem, too. You simply stun me, Sherri P, such a busy bee, juggling so much at once and still pulling corkers like this out of the bag. Procrastination this post may be to some degree, but it’s always important to make time for reflection… especially with what you’re up to right now – I hope the memoir is coming along nicely!
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Yes, I thought of you with these pics and I know you’ve seen at least one of them before but it fit the reflections theme so well! Interesting you say that about it being ‘crisp’ at the castle as it was a very cold day when I took that pic! I know just what you mean about staring at reflections (Jenny Jen Jen too – so that make us three – hmmmmm, must mean something!). Since I was very young I remember being mesmerised by lakes and reflections.
Ahh, thanks so much JG, so glad you liked the poem too, that does mean such a lot to me! Wow, ‘pulling corkers’, I love that 🙂 Especially as this is a result of procrastination, which is ongoing as what happened to my other post intended for today? You may well ask! Search me, ha ha 😉 Oh well, things are humming along. I’ll get there one of these days, especially as my brolly has now dried out 🙂
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Haha, we three are obviously soul sisters. Oh wait…
This just goes to show that procrastination has its benefits! You just hum along at your own pace, things will happen eventually, especially now the brolly is back in business! Look out everyone 😉
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Go sista, soul sista, soul sista….haha! Can see the three of us now…sort of…in a rather worrying kind of way….but still…. 😉
Thanks JG, yes, got to keep humming along at the right pace that works and keep that brolly flying… 🙂
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Such a nice poem, Sherri. A perfect compliment to your lovely photos–I don’t think I can identify a favourite amongst them, they’re all so lovely.
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Thank you so much Nav, I’m so glad you enjoyed the poem and the pics, means so much to me… 🙂
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The sunset over Norfolk Broads is stunning. Starting with that photo of a typical reflection and ending with your poem was a wonderfully meaty sandwich on what “reflections” can mean.
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Thank you so much BT!! I got carried away, as per but so glad you enjoyed the resulting ‘meaty sandwich’ – love that 😉
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Your poem is beautiful, Sherri. Ah, you have that nice problem about having many writing inspirations. They will all take form one of these days. As for the lost chance to submit to a competition, I hope (and am quite sure) that there will be other equally nice competitions coming your way. 🙂 Meanwhile, let’s enjoy a virtual tea and cake. 🙂
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Thank you so much Imelda, this means a great deal coming from you who writes such beautiful poetry 🙂 It goes like this with writing doesn’t it? It seems to be all or nothing! I hope that things are flowing with you once again, although they seem to be from what I can tell! I find that the more I write the more it flows. Then, if I stop I have to start the cycle all over again. There are competitions out there but I seem to keep finding out about them too late! Oh well, when it’s right it’ll happen, right?
I think your idea of a virtual cup of tea and cake sounds just perfect. Come on over to my summerhouse and I’ll put the kettle on right now… 🙂
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A moving poetry that speaks from the heart. Life can be a bit crazy and definitely ventilating what we feel to kind, thoughtful friends and family makes a big difference. It’s good to pause and reflect on the things that give us joy and calmness. It is also good to recognize the stressors in our life so we can overcome them. Wishing you all the best my friend. Have a wonderful weekend!
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Thank you so much IT, this blesses me greatly to know that you enjoyed my poem. It really is important to know how to deal with those stress-inducers in life otherwise I think we can so easily become overwhelmed. Being able to take the time out to reflect upon the goodness in our lives is vital too as we can so easily get caught up in the daily grind and all that comes with it. Your visits always bring warm smiles to my heart my friend and I hope that you too are having a wonderful weekend with your wonderful family 🙂
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Sherri, these are beautiful, tranquil, calming reflections. You have a gift for photography as well as writing! “Silent Embrace” is your pen at its best–wonderful.
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Oh Marylin, today you have given me so much encouragement, you have no idea! I am just so happy that you enjoyed the photos so much but also for what you say about my poem! Wow! You have made my day my friend in the most wonderful way, thank you so much and I’m sending you a huge hug right now…can you feel it? I hope so 🙂
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Beautiful reflections Sherri. You have also brought back memories for me of my visit to Bodhiam Castle. The only way to deal with too many voices is to go for a walk, see who is talking to you most and sit down and have coffee with that voice only. The conflict listening to them vie for attention when they are altogether creates an inability to do anything. Difficult to do though when you have deadlines. Cheers Irene
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So glad you enjoyed the photos Irene and also a nice reminder of your visit to the castle.
Yes, you are so right about those voices and you put it so well. Walking does wonders doesn’t it? I love the analogy about seeing who is talking the loudest. That is great advice. Difficult, yes, when under pressure, but it does help separate the men from the boys, so to speak. Thank you very much for this great advice.
PS Still haven’t read your article but I haven’t forgotten. Heading back home tomorrow so will catch up over the weekend with everything 🙂
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No rush Sherri. You have a lot going on and it will still be there when the time is right. Cheers Irene
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