Being in the outdoors always fills me with feelings of calm, peace and love (go figure). Nature is awesome. When I am in the bush I remember how to breathe.
On our heavily-treed, lake property in the Georgian Bay region of Ontario, Canada, stands a winsome reminder of more simple times. Starting in the spring we will build our new home on this location and relocate there permanently. I don’t know who I will be when I am free to wander there every single day!
Anyway … I was sorting through some of the photographs I took the day we discovered the property and fell in love with our future, when this one spoke to me. While I worked with the image, a simple poem took shape and eventually made it to paper.
I want love
to be obvious,
both
loving and
being loved.
No guessing;
no having to reassure
myself
or others.
© Cheryl Andrews 2011
Some other interpretations of this week’s challenge that appeal to me:
22 comments
24 January 2012 at 2:32 pm
Weekly Photo Challenge – Simple | melonpopzdropz …
25 January 2012 at 10:54 am
Cheryl
Thanks for the ping!
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24 January 2012 at 9:29 am
Simple Yet Functioning – Weekly Photo Challenge (Simple) « aNTibaKTeRiYeL
24 January 2012 at 9:39 am
Cheryl
Thanks for stopping by to take a look … and for the ping!
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23 January 2012 at 9:11 am
frizztext (@frizztext)
I like those simple door closing technique …
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23 January 2012 at 10:38 am
Cheryl
Someone loved that old outhouse enough to paint it a gorgeous, vivid blue … speaking of vivid colours … LOVE your interpretation of this challenge! And, thanks for the pingback.
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22 January 2012 at 10:17 pm
the island traveler
“I want love
to be obvious,
both
loving and
being loved.” Comes from a heart with a huge capacity to love and share. I’m happy and excited for you. A new home, a new place, a new beginning for more inspiration and adventures. Wishing you and your family all the best. Love the photo… simple yet full of wonderful possibilities…
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23 January 2012 at 9:01 am
Cheryl
Mr. B. – Thank you! I will remember your words this summer when I’m up to my knees in mud at the construction site that will be our home sometime in the next year and half!
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22 January 2012 at 5:54 am
Weekly Photo Challenge: Simple « A 19 Planets Art Blog 2010/2011/2012
22 January 2012 at 8:10 am
Cheryl
Thank you for stopping by and for the ping back. Loved your image/haiku!
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21 January 2012 at 10:18 pm
Kate Kresse
lovely, Cheryl !
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22 January 2012 at 8:04 am
Cheryl
Thank you, Kate.
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21 January 2012 at 9:37 pm
harpingjanet
A beautiful image. I love how the color shifts, the shadow tracery, and how the grain of the wood is so honest and bare. Just like your poem.
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22 January 2012 at 7:57 am
Cheryl
Thank you, Janet! Your favourite windows from the cottage in Cong, Co. Mayo, Ireland held me fascinated for a while.
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21 January 2012 at 2:48 pm
Mezza
Simply beautiful.. the poem is adorable. I loved reading that looking at the images moved you to a poem and you even wrote it down. Absolute creativity flowing. Its good isn’t it.
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21 January 2012 at 4:27 pm
Cheryl
Creative flow like that, when it happens, is good, Mezza! Thanks for stopping by.
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21 January 2012 at 12:15 pm
Weekly Photo Challenge: Simple « Mike Hardisty Photography
21 January 2012 at 12:18 pm
Cheryl
Thanks for stopping by, Mike and for the pingback. Checked out your ‘Simple’ interpretation and really liked the teachable moment on HDR techniques!
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21 January 2012 at 12:05 pm
Cookie Holmes
Poetic Beauty, Cheryl….
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21 January 2012 at 12:10 pm
Cheryl
Thanks Cookie … Guess it would ruin the mystique if I titled the poem “Ode to the Outhouse Door” 🙂
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21 January 2012 at 11:11 am
Mary McIntyre
Lovely, kindred spirit.
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21 January 2012 at 11:39 am
Cheryl
Thanks, Mary. See you soon ….
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