C over at eternal rewards and Cosi! Photography had a give-away drawing last week. And I won. Rarely, never, ever do I win anything. But now that has changed! So thank you, C. I am eager to receive my gift. She may have another give away in the days ahead (you won’t want to miss…
Author: Bonnie
haiku: happy easter
Gan haKever — The Garden Tomb, Jerusalem, Israel, 2009 easter lily white resurrection day dawns clear offering new life
Seeking…
We are back home in Texas. The flight was long and the best kind ever–uneventful. On the way home, Wayne and looked at all the photos I took over the last three months–hundreds of them! It was like enjoying our three months abroad–again! I had forgotten that I had snapped the above photo one afternoon…
While the Dog’s Away…
This cute little bird and his buddy birds took turns diving from this phone pole line into the backyard. They feasted on the dog’s food… I didn’t know birds liked cooked chicken, but they indulgently gulped it down their little bird-beak hatches… A nasty crow came and chased all but one brave little bird away……
Random Ukrainography
Just out enjoying Odessa, Ukraine, on this sunny spring morning. Some sights are unique to Ukraine, like these street cleaning women in their neon-colored vests… Others are not… The city is beginning to show a few signs of spring… Some buildings are in desperate need of refurbishing… I would love to have seen this city…
haiku: self portrait
hard edges softened by loss, pain, grief, betrayal joy beyond this life who has not envied a bird in flight, soaring up above life’s chaos mid-life assessment fewer questions and even less answers to flaunt people do not seek answers but understanding and heartfelt comfort not Pollyanna but joy surely follows…
Tatyana’s Ukrainian Borscht
This is Tatyana and her husband on the streets of Odessa. They are our best buds here in Ukraine. I have been enjoying Tatyana’s wonderful cooking, and especially her borscht, for almost 14 years now. I asked her if she would mind sharing the recipe with you. As you can see the ingredients are simple;…
Black Sea
Odessa sits on the Black Sea and is known through the former-Soviet Union as the “pearl of the Black Sea.” I never really considered the sea near this port very pretty–rather dirty and cold. But today the sea seemed prettier than I remembered, even though we were cold… I saw these cute little birds in…
Bonnie Saul Wilks 