Poetic Shutterbug

  beyond insecurities stepping stones stand still fearless warrior

  I cannot believe its been a month already that you flew to rainbow bridge. I have so much emotion and love for you its hard to put into words. Our bond was loving, spiritual and special and still is. I still feel you are here especially at night, watching over us. You were and are one of the great loves of my life. You wre so wise, brave and sweet and I know through those traits you were teaching me to be the same. I think of you each moment of each day. They say grief is unspoken love yet i told you and showed you daily how much i loved you and yet i still grieve.  Having Dottie and Bobby here fill some of the emptiness that i feel and I know you and God orchestrated them coming back in order to help me fill the emptiness without you.  I will love you and miss you throughout eternity my little pooper dooer sweet boy.. When you became sick and disabled and would come to me and lay on my chest for hours while i gave you scritches and cuddled with you I felt like God was giving me a li

 Quietude quiet envelops the trees leaves speak foreign tongues ancient manuscript JOANNE OLIVIERI poeticshutterbug.blogspot.com Copyright © 2019  Joanne Olivieri All rights reserved.  ISBN: 978-0-359-50064-2          DEDICATION Dedicated to my Mom who bought me my first  book of poetry at age ten and who always encouraged my  writing. This is for you. RIP Mom I Love You For my Sammers who made me laugh each and every day and to my sweet boy Sonny, Waffles, Dottie and Hoshi who all have my heart. A special thanks to Sony and Jerry Holland for showing me that anything is possible. Their support and love inspire me each day. Love you two. www.sonyholland.com Clothespin Doll For Mom It touched your heart a wooden clamp adorned in torn fabric, colors of life, Streaming tears of sorrow, yet joy,  she was your dolly. You dressed her each day with different colored fabric, two dotted eyes and a painted smile, kept warm in a sewing machine drawer, protected, loved. Your clothespin baby didn

  Happy 18th Birthday Wilbur

  cascading sea tears  cleansing seaside sands of time soul soliloquy  feathered symmetry gently whispering freedom flighted earth angels

Going thru all my photos today.  I have over 5,000 photos that I took of the SF botanical gardens over the past decades.  This one is actually my first selfie that i took with a regular camera. There weren't cell phones at that time and i wanted a photo of myself with my favorite flower, the Oriental trumpet lily. I guess thats why the lily is larger than my head.🤣