In this quiet moment
My hat sits waiting
Ready head out
In a search for tranquility
I walk alone
Oblivious to past worries
No decisions to make
Totally absorbed
A wave of nostalgia
Washes over me
Like a cooling breeze
On a hot, summer’s day
Then a tiny movement
Catches my eye
And I realize
I’m being secretly watched
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(P.S. I lost that hat a few years ago in Hawaii, taken by wind.)
Patti’s theme: A Quiet Moment https://pilotfishblog.com/2020/06/20/lens-artists-photo-challenge-102-a-quiet-moment/
V.J.’s theme: Decisions https://onewomansquest.org/2020/06/22/vjs-weekly-challenge-101-decisions/
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Sorry about the hat Olga, but here we are seeing it for the first time, so it’s still with us in a different way! Lovely post
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I do miss that hat. Hopefully someone found it and gave it a good home. š Thank-you, Tina.
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Ah, the luxury of no decisions to be made. Lovely. Too bad you lost that hat, but at least it has a story to accompany it.
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Thank-you, V.J. š Those were the days of no decisions. Just going with the flow of time. Fond memories. Yes, definitely a sad story about the hat.
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Welcome.
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Great walk, but sorry about your pretty hat!
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Thank-you, Teresa. š It was a compilation of a few walks, but all in search of a quiet moment. Yes, it my favorite hat. Oh well!
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Wow. Great photos. The walkway and lake reflection are my favorites.
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Thank-you, John. Those are two special memories. ā¤
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Beautiful post, Olga. You’ve paired the text and images so beautifully. And I’m sorry about the hat!!
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Thank-you, Patti. Appreciate your comment. š
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Love these photographs. The light was perfect for each of these, and the sequence told a relaxing carefree story!
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Thank-you, Heather. Happy that you thought so. š Glad that you noticed the flow of the story to find quiet moments.
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A pleasure!
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Excellent….enjoyed very much.
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Thank-you, Michael. Quiet moments are to be cherished. ā¤
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This is such a beautiful post, Olga. And a hat with a story. Excellent.
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Thank-you, Ann-Christine. Yes, a hat with an unlikely story. š
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What a lovely peaceful green path that is! Very appealing. (K)
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Thank-you, Kerfe. That’s a beautiful area of the world to visit. (Manitoulin Island)
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Excellent!
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Thank-you kindly. š
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I am weeping a single tear at the loss of your hat š The wind have deposited a hat of minie into an unreachable gulley while on a hike. A friend of mine witnessed. The loss. A year later we did he solemnly saluted when we went past the sam spot š
Lovely thoughts and photos
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I appreciate your single tear of empathy, Abrie. Yes, a hat can have much meaning since it comes with us on many journeys and gives shade from the sun. I do have another replacement, but I still miss the one in the photo. š
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Beautiful series, Olga. Sorry about your lovely hat…
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Thank-you so much, Amy. My hat is just a memory now. š
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