Lazy leaf or a beach ‘bum’?
Drifting to the end of Verena’s Festival of leaves. You have one more week for sharing. Join Cate if you have six words spare.
Have a great week, and don’t get stressed over Christmas. It’ll come and it’ll go.
Drifting to the end of Verena’s Festival of leaves. You have one more week for sharing. Join Cate if you have six words spare.
Have a great week, and don’t get stressed over Christmas. It’ll come and it’ll go.
Wishing you a calm holiday season, Jo. I no longer get stressed over Christmas, because I decided to stop participating in the consumerism. (Except for good food and drink. :D)Keeps me out of the shops/malls. I give better gifts on birthdays instead.
It’s hard work for most of us. It’ll be a sad one this year, since Dad died, Julie, but we’ll remember him. And smile 🙂
Beaches and leaves, two of my favourite things! Thank you so much for sharing them, Jo! Wonderful pictures x
Have a nice week!
Many thanks, Verena! I keep saying last one, last one, but on Saturday I was riverside at Durham and it was beautiful. We’ll see! 🙂
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Ugh. Sciatica is painful. Been there… ice, ice ….worked for me. And rest of course.
Love the leaf photo. Such drama in a leaf!
Peta
I’ve tried the opposite- heat. Seemed preferable, with my natural inclinations to warmth, Peta 🙂 🙂 It’s better by far than it was but my knee is now being naughty. I don’t know- these bodies with a mind of their own! 🙂
Hope you feel better soon. We were living in Nicaragua at the time and the ice packs, bed rest and massage did the trick.
You have my deepest empathy with the sciatica – I had it during a 3000k trip in the car and seriously just wanted to jump out at a great speed. I love the leaf – flat out and enjoying the beach which is my idea of a great time xxxx
I’d rather be a leaf than a beach ball…. I think, Dianne! Thanks for the sympathy 🙂
That leaf looks flat out to me, Jo! 😀
It’s a good time leaf, Tom. Bit of a party animal 🙂
Love those pictures, especially the leaf!
A Canadian waif and stray? 🙂 🙂
The sciatica comment confused me at first and had me re-reading the post wondering how I’d missed the reference! Anyway, sorry to hear you’ve been suffering from it – take it easy, won’t you? I enjoyed your post, by the way. 🙂
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Thanks a lot, hon. I confuse myself sometimes, Susan. 🙂
I do know what sciatica means…
So sorry for you , hope my positive energy may get there and help healing…
Love both that terrific still leaf and the liveliness of the beach ‘bum’. Great!
Thanks, sweetheart. 🙂 I’m sometimes not as young as I think I am, and it’s caught up with me. How dare it?
Oh, Jo, you take care….sciatica is no fun Sending healing hugs aplenty
Distinctly washed out today, Sue, but lots to do to take my mind off it. Thanks for caring, and have a joyful Sunday 🙂
Thanks, Jo….off for a short walk with a friend, and have a coffee and a catch up
Jo I just read over with Badfish that you have your feet up and not for the right reasons. Do take care and sending positive healing energy your way.
Thanks, darlin. 🙂 This ageing process can be a pain. Did you like the’maple’ leaf? I thought it had a distinctly jaunty Canada air. 🙂
Beautiful pictures. Hope your back is better. I feel your pain as my back has packed up as well and I am in pain too.
Companionable pain 🙂 That’s just what I need this morning, Suzy. Hope yours improves soon.
That second picture has a lot of perceived action. Gotta go with the sea!
It’s always fascinating to watch, isn’t it, Renee? How are things with you? 🙂
Gearing up for the holidays. Been traveling a lot for work since summer, but that’s calmed until January. And you?
A rough couple of months because Dad died suddenly in early October. I was away in the Algarve at the time. He was a good age but it was an enormous shock.
I’m really sorry Jo. It’s never easy to lose someone we love.
Brilliant shots Jo. Such detail in the leaf one and I love the unusual composition and bright colours of the second.
Sorry to hear about your back. Was it lifting too many glasses that did it? Seriously though, it is dreadful pain and hard to move. Soft hotel beds set mine off so that’s the one thing I dread on my travels.
I’m off for a 2 week photography break and will have very little internet access so I’ll be quiet for a while! I hope you’re fully mobile soon!
Oh, you’ll enjoy that, Debs! 🙂 And you’ll be even better when you get back! Funny you should mention it. I did lift rather a lot of glasses last night. And some highly alcoholic 2 year old Christmas cake! Travel safe, hon 🙂
Sorry to hear via an earlier comment that you are suffering with your back. Hope it gets better soon. Your image of the leaf is lovely. 😉
Thank you! I’m not used to having my mobility restricted and I’m taking badly to it. 🙂 I might be able to lie on that beach but I’d struggle to get up again 🙂
I had to giggle~ this has to be one of shortest posts I have seen from you. 😃
The main reason is I’m in a lot of pain with my back, Mlissabeth, and sitting for too long isn’t an option. Must try harder 🙂
I am sorry to read this. It isn’t funny at all. I hope you can mend quickly.
Ah, pretty leaf lying on the seashore. I wonder how it got there? I sympathise with you re the sciatica. Sitting hurts, getting up is agony and sleeping a nightmare in case you turn over during the night! I found walking – very very slowly – was the better option. Hope it improves quickly – and I shall send you a very gentle hug. And a tissue for that man of yours. Stay warm 🙂
I did my share of walking in crispy Durham this morning. Sleeping not much of an option, though the girl’s night helped for the first couple of hours. Ahem! 🙂 🙂
Ahem indeed!
Nano, are you writing a book? a second book?
Love the beach leaf, it always surprises me when I see one on the sand. The sea looks like a summer’s day, but is it here or there? So it’s sciatica, well that’s pants, one I do know well. Big, but gentle hugs sweetheart!
Not me, hon! Jill Weatherholt is writing another book, and I know that Verena at Leaves and Liesbet are both taking part in Nano. You ever done it? These pics are from my October visit. I was going to post more but didn’t feel like it. Thanks, darlin’. The girl’s night last night helped initially ( 🙂 🙂 ) but I was awake from about 4. Might be an early night. 🙂 Do you have any Christmas fairs to trade in?
Without family or the pressure to find and buy gifts, no stress over the holidays here. 🙂 Mark and I are a bit like that leaf on the beach…. slightly out of place, but happy to be there. 🙂
Well, I don’t have a lot this year, Liesbet. There’ll be a list from my son when he gets round to it (he has exams next month) but that’ll all be done online. Anything that doesn’t arrive for Christmas will be a birthday present in January 🙂 Which reminds me- what did you do for your birthday?
My B-day is actually on Monday, a day on which fun things are prohibited (a lot is closed that day) and nice restaurants are closed (at least the ones that strike my fancy). Today is stormy and rainy, so finally some time to catch up on reading and virtual friendships. So… we plan to go to a historic town for lunch tomorrow and go wine tasting in a few vineyards, famous for Zinfandels in the afternoon. Maybe dinner or take-out in the evening. And, for Monday, I can rely on my husband, the great cook, to whip up a tasty breakfast and a wonderful dinner. The shrimp and exquisite Chardonnay are already purchased. 🙂 And, there was an Amazon box in front of the door the other day… Very exciting!! Thanks for asking.
Sounds like it will be fabulous. Have the best time! 🙂
amazing clicks! Enjoyed your post!
Thanks a lot! 🙂
love your lazy leaf- we do not have any of those lay abouts as our wind is gusting up to 50 MPH. Have a great weekend!
We have men with ‘hoovers’ 🙂 Hang on to your hat, sweetheart!
Love your photo of the waves Jo.
It sneaked in, Colline 🙂 Happy weekend to you!
Hope you have a good one too Jo – with lots of walking 🙂
Quite a bit of limping, actually 😦 I have sciatica. Warm sunshine would be nice but Durham looked lovely in its frosty mantle. 🙂
I hope you feel better soon so that you can go out for your walks
I love that second photo, Jo. Looking at it, I feel like I’m sitting right there on the beach…ah…my happy place.
I was going to publish a sequence of them, Jill, but not feeling so great today so I took the short route. They’ll keep 🙂 Nearly at the end with Nano, and there’ll be another book written 🙂 🙂
Aw…I hope you’re feeling better, Jo. Yes, I’m nearing the finish line…phew! 🙂
Lovely photos Jo. I wouldn’t mind being on that beach, but the beautiful heavy frosts, and the snow on the hills, is almost making up for that.
Yes, glorious thick frost on the fields going up to Durham, Elaine. Nice frosty leaves too 🙂 The thermal vest just about did it’s job!
Stay put cosy indoors or make the effort and … it’s a dithering Saturday here Jo . Hope you have a good one tootling round Durham or not x
Oh to be that leaf on a beach … hopefully not veined and all curled up at the edges …
I’m picturing laying alongside it, Poppy, but in reality it’s a hot water bottle. Durham was crisp and beautiful and zumba was definitely out of reach 🙂
I stayed put … but enjoying a most vivid sunset out of the window 🙂
Sun of a beach, Christmas soon? Yeah, no thanks.
I almost got myself in the mood, Ron 🙂 🙂
I am a beach bum…the clicks are refreshing and beautiful
Me too, and the husband’s even worse! 🙂 At least I go strolling looking for interesting objects.
Many thanks for the appreciation and the follow.
Thanks pleasure all mine
Oh sea! Oh sea! Oh sea! Why am I getting sea sick when I’ll be back in three months? These are beautiful photos. Take it easy – or Durham. “Dragging” worries me.
Well, there’s always a bit of Cornish coastline, Meg 🙂 🙂
Thanks, darlin’. Durham was crisp and beautiful and I found a lovely new cafe. I had a jam and cream scone, for medicinal purposes, you understand. (yes I did, Jude disbelieving Harley! I needed food before I could take medication 🙂 ) Truthfully Meg, it hurts almost as much sitting as it does walking. Got the hot water bottle out now. Have a great night!
Did I say anything? [raised eyebrows]
I could hear you frowning from here 🙂
Heehee…
Oh, I feel for you in your pain. It doesn’t sound as if it’s diminishing. I wish it would. I hate the thought of you hurting. Monday morning hugs, and if I could send you comfortableness I would.
It’s actually a lot better, Meg. Always happens when I finally decide to see a doctor 🙂 (I should try that more often? 🙂 ) Thank you for worrying.
Gorgeous shots and very wise advice about the dreaded Christmas!
Thanks, Tanya 🙂 I’m better at saying it than doing it, but ours will be very quiet this year.
Understandable x
Oh, I like that, ‘lazy leaf’ and an unusual take on the festival of leaves which are usually so Autumn / tree based – I love this one on the beach, sunbathing its last few days of existence! 😀 wishing you a peaceful weekend, Jo. First of advent tomorrow – I still experience a childish thrill about Christmas. Is this normal?!
I should think so, Annika. 🙂 I’m a bit like that about first snowflakes. Right now I’d rather be lying on the beach next to that leaf, but I shall be oohing and aahing along with everyone else in a couple of weeks time.
Me ‘Lazy leaf’ this morning as have sniffes…….but might be a ‘beach bum’ by this afternoon 😉
Oh heck! Mick’s just come downstairs in the same fettle. He has an appointment with a customer this morning so that’ll be delightful for them. 🙂 I’m thinking of dragging myself along and having a tootle round Durham while he’s busy. Not sure 😦
Oh no……sounds like pair of you need some sunshine and warmth. Hope by tomorrow you are both feeling better…. xx