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Walking With Eagles is a collection of original poems and photographs by Lindy Low Le Coq. A lifelong naturalist, amateur photographer and bird enthusiast, Lindy’s verse, composition and photographs open a window into the essence of her subjects. Her poems and photography reflect the rich natural wonders of the Pacific Northwest.
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Bald Eagles mature over the course of five years. Walking With Eagles invites the reader to take a poetic and visual tour of this odyssey.
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Tag Archives: father
~The Weightlessness of Being ~ Weekly Photo Challenge – Weight (less) ~
As I witness my father’s body diminish, his mind bend and his soul prepare to release, I feel the gravity of life transforming — the weightlessness of being –the endurance of spirit. Reflections in my pond with some shivers of … Continue reading
Posted in family, nature, outdoors, pacific northwest, Photographs, weekly photo challenge
Tagged family, father, nature, outdoors, photography, weekly photo challenge
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~ Tuesday Two by Two + WPC – Now 3 ~
My father’s dementia has progressed so rapidly in the past ten days, it takes my breath away. On December 19, I stayed with him at my sister’s and we had sensible conversations as we watched the Democratic debate and ate … Continue reading
Posted in aging, family, weekly photo challenge
Tagged family, father, postaday, weekly photo challenge
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~ Tuesday Two by Two ~
My father, now 93 and fighting to remain cogent and healthy. It’s no wonder Mom fell for him! Still a gentleman and scholar, though age is having a rough dance with him. Love him dearly.
Forty Acres ~ Sunday Stills ~ Agriculture
When I was fourteen, my Dad and Mom bought a farmhouse and all the outbuildings of a once-working, family dairy farm, on forty acres just three miles south of Pullman, Washington. The work, land, people, and history remain part of … Continue reading
Posted in ancestry, Art, family, nature, outdoors, pacific northwest, Photographs, plants, weekly photo challenge, Writing
Tagged animals, art, family, father, landscape, nature, outdoors, photography, postaday, storytelling, Sunday Stills
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Hand Crafted Boat ~ Sunday Stills ~ On The Water
After he retired, my father built his dream boat; all wood, wide and deep enough for comfortable lake fishing and coastal crabbing. What a beauty she was! Odell Lake, Oregon USA
Posted in family, nature, outdoors, pacific northwest, travel
Tagged design, family, father, nature, outdoors, post a day, Sunday Stills, travel
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Avacado Mixmaster ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Relic
Mom gave me this Sunbeam Mixmaster, top of the line in 1969, as a wedding gift. Avacado was the color rage then, along with Tangerine and Lemon. Every time I pull it out, I think of Mom; what a good … Continue reading
Posted in antiques, Cooking, family, nostalgia, Photographs, weekly photo challenge
Tagged cooking, family, father, love, photography, post a day, relationship, weekly photo challenge
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Fishing with Dad
Anyone who follows me at all, knows I am fortunate that my Dad is still alive and kicking (sometimes bucking everybody, every which way), and that, as a family, camping, hunting and fishing are part of our DNA. This past … Continue reading
Posted in Being, family, nature, outdoors, pacific northwest, Photographs, travel, Uncategorized
Tagged being, family, father, love, nature, outdoors, photography, sisters, travel
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High Cascades ~ Wide Open Spaces in Black and White ~ Sunday Stills
In the mid to late 1960’s my father, mother, brother, and family friends took our horses to the high Cascade Mountains in Washington, to hunt deer. Someone in the party snapped this photograph, looking down across a valley. The horses … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, family, father, landscape, nature, outdoors, photography, Sunday Stills
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Repurposed Poems ~ Hope Wish Belief Want
Hope forever flutters like a baby bird featherless – naked will it fly on fledgling wings or fall, a soft sack of tiny broken bones – bereft. Wish is hope suspended a floating feather drifting ever closer then sailing away … Continue reading