Probably don’t…

October 10, 2018 by eflaherty

…want to hear about this stroke update. That’s ok because you don’t have to read it. I want to put words to what I felt today.

About 18 months ago I was in bed, a vegetable in a windowless and clockless emergency ward. Tubes everywhere. Nothing that worked before was working.

Gradually things sank in, internal clouds started lifting and I started thinking. Still unable to get out of bed. If only I could speak again. If only I could clean myself again. I dreamed if only I could walk in the country…oh such a dream. Then the rehab began. Then the hard discipline became essential. Little step by little step.

Below is where I walked today. I almost melted with joy and happiness. Wish fulfilled. So many to thank.

Who wouldn’t want to take this walk?

No Place Like Gnome

October 9, 2018 by eflaherty

I just can’t wander too far from Gnome. Are they following me?

The black cat is cool with all of it.

Butterscotch or Toffee?

October 6, 2018 by eflaherty

I am looking at a bosque of Plane trees planted next to the Interlaken Ost train station. In the recent afternoon sun, I could call them butterscotch or toffee and be happy.

Often, in the urban public realm, simpler is better.

Platanus acerifolia?

Clouds or…

October 2, 2018 by eflaherty

Sometimes I just don’t understand.

But when I see beauty, the need for understanding diminishes.

Neighbors

October 2, 2018 by eflaherty

Neighbors—good, bad or indifferent.

Do they mind their own business?

Do they foist their life philosophy?

Or…are you glad for them?

My neighbors—why are they always so jolly?

Book or cover?

August 27, 2018 by eflaherty

When I was growing up, I heard many times, ‘Don’t judge a book by its cover’–in different circumstances but often about people. Sociological training at home. Skin color, clothes, part of town…

These days, I am the stranger, in a strange town. I live on a hillside, looking down on the town center. The largest, tallest building is the public school. And in this image you can see it bedecked with planter boxes overflowing with red and pink geraniums in flower.

It is obviously the most important building in town and most beautifully adorned and maintained. If I judge the people of this town by the care they have shown for the public school, have I made a mistake?

Public school as town center for the last century

Breathing Earth

August 19, 2018 by eflaherty

Sometimes what can’t be seen, can be undoubtedly felt–welling up and out of the unknown.

Sun Flower

August 6, 2018 by eflaherty

As a photographer, I am average, at best.

I take photos of plants and landscapes that speak to me.

What do I hear? What do they say? Only I know that I must look closer. So I do that through the camera viewfinder. I share these because somehow or other they have spell bound me. And I like that. I hope you have a similar experience.