Happy Families...

You know those little stick figure stickers,
 that you can put on the car to 'show and tell 'about 'your family'

She felt kind of disturbed,
 when she observed peoples need to be so public
 about how cute and happy and generally all around fantastic their "Family" is.
Rozie had seen many a family, and quite frankly,
 none of them resembled the stickers

The Most Difficult People...

We all have difficult people in our lives,

 it's frustrating and at times wearing,but we all have to get on...

The Realities Of Life....Or How Things Pan Out....

 There were certain , well, disappointments.

Not so much in an every day sense,

 however... sometimes in those quiet reflective moments,

 one could give voice to ones longing/ loss, or lack of meaningful connection.

At first she took it as some sort of slight
 against all those amazing, capable, fantastic interesting,
 intelligent women that she knew.
 Then she realised, it was really about Roger, and his situation.
Apparently he'd found himself in a back water,
 or he didn't know how to negotiate the waters of life,
( or something profound.)
 But any rate, she felt a sort of " soft spot", and a bit sorry for his predicament, 
and hoped that by some miracle, he'd get on and  let go,
 and do whatever it was that would find him free 
to experience that lovely part of life.

Attention in the negative spaces...

Fabulous Darrrling....

Sometimes, despite the fact...or more probably in spite of the fact
 she was growing older,
 Rozy got a bit carried away,
 and was of the opinion ,
that a certain amount of attention doesn't go astray.

That's probably why she was attracted to the biggest,
 most outlandish "neck piece" in the shop.

Something told her that despite the usual obstacles she could carry it off.And she did look rather fabulous.

Still Reflecting....

She had to concentrate on keeping her writing neat and readable,
but sometimes she found herself rushing ahead,
 and not really taking enough notice, untill it was too late.

Dreaming...

And awakening...

She still had times where she felt unsettled,
 and I supose that's where dreams come in ,
they are there to help your subconscious kind of sort things out.
Any way...she was still sorting things out,
 but never the less was looking forwards to what was going to happen next.

Present Past Or Future.....

Rozie had times when the moment was amazing...
but it was terribly hard to 'live there', everything else clamoured for attention.

Mother Superior...Again.

Rozie loves her friends, but that dosn't mean she's not mean to them...

Introducing Lucy....

She has issues, but that's ok, don't we all.

We all have our own way of dealing with our issues,
 we just have to hope they don't impinge on our friends sensibilities too much,
 and we can all find a way foward with grace and forgiveness.
It's just another testiment to the fallen nature of the world.

A Bit More Rozie

Sometimes,  its more important to let people believe that you agree...
 that what they are' banging' on about is really important.
 The only problem with that is, you mostly know your right.
 And it will probably end in tears,
 and there's no way known,
 that those involved want to hear any advice from you dear reader.


Hence Rozies strategy of let them hear what they are saying,
 and avoid a direct challenge,
prefering the option of waiting for an opportune moment to insert that crutial opinion.


Still no guarentee that the subject will spontaneously self correct.
Never mind, welcome to life.

Rozies' ideas about making decisions...

                           
                     She did like to mix it up a bit, there's nothing like variety,
                         and really, lets face it sometimes wise people make
                                                 appalling decisions.

Just how I'm feeling....

This isn't usually about photography,
but sometines you find that a picture tells the story...
and today this is my story.

Somewhere between happy and sad,
  just waiting for the next thing to happen,
I'm a bit too tired to be full of opinions.

The Imaginary " Naughty corner" for badly behaved bloggers...

I love that scene in the Blues Brothers' movie when "The Penguin" (Mother Superior),
has a go at the boys and says something along the lines of,
" Get out of here,  you, with your filthy mouths and bad attitudes,
come back when you have reedeemed yourselves".

Sometimes not paying attention to bad behaviour is the best option,

(think, small children and tantrums,

 they soon wear themselves out,

 and you can have a talk about what's just happened,

 or what's really wrong)

 and sometimes it's consequences, that are the best option.

You dear reader will have to decide if your dealing with a child or an adult, 

sometimes it's not a clear distinction.

How To Deal With Frustration....

Or, how Rozie deals with frustration.

Sometimes there are misunderstandings, and disappointments,

and there's no easy way to deal with all that.

Of course we can''t retaliate with physical violence, 

but sometimes just imagining a bit of "wet fish"treatment,

 goes a long way in getting the tension out.

Sometimes it's hard to connect and sometimes it's hard to let go...

A bit more Rozie and Roger, The story continues.

(not bitter just disappointed)

She really just wanted to find a way to coax him into a friendly dialogue,
a bit of bloggish give and take.
However that would prove difficult and illusive
and truth be known, Roger wasn't to be trifled with.

He (apparently was still on a mission) and had serious people to contend with,
nevermind all this talk of "the story taking centre stage"
 And some of the posts being, well dry, and practically crispy,
he didn't want a reminder about the ability of the image to tell the story.
He was determined to get on...nevermind the distractions,
and just in case they got distracting just delete the distractions.

Just have to get things posted more often,

 Any resemblance to any persons living or dead, depicted in any form on these pages is purley co incidental, and or the product of an over enthusiastic imagination.

But we wouldn't have it any other way...right!