had some jobs to do today
could go the same old way
many prefer routine and habit
but mixing it up spices life
took the long scenic route
thru national park and forest
then returned another way
alongside the meandering river
through lush flat farmland
stopped to look at this and that
do you take the same direct run
or potter about on a scenic route
can you relax chill and have fun
meander a while in the sun
or proceed at maximum speed
to a firm fixed destination
predestined to fit and conform
or willing to stretch the norm
rigid with rules
or laughing at life …
yesterday’s rainbow + stop to taste the gelati
aroused 
The second picture looks yummy. So many flavours.
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absolutely and such a work of art 🙂
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Yes. The creativity makes it look more delicious. 😛
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Beautiful rainbow. Sounds like a lovely day.
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it was indeed … how are you?
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yum! A beautiful Rainbow! Do you live near the ocean?
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no these are from the family home, got locked down here … so grateful as I normally live off grid in a tiny home and really wouldn’t have had the fridge and pantry space to shop fortnightly … here I’ve really had everything I needed.
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I love your poem As for the question I am a trail blazer I go where the wind takes me and sometimes that’s through Poisen ivy
Stay well and Laugh when you can
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I love the poem and the photos.!
I take a walk every day for my health but find I enjoy it more when I focus on the wildflowers, woodpeckers, armadillos, butterflies, rabbits, gopher tortoises, cardinals, hawks, squirrels, sunshine, clouds… rather than thinking about vitamin D, my heart rate, or getting fit.
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Scenic route any day! Why would one drive if not to enjoy the scenery! The rainbow and rainbow coloured gelati… I too want both…now! 😄
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I tried to focus on the lyric poetry, Kate, but the even-more-honeyed photos distracted me.
Or was it vice-versa?
Therein, I think, is your lesson for today. Don’t concentrate too heavily on routine, lest you forget the other wonders that are in the same neighborhood.
The poetry is exquisite, but so are the the photos.
Or was it vice-versa?
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I prefer the scenic route…chill, relax, meander…stretch the norm…laugh at life…and if I can’t find any fun…I make some!!! 😀 I don’t just want to think about the roses, or even just see the roses…I want to stop and smell them and touch them!!! 😉
There are days (especially when my kids were little kids, they loved this) when I put aside the work and chores and declare it a Fun Fun FUN Day!!! 🙂 The work and chores are waiting there and will get done eventually! 🙂 Fun and play always a priority with me! 🙂
I’ve always said I learn like preschoolers learn…the more of my senses I can get involved the better! So, let’s taste, smell, feel, see, and hear each day!!! 🙂
Love your photos and poem, SweetKate! Perfect and so timely for our lives today!!! Thank you!!! 🙂
(((HUGS))) ❤ 🙂
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Changing up the routine in a great thing. Almost necessary at times I think. I’ll even take a different way home through the countryside from work to home every once in a while. Just to prove to myself I can and it’s okay to do it.
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When I was younger, Kate, I liked to be meandering everywhere . However it was always with a goal : botanic or geology studies.
Love ❤
Michel
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how lovely that you had talent and interest in these areas Michel to ensure your rambles had purpose 🙂
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By this way i went in places where no one were going !
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I do so love your poems, but this one sings with the musicality of a brook. Sometimes, a brook seems to meander and almost trickle to a stop. Yes, we should try new paths and make a new way from time to time. We should pause and take a sip of water from that rambling brook of life…full of possibilities. Thank you Kate. You remind us to stay young at heart and laugh at the winds that blow us about. 🙂
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I love my routine but I’ve relaxed and through my association with saintvi I’ve learned to “fly by the seat of my pants” to a greater degree. It isn’t the destination but the journey which is the joy of my geocaching hobby! I was looking at the gelato and thinking they looked like trails zig-zagging across the face of a mountain (delicious and tantalizing).
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Both. For few things my schedule is right, while others, I just let them drive me.
Ma sha Allah, a beautiful read. Have a good time.
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I like to vary my route – keep the day new, at least in some aspect. Wonderful post, Kate.
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love the rainbow over the water………so beautiful it looks like it should be on a postcard! 🙂
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i am sure all those around you will be sad to see you go………
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lol my colleague from many years ago is keeping a room for me … wishful thinking altho if I do the cancelled road trip next March, maybe 🙂
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Rainbow and gelati!
Now this is something to ponder about 🤔
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It’s always good to change the routine.
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Such a beautiful rainbow and loved your different colors of ice-cream scoops, Kate. A great poem and yes why to be rigid with life instead enjoy your life as you go on in your journey.
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We never traveled the same route to and from a place. My mother thought it was bad luck. Gelato is my fave
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I haven’t heard that superstition before … glad it resonated 🙂
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She had a few of them😃
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lol maybe some were her invention?
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I think they were handed down by generations
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I’m a wanderer and a dreamer Kate….home will still be there whatever journey I take……
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I’d love to stop n look at this n that
I’d harass the gelati seller tasting this n that
I’d potter by the scenic route giving excuses this n that…
Why should someone worry
When my this n that doesn’t cost them a penny!
Love this totally…
Btw beautiful capture of the rainbow 🌈
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Awesome rainbow. 🙂
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I much rather the scenic routes.
Awesome rainbow!
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Ohhhh wow😄😄😄 first the ice cream looks yummy i could have one right now even if its raining and so called here…and that rainbow shot is divine…its stunning kate..
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I am actually having an ice cream.right now kate…😉
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