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hummingbird miracles
and determined perseverance
nature’s masterpiece
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I’ve been a resident in my mother’s hospital room at the cancer hospital this past week. She did well with the surgery and will require several weeks of recuperation, but we are playing the waiting game again with pathology results. We do our best to persevere.
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Here is the second image in my hummingbird photomanipulation series. This is a male Black-chinned hummingbird, one of the first hummingbirds that usually arrive at our feeders for the season. Since purple is one of my favorite colors, I love the glistening purple gorget when the light catches their throat just right. Hummingbirds symbolize many things, as I’ve posted in the past, two of which are perseverance and overcoming the seemingly impossible.
In my opinion, hummingbirds are one of nature’s many great masterpieces!
The Japanese word for perseverance, to not give up or to “do your best” is:
Ganbatte 頑張って (がんばって)
…and more formal and more polite:
Ganbatte kudasai 頑張ってください
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What a beautiful presentation of this stunning little bird. Beautiful colour tones.
I love hummingbirds. Beautiful. Sending your mother healing thoughts as she goes through her recovery.
Beautifully done!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
That’s true. We often say がんばって。 Beautiful image. 😀
I admire your technique and this is very beautifully done. I wish your mother a speedy recovery. I hope you are doing well too.
Thank you so much for letting us know about your mom’s surgery went well. I pray her recuperation will go smoothly. Love your artwork, always!
It must be stressful, hope you are getting some rest…
Lovely image (and purple is one of my favourite colours too).
Hope the path results are good for your Mother. The ‘Waiting Game’ for this type of situation is always the hardest.
Now, I learned from your post that hummingbird represents perseverance and overcoming impossible. Hope your mum has a speedy recovery!
So beautiful !
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Gorgeous!
Thinking of you and your Ma.
…perseverance and overcoming. I wish you “hummingbird miracles” from my hear, my dear FM! Although, something tells me, that everything is going to be just fine.
Thank you for this beautiful little guy!
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This is just beautiful–best of luck to your mom!
a lovely image. and wish you and your family strength and perseverance and a smooth recovery for your mother.
Positive vibes flying your way for you all. Margie
“I’ve been a resident in my mother’s hospital room at the cancer hospital this past week. She did well with the surgery and will require several weeks of recuperation…” – good! So far for the human beings. And we, on the other hand, saved a little swallow, who looked anxious, sitting on our stairway…
Hope everything finish ok…That is hard..And after too….Beautiful humminbird…Remember! (as you said): Perseverance!!!! We all need that!
What a beautiful artistic rendering! Wishing all the best for your mom as she recuperates.
Absolutely gorgeous as always Fergie and wishing your mom a speedy recovery hon. Thinking of you both. 😀 *big hugs*
This is a marvelous representation Fergie! I do hope things work out for the best for your Mom…thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Beautiful picture! 🙂
So sad to hear about your mum. I hope the medisine works it`s way, so all of you can breath lightly in to the fall.
Varm thougts from Huldra in Norway 🙂
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The hummingbird is your favorite bird. A new post really interesting.
Nature’s masterpiece indeed!!
What a wonderful piece of artwork you’ve created.
Get well wishes for your mother. “The Big ‘C'” can be so scary.
A very moving post. This is my first visit with you so I was unaware of the struggles you are enduring. Your artwork is meaningful in light of it, as well as beautiful and hopeful … I wish both you and your mother well.
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Hi I hope you Mum is doing well. The nicely edited Hummingbird is beautiful and perseverance does pay off eventually.
This is absolutely beautiful. Hummingbirds are proof that nature is the best artist. Wishing your mom well. Glad to hear she is recovering and keeping my fingers crossed about the results.
This is just beautiful. The hummingbird certainly is a masterpiece, and so is your work. I am in awe of your photography and poetic talent.
I will keep your mum and you in my thoughts and prayers. I dont know who on earth I pray to, I just do it. 🙂 xx
Wishing a speedy recovery for you mom and well wishes for the two of you!
Oh Barb…. I am so glad that you can be there for each other. I know that Mom would have supported me through my cancer and I did miss that….hugs
Good wishes for recovery for your mother. Beautiful bird!
miracle, perseverance, masterpiece: three terms which are an analogy to YOUR life too! I’m sure, that you, celebrating your life with bird-watching, painting and writing – meditation, supporting your mother, fighting vs. cancer: have so much dignity and density that you can be proud. Not the quantity counts but the quality…
Lovely image of the hummer! I do hope your Mom is feeling better.
Sending your mum many warm thoughts. This is a lovely image!
Not only is the hummingbird a masterpiece, but so is your photo!
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Very nice image of a beautiful bird! Thank you for sharing.
wishing her a full recovery soon.
Fergie, I’ve been thinking of you, wondering how your mother is. Hope she’s improving…. hugs to you both!
Oh Fergie, sorry to have missed this. Hoping mum’s test went well. Sending healing thoughts her way. Hugs.
It’s a lovely image, very graphical and the hummingbird captured so alive. I love the pastel-like colours and the simple and clean composition.
Fergie, I hope you are doing well. It is a stressful and demanding time for you. Your photography art doesn’t seem to suffer, on the contrary, your hummingbird is beautiful. May the hours your are working at your art bring some relief of the stress.
Blessings and best wishes for you,
Paula
Beautiful – and in full agreement about hummingbirds. And prayers for your mother’s healing. XO
So beautiful!
absolutely gorgeous-your work is beautiful.
Thank you too for stopping by Little Dogs Laughed-I appreciate you taking the time to visit and look around-
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I’m enjoying your blog. The pictures are exquisite.