Snapshots

As part of the "Friday Fences" blogroll, I've taken a snapshot of my backyard fence:

This picture of my backyard fence has some history to it. In the foreground is an old chicken pen fence that has been unused since our chickens have left us; it now serves as a sort of trellis for some sun-aspiring vines. The fence in the background is the fence dividing ourselves from the neighbours. Coincidentally, they too have chickens, and, sometimes the odd one flies over to graze our yard. The trampoline has been unused for years now, it takes me back to childhood when we'd laugh ourselves silly just jumping on it. And also a memory of bouncing on it with my brother at Easter, and we were talking about how Mum used to buy us presents in the form of video games whenever we got certificates of Merit at school. How Mum tried to encourage us in our education, and my brother and myself agreed on not to ask for more video games, because back then, we were poor... really poor. As the first generation of migrants from Vietnam, you can imagine all the sacrifices my parents made. Wow, I didn't realise I could say so much on one picture. So the saying goes, "a picture is worth a thousand words", but I better stop there, otherwise, the words won't stop!

I find it lovely that nature is harmonising itself through the years in this photo. The old trampoline is now a sleeping place for my cat, Ramsay, during the day so he can sunbake. The old fence and chicken pen fence is now like a trellis for other plants. On a similar note, my favourite words are "trellis", "petrichor", and "halcyon".

Here's a haiku I wrote a while ago, it appears in my first collection, Refugee Prayer:

our conversation
leans into the trellis...
bursting buds

I submit this haiku as part of the Carpe Diem blogroll.

I hope you enjoyed this flashback post, I'll leave you with a verse from the Bible that spoke to me today: "He reached down from heaven and took hold of me; He pulled me out of deep waters" -- Psalm 18:16.