***Image caption: I captured this: “When unruly clouds meet a luxury cruiseliner on calms waters”. Hello Ladies, Gents, Friends and Visitors of Hive. This week’s (deep) reflection is on how we equip ourselves

Happy New Year, ladies, gents, humans, friends and visitors of Hive. I am wishing you softness where you have been carrying too much, and strength where you have been doubting yourself. I hope this year

Hello Ladies and Gents of Hive, I joined Hive in June 2024, and I did not come looking for a platform. I came looking for somewhere my words could land softly. Somewhere grief could exhale. Somewhere a

Hey Photographer, This is my entry for the PhotoFeed Contest – Macro Photography Round 148. Come closer. This is the heart of my peace lily. In macro, the spadix becomes a tower of soft ivory spikes, each

Hello ladies and gents of Hive, This is my entry for contest 267! Lookimg forward to reading yours too. These last two weeks have sat heavy on my chest. The end of the year comes, the lights go up, the

The Script I Was Born Into I grew up in a world that handed me instructions before it handed me choices. Race told me what box to stay in; Religion told me how softly to speak; Patriarchy told me who I

If… If I could get a second chance at something, it would be the moments I rushed through because I thought being “busy” made me important. I’d go back to the mornings I skipped breakfast with people I

… ? Is it? I am a sucker for sunsets. The end of a day, reflection, the anticipation or anxiety at the thought of a new day.

There’s a place deep inside us where sadness and joy finally stop running from each other It’s not loud and its far from dramatic.It’s that moment when the ache softens just enough for a small ray of light

Captured this epic sky… mesmerising… This weekend, I was (planning on) doing nothing. Abso-Nada-lutely nothing. Didley squat. And let me tell you - I was excited! But then… No productivity hacks - turned

Wandering through the streets of Zurich, I felt like an alien in a familiar dream - just another visitor passing through. 🛸Then I saw these murals. Bold, surreal, almost like messages meant for someone

From a plane, the world can s-t-r-e-t-c-h endlessly below. From a paraglider, the wind can carry you in quiet suspension. And from the ground, the clouds shift and reshape like a living canvas. Where would

I see the moon: “Oooh lemme take a pic!” Click 📸, click clickaty click CLICK c-l-i-c-k!! Right? Bur e-v-e-r-y time: a blurry potato? A glowing blob? My balcony?? Sometimes… just darkness. But do I quit?

Dear #PhotographyLovers, I’ve come to realise that there are three constants in my life now: the moon, my thoughts, and my balcony. You know, there are few things more reliable than the moon. It rises,

Image: This was the first snowman I built. Perfect in its imperfections. My “weekend experience” reads like a short story of loss, truth, and unapologetic survival. Dear reader, Galen’s challenge this

Built my first snowman! I’d seen snow before - on TV screens, and in pictures, but, W-O-W… i was never expecting this. Standing there, flakes melting on my palms, hearing the crunch beneath my feet, I

Bought these yesterday I used to think that yellow roses are the extroverts of the rose world… they are bright, cheerful, impossible to ignore. These don’t brood like red roses or whisper like soft pinks.

It started with love at first sight - sweet teak and rattan deck chairs, elegant and timeless. Expensive as hell but I’ve been searching for these - the ones I never thought I needed bit oh so desired!

It’s midnight and My brain has decided that now (right now) is the perfect time to think about everything. All the things I need to do. Things I should have said differently. Random memories from years