Lens-Artists Challenge #72 – Waiting

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The Lens Artists Challenge is hosted this week by Amy.

The theme is WAITING.

“The waiting is the hardest part
Every day you get one more yard
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
The waiting is the hardest part”
–Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, written by Tom Petty

One could wait an eternity, such as those buried in this Naw’lins (New Or-LEANS) cemetery, where all are buried above ground due to the very high water table:

New Orleans cemetery

“Time and Tide wait for no man”:

Origin:

The origin is uncertain, although it’s clear that the phrase is ancient and that it predates modern English. The earliest known record is from St. Marher, 1225:

“And te tide and te time þat tu iboren were, schal beon iblescet.”

A version in modern English – “the tide abides for, tarrieth for no man, stays no man, tide nor time tarrieth no man” evolved into the present day version.

Also, possibly: first appeared about 1395 in Chaucer’s Prologue to the Clerk’s Tale:

“119         Ay fleeth the tyme; it nyl no man abyde.
Ever flees the time; it will wait for no man.”

Doesn’t it have a nice ring to it?
“Ay fleeth the tyme; it nyl no man abyde.”

Kind of like Rabbie Burns:

“The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men
Gang aft agley,”

Even Burn’s first verse is sheer poetic music, to a Scot at least:

“Wee, sleeket, cowran, tim’rous beastie,
O, what a panic’s in thy breastie!
Thou need na start awa sae hasty,
Wi’ bickerin brattle!
I wad be laith to rin an’ chase thee
Wi’ murd’ring pattle!”
–To A Mouse by Robert Burns

But I digress.  Where were we?  Oh yes, TIME…

Prague, Czechoslovakia.

…and TIDE:

Normandy coast, France. Part of WWII D-Day invasion.

Tick tock, tick tock:

“can you feel it
now that spring has sprung
that it’s time to live in the scattered sun

waiting for the sun
waiting for the sun
waiting for the sun
waiting for the sun”
–Jim Morrison, The Doors

This sunflower waited for the sun last summer:

“And I’ve been waiting in the weeds
Waiting for my time to come around again and
Hope is floating on the breeze
Carrying my soul high up above the ground and
I’ve been keepin’ to myself
Knowin’ that the seasons are slowly changing…”
–The Eagles, Writer(s): Henley Donald Hugh, Smith Steuart

Two eagles were high above the weeds next to a walking path I traversed recently.  Here is one.  Waiting… waiting…

I dislike waiting.  Patience is not one of my virtues.

Enjoy.

Kudos to the tireless leaders of the weekly Lens-Artists challenge.

Weekly Challenge info from Tina:

“Each Saturday at noon EST we will publish a photo challenge similar in form to the now-defunct WPC. If you choose to participate, please make sure to tag your post with the name of our group LENS-ARTISTS so that all of the responses can be found together in the WP Reader. Please also include a link to the challenge moderator’s post. One of our 4 moderators will host the challenge each week.”

Week 1 – Patti of https://pilotfishblog.com/

Week 2 – Ann-Christine aka Leya of https://lagottocattleya.wordpress.com/

Week 3 – Amy of https://shareandconnect.wordpress.com/

Week 4 – Tina of https://travelsandtrifles.wordpress.com/

Check them out.  Also search for Lens-Artists to find posts.