This was harder than I thought. I didn’t know what the word really meant and had to look it up. Going through my pictures I realized that I have some serene baggage.

My five elements of serenity:

•  It needs light, but also an edge of darkness.
•  It needs to have sky in it, but not perfectly clear.
•  It needs water in it, unruffled water.
•  It needs to have land in it.
•  It needs life in it.

I am not sure why I like my sky cloudy and my water smooth. But for every rule there is an exception:

Then of course there is his Serene Highness:

Aren’t dictionaries great?

In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Serenity.”