Copa de Oro means Cup of Gold, Zeroing in, it’s easy to see why. These two popped up right outside my bedroom door to welcome me home. Click on any photo to enlarge all.
Copa de Oro: Flower of the Day
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Monthly Archives: November 2017
Fall Color: Sunday Trees, Nov 26, 2017
Since I was traveling in the states this October and November, I couldn’t get enough of the fall color. Please click to enlarge.
For Becca’s Sunday Trees prompt.
Camellia: Flower of the Day, Nov 26, 2017
Fair Fighting
Fair Fighting
I do not mind if one accuses
if they hurl words instead of bruises.
I prefer my arguments discussive
and that they never turn percussive!
Image downloaded from the internet. “The” prompt today was percussive.
Photo Shoot: Why is Morrie in His Mom’s Underwear? (Share Your World)
When I wrote the “Underdog” poem this morning, I though Morrie would be a natural to illustrate it. If you have read that blog, you already know I had to use a stand-in. The photos below will explain why. I recruited a friend to help. We went through a dozen dog treats. This result is the photos below that I took out of my dead photo file to share. Lucky you! See the poem I was trying to illustrate HERE.
These don’t fit very well, Mom.
Nope. Not standing still for alterations!
Another dog treat might help.
Something seems to be slipping.
And I have a strange feeling on my tail.
A sort of heavy sensation
Are you sure other Superheroes are able to keep these things on?
The End
Okay, now here are this week’s questions formulated by Cee, the mother of this challenge:
If you were having difficulty on an important test and could safely cheat by looking at someone else’s paper, would you do so? No
What things in nature do you find most beautiful? Insects, trees, flowers, birds, unusual details, angles and juxtapositions. Clouds.
Complete this sentence: When I travel I love to…watch people.
What inspired you or what did you appreciate this past week? As usual, the WordPress prompt inspired me. Today it was “Underdog” which I somehow transformed into “Underweardog” Nearly.
For Cee’s Share Your World Challenge.
Transformation
From little girls to exotic flamenco dancers in a matter of hours!
(Click on first photo to enlarge all.)
For: https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/transformation/
Underdog
Cat Woman’s sexy. Batman’s svelt
in cape and leotard and belt.
Superman in colors bright,
looks dashing flying in to fight.
But Underdog’s a lesser sort.
Sorta puny, sorta short.
His uniform? He doesn’t care.
He’s happy in his underwear.
For alternate photos for this prompt, go HERE. The prompt today is underdog.
The Letter N
“N”structions: Please click on first photo to enlarge all and see captions.
Nurture
Nature
Nestled
Nuptials
Nubbins
No Soul Left Behind
Nurtured and Nestled
Noted
Noodled
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Beauty’s Clutch.
Beauty’s Clutch
Life’s a library where we choose
book after book to read and muse
on the truth of each, or how it serves
to amuse us or to calm our nerves.
It starts with storybooks in our youth.
Cinderella’s lovely, her kin uncouth.
The pretty sister we all adore.
The others? Rotten to the core.
We judge by beauty evermore.
As teenagers, our thoughts are filled
with thoughts of hair, complexion, build—
the ways we rank and choose our friends.
For some, this method never ends.
We judge the world by what we see.
At court, the prettiest are set free.
Our dates determined by their cars,
Our peanut butters by their jars,
Our candidates are movie stars.
World is illusion, say the seers,
the thinkers and philosophers.
We cannot know reality
by going just by what we see.
Yet time and time again, we choose
our futures based upon our views.
The “curb appeal” that meets our eye
determines which house we will buy.
The crust is how we choose the pie.
Ted Bundy had a handsome face
that drew young ladies to his embrace.
An arm sling or perhaps a crutch
tricked them into his murderous clutch.
His handsomeness served to distract
till he’d performed his heinous act.
His cover perfect, his act most skilled,
he killed and killed and killed and killed—
lives ruined and ended as he willed.
So crack the book and look inside.
Talk before you choose your bride.
Drive the car before you buy.
Sip the wine and taste the pie.
See what’s inside if you are able.
Don’t go by face or box or label.
Though beauty dulled is less sublime,
scrub the tarnish from the dime.
Looking deeper takes more time.
Don’t choose the cover of a book.
Instead, take care to have a look.
One page nor twenty will not do.
You have the whole book left to view.
Avoid appearances and preening.
Look for truth and look for meaning.
George Eliot coined the adage first.
If for truth you have a thirst,
judging by the cover’s worst.
This poem was written 3 1/2 years ago, when I’d just started my blog and had very few readers, so I don’t think many reading my blog today have read it before. The prompt word today is clutch
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