These dandelions remind me of snow, which I’ve seen a bit of lately.
Dandelions: Flower of the Day, Oct 16, 2018
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Monthly Archives: October 2018
Begonia: Flower of the Day, Oct 15, 2018
Another of Jackie’s beautiful flowers. Orchid?
Shooting Hoops at the Class Reunion
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Shooting Hoops at the Class Reunion
Lest I be less than discreet
and be accused of gross conceit,
I’ll go where it can be repeated
that our team was undefeated
way back then in sixty-four.
The swish of hoop, our fans’ loud roar—
nothing can erase the blast
of this fine victory of the past.
The crowds we drew. The way we toiled?
Nothing since has ever spoiled
the memory of that group endeavor.
Back when we were fresh and clever,
young, athletic, fit and tall,
we all excelled at basketball.
Fifty years later, though it’s true
we may be a decrepit crew,
our memories are still intact.
We well remember every fact
as one by one, we each relate
our memories of winning State.
If I were at home, I could publish a photo of one of our glorious small town basketball teams, but since I am not in the proximity of my old annuals, I’ll make do with photos of one of the school reunions, fifty years later.
The prompts today were blast, draw, conceit and spoil. Here are the links:
https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2018/10/15/rdp-monday-blast/
https://fivedotoh.com/2018/10/15/fowc-with-fandango-draw/
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2018/10/15/conceit/
https://dailyaddictions542855004.wordpress.com/2018/10/13/daily-addictions-2018-week-41/spoil
Playthings
“Juguetes” (Toys) Mixed Media Assemblage by Judy Dykstra-Brown
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From childhood to rocking chair, we love our toys. From tricycles to souped-up cars, from dollies to drones, we need our diversions. Here are a few lovely toys for all ages.
For Cee’s prompt: -fun-foto-challenge-things-people-play-with/
Winterfall (#TheChangingSeasons)
To see the photos in order and read the story, click on the first photo and then on right arrows.
It was beautiful fall in Sheridan Wyoming when I arrived on Oct. 1
as well as a light rain.
Patti and Jim decided it was time to cut back the tall ornamental grass before the snow came.
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and a different sort of precipitation covered the front walk. No tall grass to be weighted down!
And color vanished from the world as it was covered by snow….
The front walk was transformed, and my socks got wet walking to the car!
The back porch went from a light dusting to a heavy icing,
What we braved to reach Sanderson’s Store.
The neighbor’s fence acquired its own piles
and we all turned to inside activities: cuddling the dog,
(Some of us turned into little piggies at the prospect
and were sent outside to work for their appetites.
They had few objections, quickly bending over
Young artist
And later rode along as their dad drove me home.
Morning brought Patti’s scrambled eggs
as well as icicles which in the heat of the sun, melted slowly away.
began to melt away,
drop after drop.
Sunday Trees, Oct. 14, 2018
Although this is a color photo, the world seems reduced to black and white by this snowstorm I awoke to yesterday. This is the first time I’ve experienced snow in 15 years or so. I had forgotten how hushed the world becomes in snow. Sheridan, WY, Oct. 13, 2018. Below, a bit of color is returned to the scene.
For Becca’s Sunday Trees prompt.
The Rules of Fidelity
The Rules of Fidelity
A wedding ring’s a shelter that protects you from the fray,
but that safety is a bullet that can ricochet some day.
The grace that’s found in your retreat from the single’s race
can vanish in a moment. Disappear without a trace.
For the oath that’s made in marriage is a double one, it’s true,
dependent on another person and not only you.
Only one need slip the knot to loosen it, enabling
“his” or “hers” to suddenly be passé in its labeling.
Loyalty and fidelity are two-way deals, it seems—
and they only work when couples work on them in teams.
The prompt words today are ring, shelter, ricochet and grace. Here are the links:
https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2018/10/14/rdp-sunday-ring/
https://fivedotoh.com/2018/10/14/fowc-with-fandango-shelter/
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2018/10/14/ricochet/
https://dailyaddictions542855004.wordpress.com/2018/10/13/daily-addictions-2018-week-41/grace
Tiny Nosegay: Flower of the Day, Oct 13, 2018
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This is a macro of a nosegay so tiny that it was impossible to see the intricacy of the flowers until I blew up the macro. So pretty and totally overlooked as individual flowers without this boost. It was a tiny centerpiece on my friend Patty’s dinner table. The entire bunch was about two inches across and the flowers about a half inch wide.
Below is a photo of the table with the flower cluster above seen on the green striped mat in the center of the table. There are actually two clusters of the flower in that tiny vase. I’m showing this so you can see the flowers to scale with the other objects on the table as the flowers above are enlarged greatly.
For Cee’s Flower of the Day prompt.
Read Me!! Especially if You Live in Montana
Negative Impact
Negative Impact
When all the slimy little trolls
have popped their heads out of their holes
to converse with more humane souls,
they go about filling their roles,
moving their dirt like little moles.
Who knows their purposes or goals?
They do not build. Do not extoll.
Do not contribute to the whole.
Their words not clever, wry nor droll.
They simply seek to take their toll.
They represent the negative pole!!!
Word of the Day’s prompt today is “troll.”
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