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This is the only bloom on this bush that I saw this morning.
Tomorrow, there will be more.
For Cee’s FOTD
Hibiscus: FOTD Aug 24, 2021
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Kakorrhaphiophobia
Kakorrhaphiophobia*
Bemoan the fates of elephants unable to forget,
for it is a talent they’re likely to regret.
Those animals more vacuous have memories that fade
and they forget their failures as soon as they’ve been made.
The present of the wildebeest, for instance, bears no hint
of any past mistakes and so as he begins his sprint,
he has no qualms about his course and runs away assured
that he’s not being herded, sequestered, penned or lured.
So he puts all his energy in living out the present.
His days are worry-free and his nighttimes calm and pleasant.
Not so the worrisome elephant as all his past disasters
dealing with former problems with poachers, hunters, masters
influence every choice he makes in choosing what to do.
Every decision that he makes could be one that he’ll rue.
So don’t go thinking that a sterling memory is pleasant,
for keeping track of all the past can sure screw up your present!
*(The medical definition of kakorrhaphiophobia is abnormal fear of failure.)
Prompt words today are kakorrhaphiophobia, elephant, hint, vacuous and energy.
Mystery Plant: FOTD Aug 23, 2021
I thought this was lobelia when I bought it, but when I returned home after a month and a half, it had grown so tall that it can’t be. Does anyone know what it is?
For Cee’s FOTD
Perpetual Kid
Perpetual Kid
My little brother was hard to tie down,
and after his rambles through country and town,
hangry and dirty, he plopped in a chair,
and enclosed in his pants cuffs and stuck in his hair
were tree leaves and grass stalks and pollen from flowers
that accompanied him home after hours and hours
of wandering aimless inspecting the world
where all of the wonders of life were unfurled.
A junior adventurer, he would not change.
Even grown up, his travels would range
from border to border as yearly he tended
to follow adventures that never have ended.
From China to Africa, from pole to pole,
to see the whole earth has become his goal.
Yet year after year, when he’s through he comes home
where his sister is waiting with cook pot and comb
to fill up his tummy and clean the man up.
For in every lone wolf remains traces of pup!
Prompts for today are ramble, hangry, enclosed, tend and junior.
Walking on Flowers: For Flower of the Day, Aug 22, 2021
I couldn’t resist sharing these favorite flowers for FOTD. My friend was aghast when I photographed this cinema carpet and stated that I’d gladly use it to carpet a room in my house if I had a different house and could decorate the room to go with it! What do you think?
For Cee’s FOTD
The Refusal
The Refusal
Though you seek to amuse me, instead I’m aghast
when you stir up these tales from your vagabond past—
how you set out with no education
upon a path with no destination.
When you tell what you did when down on your luck—
what you’d do for a dime or a quarter or buck—
I don’t want involvement with one of your kind—
one who’ll do anything, caught in a bind.
How can you think that your tales of abusing,
of wooing, beguiling and loving and using
could be aphrodisiac is hard to see.
They only insure your next victim’s not me.
So I’ll say ta-ta, au revoir and so long.
I won’t be a lyric in any sad song,
and when I dress up in wedding apparel,
I’ll make sure my groom is a good deal less feral.
Prompt words are aghast, amuse, destination, involve and quarter. Illustration by Uyen Nguyen on Unsplash.
Sculpted Wood: Saturday Sculpture
Click on photos to see the incredible detail in this wood sculpture. Amazing. I saw this piece in a gallery in Sheridan, Wyoming.
For the Saturday Sculpture prompt
Big Wheel, Little Wheel: For Crimson’s Creative Challenge
For Crimson’s Creative Challenge. we were to create a post inspired by the below photo taken by Crispina:
It’s All About the Light: Lens Artist Challenge
I published this photo a week or more ago, but just feel it’s the photo that best illustrates the theme, so here it is again.
How Co2 Could Be The Fuel Of The Future
Forgottenman says this post is empty for him on Firefox and Chrome. I can see it on both. Is there anyone else who is unable to see it?
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