Monthly Archives: January 2022

In Memorium

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Image from Unsplash
Image from Unsplash

In Memorium

Disputes in terms of burial often may arise
when a family member meets with their demise.
Some crave a tasteful marble slab engraved with just a name,
while others wax panegyric, professing lives of fame.
The freedom to adorn the grave of one who’s gone above
with  flowers and with carvings of angel, lamb or dove,
is stretched as far as human taste allows one to express.
and as much as families are willing to confess.
Some histories are written clear. Others we have to guess.
In death as in their lives, showing their natures, more or less.

Prompts for the day are freedom, dispute, tasteful, panegyric and burial.

Bougainvillea Near Sundown, Jan 22, 2022

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For Cee’s FOTD

There is more than one way to show your love. This is amazing.

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Interesting Objects: Nature’s Art

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Lamp: stone, madrone and handmade paper.

Click on photos to enlarge.

The first tiny sculpture  of a bear attached to a branch of driftwood is exactly as I found it on a branch on the beach. I haven’t colored or shaped it in any manner. Nature’s sculpture. The second photo is of a lamp made of elements found in nature by my husband, Bob Brown. The shade of handmade paper made from tree bark and liana was made by me.

For Lens Artists Photo Challenge: Interesting Objects

Thunbergia, FOTD Jan 21, 2022

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For Cee’s FOTD

Mismatched Hearts

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Mismatched Hearts

She overdosed on tinder, declaring it a bomb.
She’s through with OKCupid and over Match.com.
In fourteen introductions, not one has turned out kissable.
If she had to rate them, she’d rate every date as missable.
Not one man she’s been linked to has been skookum, smooth or smart.
Not a single one of them has satisfied her heart.
Fatuous or condescending, under or over-dressed—
each one she has been matched to has left her unimpressed.
No plangent love bells have rung out.  No lover has been gettable.
One theme that’s been repetitive is that they’re all forgettable.

 

Prompt words today are skookum (strong or brave) repetitive, fatuous, plangent and smooth.

 

Oops–Listen to More Music!!!

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I neglected to add three of my favorite photos to my last “Listen to the Music” Post, So I’m adding them here:

To see more photos of the mirror and silver ornamented guitar shown above, go HERE. If you haven’t seen the original set of photos that preceded these, see them HERE.

 

For cbwc

Listen to the Music!

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Click on photos to enlarge.

Oops, I left three photos out. See them HERE.

 

For cbwc

Slip of a Man

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Slip of a Man

Heredity’s not all it’s made out to be.
Some fall a bit far from the family tree.
Though his father is heavy, he’s a slip of a man
who dines on fine china while dad eats from the pan.
He’s a  Jane Austen reader and a Volkswagen fan
while his old man likes football and drives a Ram Van.
Though the elder’s been known to go off on a binge,
when offered a drink, his son pours just a tinge—
a small drop of rum in a glass full of Coke—
a drink that his dad considers a joke.
Not at all like his father, he walks his own walk.
I guess you could say “a slip off the old block.”

Prompt words today are block, slip, tinge and heavy .Image by Ricky Grigore on Unsplash

Hibiscus Macro: FOTD Jan 20

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For Cee’s FOTD