Monthly Archives: August 2023

Tradescantia: FOTD Aug 21, 2023

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Tradescantia or Wandering Jew

For Cee’s FOTD

Gone to Seed

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This is the seed pod on a tree. Almost as beautiful as the flower.
Double pods

 

 

For Nature Photo Challenge: Seedheads

Frangipani: FOTD Aug 20. 2023

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Frangipani or Plumeria

For Cee’s FOTD

Celebrate!!!!

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Chris was happy when the margaritas arrived.
A special surprise at Viva Mexico, but only I got the one with a candle.
My Poor Taste Party
Merry Xmas favor for my brother-in-law Jim
Yoli’s Confirmation Cake
The stockings were stacked by the Chimney with care. . . .
Christmas at my house
Happy Birthday, Annette!!
Ladies on the Street in Chiapas.
Saints Day for our Lady of Guadalupe.
I believe this parade was in Peru.D
Polo Crowd, Sheridan, WY

 

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Weddiings, birthdays, Christmas, Day of the Dead, Polo Matches, Parties, Parades, Saints Days, Confirmations and Fiestas.  The whole world loves a celebration!!!!

For Sunday Stills: Celebrations

“Some” Faces: for Lens Artists Challenge 263

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I love this tender moment captured at the anniversary party of friends.
Observing
Violins
The oldest couple ever to file for a marriage license in Texas. At 91, he married an older woman! They lived a block away from me and were two of my favorite people.
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For Lens Artists Challenge 263 Faces in a Crowd

Nightmare, for SOCS

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Nightmare.

Come here, my dear.
Those dangers near,
though they appear
to mock and leer,
will not come here.
So dry each tear.
Danger’s jeer,
it’s truly clear,
is just sheer
groundless fear.

The prompt for SOCS is to grab the book closest to you, open at random and use the first three words of the first full sentence on that page to start your post.  Here goes….The book was The Blue Butterfly by Leslie Johansen Nack. The three words, Come here, my. . . .
Image by Paz Z on Unsplash.

Heliconias: FOTD Aug 19, 2023

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For Cee”s FOTD

Magic Circle for Three Things Challenge

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Magic Circle

Ring around a Rosie
safe within a hoop.
Mommy drew a circle
around the chicken coop.

When the fox jumped over it,
the hens began to squawk,
voicing their alarm
in raucous chicken talk.

Mommy grabbed a broom
to drive the rascal out,
punctuating every swing
with an angry shout.

Now the fox is sulking,
hungry little pest
while each hen is settled
securely in her nest.

The ring around this Rosie,
our most prolific hen,
means that we’ll have scrambled eggs
more than now and then!!!

For the Three Things Challenge

The three words today are:
RING
CIRCLE
HOOP

White Hibiscus, FOTD Aug 18, 2023

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For Cee’s FOTD

For Fibbing Friday Aug 18, 2023

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Creative definitions:

1. What is a mitre?  A gauge for measuring electricitre.
2. What is a dumpster?  A really cool cat garbage collector.
3. What is a relic? What the tongue reflexively does after the first lick when consuming an ice cream cone on a very hot day. 
4. What is a puffball? A formal dance for smokers only. 
5. What is an accolade? A sugary drink made from packets of fruit-flavored powder that kids used to sell from stands on the sidewalk in the fifties and sixties. (Misspelled, by the way)
6. What do the initials O.B.E. stand for? “Obsessively Breaking Eggs.” —what serves as a  “Closed” sign on the omelet parlor door while preparing for Sunday Brunch.
7. What is a hide chew? The sound made during a sneeze.
8. What is caffoy? An appreciative utterance made while sipping a delicious cup of kosher coffee.
9. What is an erf? Three-quarters of a nerf ball that has been chewed by a dog.
10. What is umbel? What you should pretend to be when given a compliment by someone.

For Pensivity’s Fibbing Friday Image by Simone Secci on Unsplash.