For Cee’s FOTD
If I were marooned on an island with only three foods, what three foods would I choose?
Potatoes, Whole Milk, Oil.
What I could make from these three ingredients? Baked potatoes with butter and sour cream, French fries (alas, no ketchup), mashed potatoes with milk and butter, potato chips, scalloped potatoes, fried potatoes, VODKA!!!!!
What I’d miss most: Salt (but I figure I could obtain it from seawater), green vegetables, (Surely there are some edible greens on the island? More likely than wild potatoes.) As for meat, there must be some game on the island and fish in the ocean or lake around it.
The Prompt for My Vivid Blog is Potatoes. Can’t resist that one!
Rash Acts
Ashes from the burning house go swirling ’round the fire,
casting their debris and licking ever higher.
Corridors of smoke sent upwards in the air
starting in the living room and swirling up the stair.
The cat jumps from the window, dogs barrel out the door.
The man runs out with boxes in his arms. Goes in for more.
His wife pleads with him not to go, fashions a refrain
that she repeats in hopes she’ll be able to restrain
his further trips into the house, facing smoke and flame
knowing not the secret gift that he’s gone to reclaim.
His final trip completed, he’s safe from further harms,
as he rushes out to place their wedding photos in her arms.
This one is sorta corny, but the prompt words made me do it!!
For the Sunday Whirl Wordle 630 the prompt words are: fire arm fashion cat corridor debris gift secrets box flame ashes refrain. Image by Jen Theodore on Unsplash.
These flowers, much magnified, are tiny blooms on a succulent that is not the bright green leaf pictured in the foreground. Because Sam is always interested in knowing the true size of the flower and what plant it is from, I’ve taken two more photos with my hand as a reference re/ size and touching the leaf that belongs to the plant the flowers are part of.
Fibbing Friday goes Shakespearean!
1. What light through yonder window breaks?
– Burglars!
2. Alas, poor Yorick………………..
– we named him poorly.
3. Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
– Where did you hang the painting my folks gave us?
4. To be, or not to be…………………….
– The mental quandaries of a would-be apiarist.
5. All the World’s a stage……………………
– Personal slogan of Donald Trump.
6. All that glisters…………
– eventually tarnishes.
7. Give every man thy ear……………
– Bad advice given to Van Gogh.
8. Neither a borrower nor a lender be……
– Unfortunate slogan of a bank that went out of business.
9. Many a true word…………
– was twisted into untruth.
10. Do not swear by the moon……………..
– what in the light of day you do not intend to fulfill.
Note from ForgottenMan: Judy is almost home (bouncing in a taxi from Guadalajara to San Juan Cosala) as I prepare to post this. I sent these prompts to her this afternoon on Skype, and she nailed all 10 responses back on Skype in less than 10 minutes. I’ve transcribed them here & posted at her direction. Welcome home, Judy!
For Cee’s FOTD
Good evening, folks, ForgottenMan back again posting for Judy. She’s still at the beach (Buscerías, Nayarit) with a friend, still wrestling with internet issues. But she managed to slip me these photos via email & Skype, so I dutifully post them here for y’all to enjoy. (Y’all know you can click on a pic to see a bigger version, right?)
Good afternoon, folks, ForgottenMan here posting for Judy. She’s still at the beach (Buscerías, Nayarit) with a friend, still wrestling with internet issues. But she managed to slip me these photos via email, so I dutifully post them here for y’all to enjoy. (Y’all know you can click on a pic to see a bigger version, right?)
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