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About lifelessons

My blog, which started out to be about overcoming grief, quickly grew into a blog about celebrating life. I post daily: poems, photographs, essays or stories. I've lived in countries all around the globe but have finally come to rest in Mexico, where I've lived since 2001. My books may be found on Amazon in Kindle and print format, my art in local Ajijic galleries. Hope to see you at my blog.

Interspecies Advice, For Wordle 352

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Interspecies Advice

I threw my troubles overboard, but they refused to sink.
They came rolling right back to me, washed pure and clean and pink.
I hardly recognized them, as they looked so fresh and new,
free of the ooze and grime and dirt and all the past year’s goo.

I wiped them dry on dungarees, and, my efforts spent,
I found out just exactly where all my troubles went.
My jeans now stained and ruined, of my troubles I’m not rid.
My troubles had popped out again from where they’d only hid!

So please tell the panda, the giraffe and kangaroo,
that whate’er you do to rid yourself, past troubles will find you!
You can hide up in the treetops or bound over the plain,
but your troubles will come after you and cling to you again.

Words for Wordlle prompt 352 are: fresh, clean, pure, ooze, dungarees, ruin, rolling, panda, spent, overboard, sink, new.

Canna Lily: FOTD Dec 18, 2023

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For CEE’S FOTD

Hibiscus: For FOTD Dec 17, 2023

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For Cee’s FOTD

Dreamscape: For The Sunday Whirl Wordle 633

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Me, at age 2, journeying into inner spaces.

Dreamscape

Unravel realms of slumber and try to bring on home
A beacon cast by memory. That fresh-turned scent of loam.
The dazzling icy glitter of icicles that drip
with hypnotic regularity as warm air takes its sip.
Memories of a lifetime, bittersweet at best,
yearning over losses and missing childhood’s zest.
We move our eyes in slumber over a different view
on the screen of nostalgia, which we seek to imbue
with not only reality but also with our hope
that we can remember with a wider scope
creating a new story, satisfyingly surreal
where a lifetime of memories can gather and congeal
to form another story in which we hope to  heal.

 

 

For The Sunday Whirl Wordle 633 the prompt words are: dazzling icy home realm slumber yearning bittersweet beacon cast unravel eyes try
Image of tractor and plowed field by Roberto Bernard. Other photos by me.

“Leftovers” for the Last Chance Photos Prompt.

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Lens Artists Challenge asks us to show our Last Chance photos...favorite photos we haven’t formerly found a place for on our blogs.

Teal Madness for CMMC

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The forwarding arrows seem not to be working. Hopefully WP will get this glitch taken care of soon. You can enlarge the photos by clicking on them individually.

For https://ceenphotography.com/2023/12/13/cmmc-december-teal-color/CMMC Challenge: Teal

As usual, I got a bit carried away. Tablecloths and water and blouses seemed to reign when it came to teal, but there were a few other interesting finds as I combed through my media file.

It seems as though the forwarding function to the next photo isn’t always working. You can also see photos enlarged just by clicking on the image.

If you use Chrome or Microsoft Edge, you won’t be able to enlarge and move through these photos by clicking on one and then clicking on the arrows.  Obviously, someone at WP has created a glitch. If you switch to Safari or Opera or Firefox, you’ll be able to move through the gallery as before.

Sunset Series, Lake Chapala, Dec 15, 2023

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Please note: the forwarding function of the gallery seems not to be working on my site or others. I’ve notified WP and hope they soon have it functioning. Please come back in a while if you’d like to view the photos. You can enlarge them by clicking on the photos individually.

If you use Chrome or Microsoft Edge, you won’t be able to enlarge and move through these photos by clicking on one and then clicking on the arrows.  Obviously, someone at WP has created a glitch. If you switch to Safari or Opera or Firefox, you’ll be able to move through the gallery as before.

Hibiscus, For FOTD Dec 16, 2023

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This orange hibiscus  creates the fewest blooms of all the hibiscus in my garden. Makes me appreciate it all the more. Absence does make the heart grow fonder.

For Cee’s FOTD

Who Sang That, Anyhow? For Fibbin’ Friday, Dec. 15, 2023

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Classic Christmas hits, but can you suggest alternative artists for them?

1. Wherever you are: Blind Faith
2. Rockin’ around the Christmas Tree: The Chain Gang
3. That’s my Goal: Joe Namath and the Lime-Liners
4. Mistletoe and Wine: Alan Shephard taking solace while recovering from a bad case of athlete’s foot after returning from the Moon landing.
5. I saw Mommy kissin’ Santa Claus: Truman Hanks, the night his dad Tom came home sporting full-costume during the filming of Polar Express.
6. All I want for Christmas: Melanie Trump, handing Donald a map of the U.S.
7. Sound of the Underground: The Moles (yes, a real group)
8. Jingle Bell Rock A trio comprised of *Barry Manilow, Alexander Graham Bell and Elvis. 
9. Can we fix it: The White House Plumbers
10. Somethin’ Stupid. Hate to quote the obvious, but come on now: Donald Trump

*Known as “The King of the Commercial Jingle.)

 

For Pensivity’s Fibbin’ Friday, Dec. 15, 2023  Illustration by Little Plant on Unsplash.

Century Plant Bloom. (Formerly a Mystery Flower) For Cee’s FOTD Dec 15, 2023

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Century Plant or American Agave. Thanks, I.J. and Forgottenman for solving the mystery.

For Cee’s FOTD

I can’t for the life of me remember what this flower is. Does anyone else know?