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Waterscapes for “Water Water Everywhere” Prompt
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Round and Round, for Sunday Stills
Merry-go-Round
balloons lifting off the ground,
1 1/2 ” round stone formed by the wave action in Lake Michigan. Found in a little stand by the side of the road
Floating around in innertubes?.
Round Plate, Round Jars
A round of applause for ladies in hats at Open Circle
Drop the handkerchief. Remember this circle game?
I really can’t remember what this wheel was for
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Bougainvillea, For FOTD Nov 26, 2023
For Cee’s FOTD
If I Were Marooned on An Island with Only Three Foods?
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!
“Angles” for Travel With Intent
Rash Acts, For Wordle 630
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.
Past and Future: FOTD Nov 25, 2023
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.
Trumpet Vine Gone Wild!!! FOTD Nov 24, 2023
Fibbing Friday for Nov 24, 2023
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!
Geraniums, for Cee’s FOTD Nov. 23, 2023
For Cee’s FOTD
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