Milkweed
Morning Glory
Marigold
Morning Glory
Moss Rose
Please link your “M” flowers both to comments below and to Cee’s FOTD
The Letter “M” Floral Alphabet Challenge, Sept 26, 2022
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The Elopement: Wordle 571 for The Sunday Whirl, Sept 25, 2022
Elopement
The sky liquid amber and the hills mushroom brown,
we sail on love’s vapors right over the town.
Once we felt dirty, but now we feel free,
released from the rules learned at the knee
of parents who left us with nothing but scars
of guilt over kisses in back seats of cars.
We vow to forget all we’ve heard of their lies
as we flee solid earth to escape through the skies.
What was once key we admit has no power
as passion bursts out to bud and then flower.
Those flickers of guilt we shed as we fly,
leaving mere earth to soar up to the sky.
For The Sunday Whirl Wordle 571 the prompts are: mushrooms key liquid admit dirty felt flicks hear amber solid Image: Marc Chagall’s “Over the Town.”
Shop, Shmop I Say
Culinary Innovations
She’s been gone almost a week.
Solitarily homebound, he discovers:
You have to let them egg-soak
a little longer than bread slices,
but French toasted Ritz Crackers
are almost as delicious
as French toasted Fig Newtons.
Natural Images. Do You See What I See?
What has nature seen fit to draw on my large flower pot? You tell me what you see and then I’ll tell you what I saw.
What I first saw was the same empty-eyed skeleton skull that is hanging from the overhang of the bedroom far behind the flower pot. Can you see it? You can also see a sketchy rendition of the bones of his body below. Eerie.
All of the answers of what others saw were on Facebook, so I’ll duplicate them here:
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Tamara Alaine MitchellA dog and a monkey.
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Cheryl KennedyI see a monkey face and ears about 1/3 of the way down. Also could be his hand.<img class="" role="presentation" src="data:;base64, ” width=”18″ height=”18″ />
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Sara AxelsonI see a horse with a parakeet on its head holding a small dog
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Jim AnshutzA dog and a monkey
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Carol BradleyI see a pregnant alien with big ears and wearing sunglasses.<img class="" role="presentation" src="data:;base64, ” width=”18″ height=”18″ />Leland OlsonA mother baboon holding her baby<img class="" role="presentation" src="data:;base64, ” width=”18″ height=”18″ />Sherry Holiman SwindleA dog with a mask on<img class="" role="presentation" src="data:;base64, ” width=”18″ height=”18″ />Judy Dykstra-BrownAnd i see that I have very creative friends!!!! There is one more thing no one has seen which is the first thing I saw.Shannon EvansDragon and a monkey
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Jim AnshutzA dog and a monkeyAnd a couple pigs
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Morning-After Headaches
I thought she asked if we wanted “regular” or “little” margaritas. It turns out she was saying “liter.” Guess which we ordered?
Morning-After Headaches
The candor of the bottle brings trouble in the morning
when its repercussions start to bloom with little warning.
One’s midnight refusal to utter statements truthless
might, once daylight dawns, be considered to be ruthless.
A drunk’s stubborn insistence to reflect only reality
has been known to end relationships with a certain finality.
Hidden covetous feelings might hereby be revealed
when questioning the ethics of a friend’s investment yield.
One more lifted shot glass can cause snafus in decisions
over topics covered in the next round of derisions.
So some strategic planning should be used on one’s nights out,
regarding confidential matters that one is apt to spout.
When drinking, topics talked about must thus be planned strategically,
for pains caused by loose lips are not ones solved analgesically.
Prompt words today are bottle ,snafu, covetous, strategic, reality, stubborn, candor.
The Letter “L” Floral Alphabet Challenge, Sept 25, 2022
Lobelia and Friends
Lycianthes Rantonnetii
Click on flowers to increase size and read captions.
Please post your “L” flowers and link both here in comments and to Cee’s FOTD
Surrounding Hills
Trail
The trails you see on the mountains are the sites of rock slides.
I counted eight waterfalls in the mountains above the town. I live up on that mountain!
Senor Garcia is the name of this dormant volcanic mountain.
Beautiful silhouette of the mountains south of Lake Chapala.
And finally, up the mountain
Guanajuato
or houses on the hillside.
Click on photos to enlarge and read captions.
Thanks, Wind Kisses, For the Lens Artist Challenge “Over the Hill.”
Ode to Cheetos
Ode to Cheetos
If you’ve given up on lunch
and seek a substitute with punch,
Cheetos are my favorite snacks
that can be found sealed up in sacks.
Always flavorful and munchy,
crisp and satisfyingly crunchy
between lips and teeth and gums,
enjoyable from cheeks to tums.
Though they’re often underrated,
I feel that they have been berated
by makers of crackers and chips
as well as creators of dips,
due to envy and to spite,
for citrus drinks like Squirt and Sprite
complement their spicy bite,
setting all the world to right.
So buy a bag without delay.
Do not wait another day.
You’ll be elated that you did,
and also happy that you hid
the bag so as you start to chew,
you know that it is all for you!
(Hint: Get the bag marked “Torciditos.”
They’re the premiere type of Cheetos!!!)
For more Cheetos excitement, go here: https://judydykstrabrown.com/2022/12/26/a-very-cheetos-christmas/
Prompt words today are citrus, spite, crunchy, crisp, delay, happy and berated.
Not fiction. I am addicted to these little devils and everyone I’ve introduced them to has become hooked as well. I guess I do you no favors in sharing my favorite vice. I may have to go buy some now. Fortunately, (regrettably?) a little shop I must pass on my way to or from home sells them.
Coupling Couplets
Go swift to work but slower to thy glee,
and you will go with other, not with me.
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If two by two in life you choose to go,
you never will regret if going’s slow.
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Join hands with one who also squeezes back
or else you will forever mourn its lack.
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Choose love by heart and not by merely face
and then regrets will never be the case.
Five heroic couplets on the subject of coupling for dVerse Poets.
Floral Alphabet Challenge, The Letter “K,” Sept 24, 2022
Kalanchoe
Kalanchoe
Love this plant, but Zoe uprooted all of them in my planters, along with all the moss roses she could reach. I could save a fortune on dog food and just let this girl graze on my plants and lawn grubs! Of course I’d have no garden left to speak of.
For my Floral Alphabet Challenge, Sept 24, 2022: The Letter “K” Please publish your own and link here in the comments below.
