This is a photo of a desert rose altered with LunaPic, “beauty” setting.
Here is the original shot:
For Cee’s FOTD
Desert Rose, Altered: FOTD Feb 13, 2022
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Frida and Zoe
Forgottenman has pointed out how much Zoe looks like Frida when I first found here. Here are their photos, side-by-side.
And here is the video of Zoe bravely challenging the beer bottle that I couldn’t get posted in yesterday’s blog:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/q92ZwGX0WpU
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DESERT ROSES: FOTD FEB 12, 2022
Stop and Go
Stop and Go
Consider the ramifications
of an excess of libations.
You can kiss but you can’t hug
the frothy lip of a bar mug.
It takes a bit of nerve and spine
to veer off course, to forsake wine
and face the angst of barroom gents
in favor of family events.
Hats off to drinking men who know
The proper time to stop and go!
Prompt words today are ramifications, angst, veer, spine and hug,
The Divine Supine
The Divine Supine
A chunk of ham, a pint of beans,
a glass of wine, some magazines,
an afternoon stretched out supine,
a hearty meal on which to dine.
No serious tasks to stir and pique,
No work to do. No goal to seek.
“Pronto” not an adverb you’re
likely to hear to make you stir.
Lazy days and lazy nights
are what set the world to rights.
Prompt words today are chunk, pronto, pique, supine and serious.
Trip to La Mosca Restaurante–With a Bonus
This house that looks down on La Mosca is rumored to be owned by Gloria Estaban.
This is La Mosca.
They have weird toys around here.
Yes that’s right. We took a special trip up the coast to visit an oceanside restaurant named “La Mosca” or “The Fly.” My friends went for the fresh fish, I went for the views but ended up coming home with a bonus..a tiny puppy that we named “Zoe” who will be coming home to San Juan Cosala with me tomorrow. She’s already had a number of adventures, as have we, being her companions. You will no doubt see more of her in the future. Luckily, there were more birds than flies at La Mosca.
Here is one video of Zoe at play. I’ll add another later. The best one I took, I forgot to turn the video recorder on!!! Of course.
Pasque Flower: Feb 12, FOTD
For Cee’s FOTD
Bishop’s Balls Bloom: FOTD Feb 9, 2022
I’ve already posted photos of the Roses of the desert and the bougainvillea, so this rudely-named flower is the only one left in the garden of the house where I’m staying this week, so sorry, bishops of the world, I was not responsible for the naming of this non-assuming flower.
Wishy-Washy
Wishy-Washy
Simple pleasures lack that “Gosh!”
that goes with habits much more posh,
so I renounce such simple things
in favor of what richness brings.
If your response to what I choose
includes recital of what I’ll lose:
sunsets, laughter, hand-held walks,
peanut butter and midnight talks,
then perhaps I’ll change my mind
for pleasures of a simpler kind.
Prompt words today are simple pleasures, renounce, posh, recital and response.
Three-Petaled Flower: Wandering Jew
I found mention of this challenge on Gradmama’s blog, but can’t find any link for it, so I’m publishing my two three-petaled flowers with no link. If anyone knows the correct link, please let me know? In the meantime, I’m posting them for Carol Cormier’s Thursday Trios.
For Thursday Trios.
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