For Cee’s FOTD
This tree-hugger is at least 30 feet off the ground, as are the bougainvillea.
Visiting Skyflowers
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Hands for Monochrome-Madness #28, Feb 18, 2025
Flowers and Kisses, for FOTD Feb 18, 2025
For Cee’s FOTD
“The Final Word” for dVerse Poets, Feb 18, 2025
“The Final Word”
Purchased before fur was vilified, Mother’s fur coat was well-used during South Dakota winters when snowbanks piled up to our second-story windows, but it found little use once they moved to Arizona the year I left home to go to college. It was 30 years later, after her death, that we found it in the back of her closet. Along with her car, it was the one item that my mother had insisted should go to me. Ironic, I thought, as I had so often self-righteously railed against her possession of it. Attached to it was a copy of a poem I had written in college and sent to her, a line of which said, “I’ve lost the means to thaw my soul.” Across the bottom of the poem pinned to the coat she had scrawled, “Make of it a parka for your soul”.
For dVerse poets, we are to write a prose poem containing this quote from an Alice Walker poem: “Make of it a parka for your soul”.
Seeing Red for CFFC
Earlier that morning, Sergio and David handed a package over my wall that they said Santa had delivered to their house by mistake.
Lin’s Classic Barbie compared to new “Normal “Barbie that Beckie and Lach gave me a few years ago. Note that Normal Barbie has more realistic measurements. Her calves are larger than the original Barbie’s thighs!
Don’t squeeze that ketchup bottle!! (Relax. It was a long red string that came shooting out when she squeeaed it. Larry’s practical joke that was in the same package as the pill organizer and small pillbox.)
At Home (Memories)
A year or so later, another member of the pack appeared right across from me on Wm. Tilden
Red, Yellow and Blue
It is tradition that the children of the village wait outside the church to go scurrying after coins thrown into the crowd by the godfather. Since this was a double baptism, they fared very well as Santiago’s godfather had a huge bag of 5 peso coins and the godfather of the other baby baptised had just done the same before we exited.
It is soooo comfy. We don’t know where Diego slept last night but he surrendered his digs to her without one complaint.
Old for New
Red Sky
Red on Red
Condensed Red
Diego with a peanut butter cooke. He devoured 2 1/2 dozen.
Of course, the neighbors soon gathered to witness just what was going on. Brad and Dave were first to notice.
Yellow, Red & Blue!!!!
Red Dress
Irresistible Red.
Red Bliss.
JAN DOLL(IN RED)
Dining room table covered with Mom’s fast shopping expedition. What can I get into here? She always shoos me off the tables and counters.
As we sat in the waiting room waiting (of course) for my eyes to fully dilate so the dr could do his tests, Gloria asked what the red dot was on my blouse. I hadn’t noticed it, but the nurse said, “Oh we put that on her to show she’d been dilated!” Two hours later, I was still waiting for the dot to turn green so I’d know my eyes had returned to normal!!!!
Red-faced.
I’ve known these folks for 15 years. Some of the first I met when I moved to Mexico. Aurora, in the red, is a fantastic caterer and I’ve availed myself of her services, believe me. Some folks just can’t retire. She gave her restaurant in Guad to her kids but works as hard now out of her own home.
The sacred amaranth
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Just for the fun of it, I decided to leave the captions on the photos. Some will make sense, some won’t as they are all from former posts. For CFFC, RED!!!
Hibiscus Profile, For FOTD Feb 17, 2025
“Dear Jane” for The Sunday Whirl Wordle, Feb 16, 2025
Dear Jane
I hold your letter in my hand as the sun like a crimson dragon claws through the thinning clouds––spreading its sunset colors against a sky bruised with the remnants of an earlier fog. It casts a halo around your head–a spell broken by what you have just repeated to me in person––those words that have hollowed out my heart, now empty of all those past promises gone without a trace.
You are bound for the glory of that new career, far off in a golden land. No mention of my coming along. So I will remain, formerly yours, broken-hearted, in this place where the sun has now set for you, ready to rise again, as you will, on the other side of the world.
For the Sunday Whirl Wordle #694 the prompt words are: hollow clawing bruised broken spell spiralingfog halo bound trace dragon crimson
Incandescent Insect Insomnia for MVB, Feb 16, 2025
Incandescent Insect Insomnia
When nature made the glow worm glimmer,
would that she’d installed a dimmer;
for when I put out the light,
what I expect is total night.
When it puts itself in action,
I fear it sets up a distraction.
Little glow worm on the shelf,
please keep your glowing to yourself.
For My Vivd Blog, the prompt is Glimmer. Photo gleaned from the Internet.
“Weekend Dogs” for Cellpic Sunday, Feb 16, 2025
Dogs went the art fair,
waited in the doctor’s office,
strolled up the cobblestones
and were taken along to restaurants
Cats stayed home.
As did one dog.
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For Cellpic Sunday
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