Category Archives: Flowers

A Chill Wind

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A Chill Wind

The ghosts of leaves take shelter in the edges of my garden,
scraps settling in hidden piles, as if asking the pardon
of roses trembling on the vine, left to face the frost
that is surely coming, and they know at what a cost.
Stepping around rocks that have encroached upon the path,
I pick one last remaining rose to save it from the wrath
of winter that approaches day by day by day
to ice the flesh of growing things and crumble them away.

 

For the Sunday Whirl Wordle the prompt words are: shelter settle rose rocks edge step messy flesh left ghost tremble scrap. (Yes.. I admit I left “messy” out. You can take 8.3333 points off my score!)

Hibiscus and Poinsettias for Terri’s Flower Hour

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Hibiscus and Poinsettias

For Terri’s Flower Hour prompt

For Thursday Trios

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For Thursday Trios

 

The Numbers Game #107. Please Play Along! Jan. 12, 2026

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The only way is up if you follow this gal!
Taken today by a new friend.
Busy street in Buenavista, Quintana Roo
Normal Barbie.
I don’t thin Oscar wants to be King.
Remains of the day.

Welcome to “The Numbers Game #107”. Today’s number is 229 . To play along, go to your photos file folder and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find that include that number and post a link to your blog in my Numbers Game blog of the day. If instead of numbers, you have changed the identifiers of all your photos into words, pick a word or words to use instead, and show us a variety of photos that contain that word in the title. This prompt will repeat each Monday with a new number. If you want to play along, please put a link to your blog in comments below. Here are my contributions to the album.

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The Numbers Game #97. Please Play Along! Nov 3, 2025

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Our Lady of the Moon
Then sadly, Diego passed away and the day after, I was introduced to Coco, rescued from the streets of Guadalajara, and you might not be surprised to discover she joined our family. I was egged on to adopt her by my visiting nephew and his friend.
My mom got a man on the beach to make me this collar with my name and her phone number on it, so I guess any escape will be short-lived.

 

Welcome to “The Numbers Game #97”. Today’s number is 219. To play along, go to your photos file folder and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find that include that number and post a link to your blog in my Numbers Game blog of the day. If instead of numbers, you have changed the identifiers of all your photos into words, pick a word or words to use instead, and show us a variety of photos that contain that word in the title. This prompt will repeat each Monday with a new number. If you want to play along, please put a link to your blog in comments below. Here are my contributions to the album.

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One Day’s Crop! for The Flower Hour

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Posies from my garden for The Flower Hour!!!

The Numbers Game #95. Please Play Along! Oct 20, 2025

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Welcome to “The Numbers Game #95”. Today’s number is 217. To play along, go to your photos file folder and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find that include that number and post a link to your blog in my Numbers Game blog of the day. If instead of numbers, you have changed the identifiers of all your photos into words, pick a word or words to use instead, and show us a variety of photos that contain that word in the title. This prompt will repeat each Monday with a new number. If you want to play along, please put a link to your blog in comments below. Here are my contributions to the album.

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half-and-half, off-and-on
Sisters, Tucson
Some denizens of my garden are fauna, not flora. This colorful insect is a large cow-killer ant (actually a female wingless wasp with a very painful bite, thus the name.)
Another day, another finger injury

The Numbers Game #94. Please Play Along! Oct 13, 2025

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Welcome to “The Numbers Game #94”. Today’s number is 216. To play along, go to your photos file folder and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find that include that number and post a link to your blog in my Numbers Game blog of the day. If instead of numbers, you have changed the identifiers of all your photos into words, pick a word or words to use instead, and show us a variety of photos that contain that word in the title. This prompt will repeat each Monday with a new number. If you want to play along, please put a link to your blog in comments below. Here are my contributions to the album.

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The cowgirls are sister Patti and friend Karen. I’m the “Sunbeam Bread” girl..mystery personality.
For those of you who don’t know who the Sunbeam bread girl was, here’s a photo of the one I was imitating in the previous photo.
Chopping the spines off the agave.
This little girl may be one of the friendliest in camp, at least when it comes to the counselors. She has a hug and a kiss for me every morning and when she leaves in the afternoon.

Golden Hibiscus, for Terri’s The Flower Hour Challenge

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Recent rains have brought out dozens of blooms and buds on my favorite hibiscus bush. It is so high that it stands far enough above the wall so my neighbors have emailed me thanking me for beautifying their world!!!  I thank it for beautifying mine.

for: #theflowerhour.

The Numbers Game #93. Please Play Along! Oct 6, 2025

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Welcome to “The Numbers Game #93”. Today’s number is 215. To play along, go to your photos file folder and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find that include that number and post a link to your blog in my Numbers Game blog of the day. If instead of numbers, you have changed the identifiers of all your photos into words, pick a word or words to use instead, and show us a variety of photos that contain that word in the title. This prompt will repeat each Monday with a new number. If you want to play along, please put a link to your blog in comments below. Here are my contributions to the album.

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