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Sunset Series, Lake Chapala, Dec 15, 2023

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Mexican Xmas Wreaths: For Whatsoever is Lovely

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Handmade by man and nature. Click on photos to enlarge.

For the Whatsoever is Lovely prompt.

Evolution or Devolution? For the Sunday Whirl Wordle 632

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I moved the ammonite fossil from the wall ledge to the ground, where it was safer from nudgings by cats,

Evolution or Devolution?

Their footsteps  form a timepiece pressed into the rock:
portraits of a planet learning how to walk.
Bent on following a plan well out of their control,
instincts prodding them to race to fulfill their role.

Each tiny part of nature bound to do its part,
facing threats against the evolution of the heart.
What part of mankind’s journey waits around the bend?
Will our progress finally bring about our end?

 

For Sunday Whirl Wordle 632 the prompt words are: control rock portrait timepiece bent plan threats instinct race part footsteps planet

Thursday Trios

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Click on photo to enlarge and see all three!!

 

For Carol’s Thursday Trios

Favorite Shots

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These are my favorite photos from  the last two weeks: Click to enlarge and see captions

Her majesty
Random traveler sorting out in the airport.
Isidro and granddaughter
Lois Cugini’s garden
Lois’s kitchen
Lois’s patio

Show Off

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Sadly, I don’t know the source of this photo shared with me by a friend, but had to share it. Please note that I did not take it. If you do, please advise so I can give them credit.

“Unique Creatures” for the Lens Artists Challenge.

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Daniel DePalma Mixed media mural

For the Lens Artists Challenge: Unique

Update: Tina Schell asked about the caterpillar, which goes through several phases before becoming a hummingbird moth. You can see several the stages in my old blog post HERE.
And HERE is another blog with even more stages of the caterpillar.

Couldn’t Resist

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I don’t know the source of this. A friend sent it and I couldn’t resist sharing.

“Giving” for dVerse Poets, Nov 30, 2023

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Sacrifice

Some people give their lives to it,
And others never do––
Conditions never calling for
Rash actions to ensue.
I’ve held onto my life because
Fate never asked me to
Immolate myself to save
Child, soldier, Jew,
Ensuring that I remain 
Securely in life’s queue.

I don’t think sacrifice has been anything I’ve had to do much of in my life, short of occasionally knowingly giving someone the last pork chop or the biggest piece of cake.  Perhaps this is because I had no children.

I can think of only one big potential sacrifice I made in my life and that is something I will not speak of–mainly because people it might affect are still alive. So, in lieu of writing a personal essay or poem on this topic, I invite you to read an article about the top ten most inspiring self sacrifices.  You can go  HERE to read it.

 

For dVerse Poets: Giving

Stages of the Silk Floss Tree, For FOTD Nov 28, 2023

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The Flower
The “Fruit”
The Tree

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We have one of these trees at the end of our block which finally allowed me to capture it in all of its phases.  When the flowers fall off, this very large pod develops.Called a fruit, it is not edible but actually eventually falls off to reveal the large white fiber ball which is 
kapok,used to stuff pillows and cold-weather clothing as well as life preservers.

 

For Cee’s FOTD