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Crazy Socks

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Sock

Click on these gaudy socks to see them in more glorious detail!!!!!

Crazy Socks

Don’t feel that you must explain
a choice in socks that seems inane.
Sunflowers or checks or plaid
or other patterns in which you gad
should be nobody’s choice but yours.
Black socks are gloomy. White socks bores.
If you would please from top to toe,
choose the socks that make you glow.

Sox that glitter, clash or shock
better propel you ’round the block.
Those who balance on fashion’s fence
may well question your fashion sense
if you wear socks with chickens on them.
But go ahead and buy and don them.
You’ll start the day in mood more spritely
if you dress your feet more brightly!!!

 

 

For the Wednesday Prompts Weekly Challenge: Socks

“Change of Tune” for Stream of Consciousness Saturday

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This is a blog I made 8 years ago but it seems so appropriate that I’m repeating it for the Stream of Consciousness prompt “Tune.” Click on the blue links to hear the song that goes with each day’s activity. Have fun.

Change of Tune

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“I” Tunes (My week in song)

(Click on underlined link to hear the song that goes with my activity.)

Tuesday: I met old friends Jim and Ellen (who moved away a year ago) at Adelita’s for ribs and a year’s worth of talk.

Wednesday: I finally met up with the Mac computer repair guy who comes from Guadalajara to pick up sick Macs for repair.  I have my fingers crossed  that they’ll be able to save the Mac Air I spilled a full Coke on.  Later, I made it to my “Not Yet Dead Poets” meeting.

Thursday: It was a “gas” when my stove broke and I couldn’t get the pilot light clicker to go off.  The repairman had just been here, but I couldn’t find his number and panicked until eventually it just wore itself out. Still, please don’t use that back left burner.  Now it sets off the clicker on the burner in front of it!!  I certainly hope nothing bad happens.

An additional thrill for the day that many of you made your own was  “The Thing“ that appeared on my garden wall.

Friday: I met my friends Betty, Liz and Larry at Viva Mexico for one of their enchiladas and a naughty tiramisu and one of their killer margaritas.  Later, I felt . . .

Saturday: It’s been so long since I’ve seen my friend Audrey,  but we spent a few hours at the new quirky cafe named Chillin’ and talked about planning a summer camp for kids in San Juan Cosala and Chapala.

The highlight of the week, of course, was the revelation of just exactly what “The Thing” was.  Laura M. beat out a few close contenders for the prize by naming my newest addition to my home the “Lurkin’ Merkin.”  Go HERE to see “The Thing” post. And  HERE is the tune that goes with it!

And that, my friends, concludes my week in song.  Please hit the links to hear the music.  —Judy

For Stream of Consciousness Saturday: Tune

Morning Lines

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MORNING LINES

I start again
at the break of day
to ascertain 
what I will say.
What dreams have taught
will have its way.
I cannot throw
night thoughts away.

The W3 prompt this week was to write a poem incorporating 2 or 3 lines of Leonard Cohen’s song, Anthem. The lines I chose are: “At the break of day”and “Start again.” My poem is above. Here are Cohen’s lyrics:

Anthem’ lyrics

The birds they sang
At the break of day
Start again
I heard them say
Don't dwell on what has passed away
Or what is yet to be

Ah, the wars they will be fought again
The holy dove, she will be caught again
Bought and sold, and bought again
The dove is never free

Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in

To see the W3 Prompt go HERE.  To read more poems written to this prompt or to submit your own, go HERE.

Nightmare, for SOCS

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Nightmare.

Come here, my dear.
Those dangers near,
though they appear
to mock and leer,
will not come here.
So dry each tear.
Danger’s jeer,
it’s truly clear,
is just sheer
groundless fear.

The prompt for SOCS is to grab the book closest to you, open at random and use the first three words of the first full sentence on that page to start your post.  Here goes….The book was The Blue Butterfly by Leslie Johansen Nack. The three words, Come here, my. . . .
Image by Paz Z on Unsplash.

For Fibbing Friday Aug 18, 2023

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Creative definitions:

1. What is a mitre?  A gauge for measuring electricitre.
2. What is a dumpster?  A really cool cat garbage collector.
3. What is a relic? What the tongue reflexively does after the first lick when consuming an ice cream cone on a very hot day. 
4. What is a puffball? A formal dance for smokers only. 
5. What is an accolade? A sugary drink made from packets of fruit-flavored powder that kids used to sell from stands on the sidewalk in the fifties and sixties. (Misspelled, by the way)
6. What do the initials O.B.E. stand for? “Obsessively Breaking Eggs.” —what serves as a  “Closed” sign on the omelet parlor door while preparing for Sunday Brunch.
7. What is a hide chew? The sound made during a sneeze.
8. What is caffoy? An appreciative utterance made while sipping a delicious cup of kosher coffee.
9. What is an erf? Three-quarters of a nerf ball that has been chewed by a dog.
10. What is umbel? What you should pretend to be when given a compliment by someone.

For Pensivity’s Fibbing Friday Image by Simone Secci on Unsplash.

Thursday Trios

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Because it is the only photo of my sisters and me as adults.

For Thursday Trios

 

The Rest of the Story for Cee’s FOTD Aug 17, 2023

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Here is the state of the banana cluster for Cee’s FOTD. The flower was already shown HERE.
as a “What flower is this?” post. Two folks guessed immediately. Guess there are more banana growers in the world than simply me! The bananas are presently just 5 inches long. The red part of the flower is 10 inches. I think the fluffy part at the top of the flower is actually little aborted bananas. Is that as much as you wanted to hear about bananas today? I’m fascinated, looking forward to another crop as there wasn’t one last year and bananas mean banana bread. And calories. Hmmm.

 

Through the Window

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Click on photos to enlarge.

Cee’s response to the Lens Artists Challenge inspired me to do three quickie shots through my living room/office windows. See her window shots HERE.

Newborn Hibiscus: FOTD Aug 16, 2023

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Here today, gone tomorrow.

For Cee’s FOTD

Kids Art Camp Aug 16, 2023

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Today we made earrings and bracelets. Each item unique. It is amazing how handy and creative they are. This is my last day of camp. They have one day more.