Here’s another shot of that poinsettia beside my bedroom door. The girl can’t help it.
For Cee’s FOTD
Poinsettia Obsession, FOTD, Dec 1, 2018
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Load a Bale A Cotton
For those of you who saw my cotton picking photos…here is a fascinating view of how they get those HUGE bales of cotton onto the truck for hauling away:
New Boss
New Boss
Lately, the ladies room at work echoes with gripes and sobs
and we’re checking out the classifieds for new potential jobs.
Our boss’s son is our new boss and though he has his genes,
he doesn’t seem to have his heart. He treats us like machines.
And even though his resume may brand him as auspicious,
our office staff is feeling rather doleful and suspicious.
It’s his frosty cold demeanor that has us feeling lost.
If only he’d thaw out, we’d be more willing to be bossed!
The prompts today are frost, classified, doleful and suspicious. Here are the links:
https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2018/11/30/rdp-friday-frost/
https://fivedotoh.com/2018/11/30/fowc-with-fandango-classified/
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2018/11/30/doleful/
https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2018/11/30/your-daily-word-prompt-suspicious-November-30-2018/
Thursday Doors, Nov 29, 2018
It looks like this Ajijic, Mexico door outlived the wall or building it was a part of.
For Norm’s Thursday Doors prompt.
Poinsettia, Flower of the Day, Nov 29, 2018
Click on photo to enlarge.
This poinsettia plant burst into full bloom while I was in the states. It’s right next to my bedroom door and has dozens of blooms, so you will probably see a bit more of it in the weeks leading up to Christmas. I love this salmon color. I’ll show some closeups of the buds tomorrow.
For Cee’s FOTD
Morning Chorus
Morning Chorus
It is the hymn of morning, the cat yowling for food.
Until I rise and feed her, she’ll sit here and she’ll brood.
It happens every Thursday and each day of the week.
She tells me the same story, “It’s nourishment I seek!”
It does no good to lie here and pretend I’m unaware.
She augments her protests, accompanied by that stare!
As I give up on sleeping, every cat and dog
joins in on her chorus. I cannot start my blog
until the whole menagerie has been duly fed
so they can cease their yammering and return to bed.
Then their silence forms a contrast— a peaceful interlude—
that leaves a space for words to fill, and that improves my mood!
Click on photos to increase their size.
The prompt words today are Thursday, hymn, information and contrast. Here are the links:
https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2018/11/29/rdp-thursday-unaware/
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2018/11/29/hymn/
https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2018/11/29/your-daily-word-prompt-information-November-29-2018/
https://fivedotoh.com/2018/11/29/fowc-with-fandango-contrast/
Xmas Hibiscus, Nov 28, 2018
Gray skies and cold rain all day long but this hibiscus reminds me of Xmas just over the hill.
Aphorism
Aphorism
The fire of camaraderie may warm the howling gale
or make our footsteps lighter while hiking a hard trail.
Although it is not mandatory, still it would avail
sailors to remember, laughter helps to swell the sail.
https://fivedotoh.com/2018/11/28/fowc-with-fandango-trail/
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2018/11/28/camaraderie-2/
https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2018/11/28/your-daily-word-prompt-mandatory-November-28-2018/
https://dversepoets.com/fire
Skipping out on Christmas
Skipping out on Christmas
Who cares if it is dark and dismal
and the weather is abysmal.
Why don’t we leave and take a walk.
We need to have a little talk.
If we’re lucky we might get lost
in this weather tempest-tossed
and have to find a little pub
to loft a glass and eat some grub.
Sure, at home the food is free,
but at home is also family!
Grandpa’s drunk and Grandma’s scolding.
Mother’s busy triple-folding
napkins into Christmas trees
and worrying Aunt Beck will sneeze
into the cranberries again,
‘cuz bird without them is a sin.
The kids are wrestling and biting,
as usual, their acts inciting
scolding mother, shouting father.
I always wonder why they bother
to gather every holiday?
Once all the tawdry facts I weigh,
I wonder why they come together
every year, despite the weather.
So come on. Put your muffler on.
They’ll barely notice that we’re gone.
We won’t be yelled at, questioned, bossed.
I’ll pay the bill, whate’er the cost.
I need that extra Christmas cheer
that can be purchased beer by beer,
as we ponder that conundrum dumb
of why, each year, we also come!
Here are the prompt words and links:
https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2018/11/27/rdp-tuesday-walk/
https://fivedotoh.com/2018/11/27/fowc-with-fandango-leave/
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2018/11/27/dismal/
https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2018/11/27/your-daily-word-prompt-lost-November-27-2018/
