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The Fruits of Nature

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The Fruits of Nature

Wind chimes in the autumn by stripping bare the trees.
A vine of clouds now choke the moon. Stars fill the sky like bees.
Summer is clearly over and arctic winds are coming.
Small squirrels mine the oak tree with their insistent drumming.
Our backyard orchard gives its last small shelter to the birds
although its leafy plumage is diminished now by thirds.
Where months before small families chirped their hunger to the skies,
empty nests have been laid bare to marauding eyes.
No danger now, unless the murderous blue jay stores away
the memory of their placements for a future day.
The trees stand strong and sturdy, their roots below entwined,
watching one more old year steadily unwind.
What new pleasure in this scene will we newly find
once all the fruits of  nature are pared down to the rind?

The word prompts today are: chime, over, arctic, oak tree, orchard  and this sketch by Kira. Here are the links:

https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2018/11/05/rdp-monday-chime/
https://fivedotoh.com/2018/11/05/fowc-with-fandango-over/
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2018/11/04/kiras-sunday-scribbles-15/
https://dailyaddictions542855004.wordpress.com/2018/11/04/daily-addictions-2018-week-44/arctic
Welcome to Kira’s weekly inspirational art piece.
https://normalhappenings.com/2018/11/05/the-old-oak-tree-daily-inkling/the old oak tree
https://dailyaddictions542855004.wordpress.com/2018/11/04/daily-addictions-2018-week-44orchard

Places People Live

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Sanctuary

From Wyoming to Missouri, from Prince Edward Island to Mexico. from California to South Dakota to Minnesota, to Maryland  this is where and how people live. Ocean, lake, forest and plains, there is as much variety in where we live and the houses we live in as there is in our personalities.  Viva la Difference!!!

For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge.

FOTD, Nov 4, 2018

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For Cee’s FOTD

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? — Serendipity – Seeking Intelligent Life on Earth

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Be sure to read this entire article.  To do so, click on the blue URL at the very bottom of this page.

 

The Senior Issue, by Rich Paschall Recently a friend of mine commented that if Congress cut Social Security and Medicare, they will see a lot of angry seniors vote them out of office. Many Republicans promised to do just that before the last election. If they maintain control of both houses, they almost certainly will […]

via WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? — Serendipity – Seeking Intelligent Life on Earth

The Flatterer

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The Flatterer

He was much given to compliments that most folks found annoying
as they tended to consider them saccharine and cloying.
I did not mind his compliments. Admiration was just fine,
but there was bound to be a time farther along the line
when I had a bad hair day and I was not going to buy it.
But once again, he won his points by simply being quiet!

 

For Daily Inkling’s prompt: Undervalued.

Mature Love

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Mature Love

I once basked in your bonfire, and though no one quite remembers
when we last caught fire, I’m warming fingers at your embers.
Slow steady fires that survive, snoozing ‘neath the ashes
have the same mysterious lure as winks obscured by lashes.
Passion need not flame to warm the cockles of one’s heart.
What was a wild onslaught at its very start
may settle down to a warm glow or a steady smolder.
Loving hand placed over hand —my head upon your shoulder.

 

 

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https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2018/11/03/rdp-saturday-bask/
FOWC with Fandango — Snooze
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2018/11/03/bonfire/
https://dailyaddictions542855004.wordpress.com/2018/10/27/daily-addictions-2018-week-43/onslaught

More Wildflowers: FOTD Nov 3, 2018

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For Cee’s FOTD

Tableless Chairs

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For Cee’s challenge, Tables and Chairs.

Tongues and Tails

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Tongues and Tails

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Yes, a candle has a tail, too.
And so do caterpillars. At least this one does.
and flowers.
Diego has had a few embarrassing periods he thought unbecoming to a top dog.
THE END

For Cee’s B&W Tongues and Tails challenge.

Phallus Impudicus or Dead Man’s Mushroom

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A mushroom of some variety.  I’ve never seen one before. Pointed out to me by forgottenman in a little town near Big Spring. It had a strange odor and seemed to be attracting flies into its spout. It looks a lot like a baster.  So strange. Thanks, Maria, for identifying what this mushroom is. Check it out on Google for some fascinating information. When I googled it after your giving me its name, I discovered it has a head as well that is probably the part lying on the ground.

For FOTD