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This colony of tiny ants shown in the first photo has taken up residence below the flowerpot holding my Washingtonian Palm. When I water, they come swarming out from beneath and swarm up the sides, carrying their eggs.
For Cellpic Sunday
Prophecies
Some say the constellations
foretell our narrow fate—
that the evils of our future
they are able to relate.
But if tea leaves swirling in a cup
can reveal the knocks and blows
of the future’s mean misfortunes,
and its undertows,
It is also true a shooting star
can predict a brighter future
as good fortune stitches up each rend
with its healing suture.
With three circles scribbled in the dirt,
I predict future glories—
a psychic precognition
of happier life’s stories.
Curses once faced and overcome,
flames doused with timely rains—
create a reckoning of ashes
that smother fire’s pains.
For The Sunday Whirl the prompt words are: curses reckoning ashes three circles scribbled flames constellations narrow blows once future
The first and third photos of Orion and the shooting star are public domain photos downloaded from the internet.
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For SOCS
The prompt was “My Year,” so I’m choosing a photo from each month of the year 2024 to post here in a gallery.
Another Sunset
This bald
horizon line,
teeth of far-off cliffs.
An orange that hurts, it is so bright—
the face of the sunset
makes its daily pilgrimage.
Only yesterday breathing in a sea.
Today, facing the hard stone
of an offshore outcropping.
We, the tender-hearted,
wait for you each evening.
We line our hearts up for you.
Over here, I’m the girl
In red sequins at the front,
waiting for your black velvet brother.
For Photo Challenge
1. Ackamarackus: What my father used to say every time someone began to play the shakers in Latin music.
2. Anencephalous: What some people accuse a man with tiny feet of also having.
3. Antediluvian: What they call a boy who has finally agreed to give up his Teddy bear.
4. Accismus: The next holiday after a Thanksgiving.
5. Agelast: The woman in a beauty shop whose main job is to put gel in your damp hair before blow-drying it.
6. Arabinose: What they call a Palesitinian man’s large proboscis
7. Antimacassar: What they call a man who curses every time he passes a Macdonald’s Hamburger Spot.
8. Anagrammatic: What Anna became after graduating from college with a degree in English.
9. Aichmophobia: Someone with a dread of pain.
10. Atrabilious: Someone who develops a stomach disorder every time they hear music sung by Ol’ Blue Eyes.
For Fibbing Friday Image by Alamy
Born Lazy
You can have your tennis, your jogging, golf and hiking.
I’d rather spend time coasting while other souls are biking.
You’ll never find my name in the record books of Guinness,
for I don’t excel at basketball or badminton or tennis.
Somehow, nature slighted me when it came to “gameness.”
When asked to participate, I simulate my lameness.
I guess I was born lazy. I simply love my bed.
I pretend not to hear it when the cat yowls to be fed.
When duty calls, I plug my ears and happily roll over.
I find it is more comfortable here in beds of clover.
For My Vivid. Blog, the prompt word is “born.”
I just couldn’t let Santa die a final piñata death, so I removed him from his shattered shell and did a bit of reclamation work and now here he is, gracing the door of my garage. If you didn’t see Santa’s former role, the story is here: https://judydykstrabrown.com/2024/12/22/breaking-pinatas-for-cellpic-sunday-dec-22-2024/
For CFFC the prompt is colorful buildings.. Ha! right up my alley…
Welcome to “The Numbers Game #53.” Today’s number is 174. To play along, go to your photos file 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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Chicken salad sandwiches, enchiladas and fruit punch for kiddies on its way. Doggies will go next door before the first arrivals at 4.
This party is just for kids from San Juan Cosala and their folks. Fingers crossed that all goes smoothly..More photos later.
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