For Cee’s Which Way Challenge.
For Cee’s daily flower prompt.
I woke up with the word “Cublic” rampaging through my brain. When I got up to pee, “Cublic!” formed my entire interior monologue. Back to bed. Someone knocked on the door. “Cublic!” I let in Ellie to wash the sheets for the upstairs apartment. Tried to go back to sleep, but “Cublic” kept nudging my dream, so I got up, fed Morrie, let him out and pulled a chair up to the computer. After a few changes of spelling (initially I had spelled it “Cublik”) I found that it was a Korean company that had found a way to put advertising videos on the pagers restaurants use to call you to your table. Good grief!!! So, when I went to find my daily prompt word on the WordPress Daily Post and saw that the word was “territory,” I knew I had to claim mine by getting rid of “Cublic.” Here goes.
Trespass
They are always out there waiting, intent on doing peeking,
inflicting what they want to sell over what I’m seeking.
They invade my territory every single minute,
eavesdropping on each search I make to try to find what’s in it.
I wouldn’t really mind at all if they stole my cookies,
if only they confined their sorties just to having lookies,
but I fear that’s not enough. The real end of their story
is that they are planning raids on my territory.
I do not want their bracelets nor their brassieres nor their dresses.
When they think they know what I want, their thoughts are merely guesses.
What I really want the most is every bit of screen space,
but every day more of my screen seems to be has-been space.
Every minute, a new sales pitch comes feeding at my trough,
while I only want an app. that tells the pop-ups to pop off!!!!!
The prompt today was territory.
Click on first photo to enlarge all.
https://ceenphotography.com/2017/03/28/cees-fun-foto-challenge-spring-wood/
Filled out Time
I need an elixir, concoction or a potion
that I can have a swig of to relieve me of the notion
that the pleasure of each moment is something to be earned
and that doing nothing is a pastime to be spurned.
I’m no good at doing nothing. Filling time up is sublime.
That’s why people take up knitting or subscribe to Amazon Prime.
When you do these pastimes, you can do two things at one time.
Have some productivity along with just a fun time.
For those athletically deprived who are actiion-phobic,
just watch a movie as you do exercise aerobic.
When dull friends visit, grab your needles. Have a little knit.
Boring conversation is more fun with yarns in it.
If time is of the essence and you find you’re in a bind,
File your nails in the movies. Your seat mates will not mind
a little sawing action or, even if they do,
chances are your neighbors will be more polite than you.
Read novels while you’re eating if you’re literarily-prone.
A problem when you’ve dinner guests? No problem when alone.
Learn Spanish as you drive around. You’ll never be a dunce
once you learn the secret to doing two things at once!
The point is that all of us driven to fill up days
do not do it out of guilt or because it pays.
Some of us just spend our day with what we love to do,
and we have so many interests that they have to form a queue.
And though I’m not given to hammocks unless I can read a book in them,
I must admit I’ve noticed how good other people look in them.
The real secret to filling time is if you do eschew it?
It is the gospel truth— there’s no law that you must do it.
The prompt word today is Elixir.
image and film from internet
(I’m adding this to Cee’s daily flower posting as I think it is important for us all to know that what is pleasing to the eye and palate is not always as innocent as it appears to be.)
Below are all photos of deadly plants and seeds that I’ve taken that are in my own garden, my jewelry box, or the gardens of friends. Who knew? I could go on with photos of lantana, lilies, oleander, but I’ve just been informed my startup disk is full again, so I’ll leave it to you to get to know your own garden. I’ve gotten rid of all the lantana because for some reason my dogs love eating it. Also my lilies, as some varieties can kill a cat who brushes up against them and then licks its coat.
Datura from beside my friend Harriet’s door. jdbphoto
My “empty” lot next door is filled with these deadly tree-sized castor bean plants. jdbphoto
Castor beans going to seed jdbphoto
Castor bean flowers jdbphoto
I’ve seen young girls in Bali drilling these seeds to string as jewelry. One slip of the drill could bring about their end. These earrings were purchased in Mexico. I’ve purchased others in Peru. Widely used for ornamentation, they are deadly poison. jdbphoto
The challenge was to take photos of the backs of things. Some of these are way too small in this collage. Click on the first photo to enlarge them all and see captions.
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It’s a toss-up whether the African Tulip Tree or Royal Poinciana is the most beautiful tree on earth, imho.
For Cee’s Flower of the Day Prompt.
