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Year Out, Year In. Donald Trump in Mexico

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As I drove to town the last day of 2016, this was the sight I was met with.  I couldn’t stop then as I was in a hurry, but on the way home I stopped and snapped these photos.  If you click on the first one, it will enlarge and you can see the captions.

On the last day of 2016, some citizens will surely be taking a swing at one of these pinatas. This one is similar to the one I bought the day before the election and which I still haven’t really dealt with.
Since my purchase, some enterprising person has run off a good many authentic Donald faces. I’m glad mine was the handmade caricature.
Donald seems to be struggling with his alter-ego. Who shall we hope wins?
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All those sides backing him up in his march forward.
Um. Only problem is that one of them has seemed to have lost his head. Let’s hope this is not a forewarning. (Alas, it was.)

The prompt word today was “year.”

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Morrie Gets a Makeover

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2017 Model

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Personally, I prefer last year’s model.  This year’s looks too grown up.  But it will be good for the beach.  He looks like a square-jawed rabbit, doesn’t he?

Today’s prompt word was year.

Obelisco: Flower of the Day, Jan 1, 2017!!!!!

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Happy New Year, flower lovers. Mexicans call this an obelisco.  I call it a hibiscus.. and beautiful. You’ve seen this same flower from two other angles.  I’ll give it a rest for awhile, although I have a dozen more.  New Year’s resolution.

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https://ceenphotography.com/2016/12/31/flower-of-the-day-january-1-2017/

Cat Nap

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Cat Nap

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I chanced upon this scene when I came back to the guest room, where I am sleeping tonight hoping it will be less asthma-provoking than my room has been lately. It looked so cozy, I hated to disturb it.  I have another confession to make.  I bought this cat made of papier mache newsprint in PV.  It was made by an artist who would not reduce the pretty pricey price because he was selling them in galleries so couldn’t undercut them.  I actually bought it for my friend but when I saw it in my new guest room I decided to keep it.  I felt guilty about this while she was here. I had installed it cozily on the bed in the room where she slept.  Imagine my delight when I pointed it out after a few days, surprised she hadn’t mentioned it, and she made a rather disparaging comment about it.  Relief!  I was thinking if she was crazy about it I’d have to give it up to her.  She is a cat lady, I should add, of the first order.  So, I sent her back to her real cats and she let me keep my hypoallergenic cat. I’m sleeping with it tonight.

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Hibiscus Macro: Flower of the Day, Dec 30, 2016

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https://ceenphotography.com/2016/12/29/flower-of-the-day-december-30-2016-petunias/

Everything Old is New Again

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Everything Old is New Again

To dress passé? A fashion sin,
yet everything old is new again.
So if your dress length’s out of date
all you have to do is wait.
In twenty years, you’ll be in vogue,
in what last year marked you a rogue.

Who dictates fashion is beyond me.
As are those who wait to see
whether ankle, thigh or knee
is where a garment’s end should be
and whether cowl or boat or vee
is the right neckline for the tee

they tuck into their faded jeans—
now ripped and shredded like a dumpster queen’s.
Following fashion’s every word?
I fear I find it most absurd.
I want the knees left in my jeans,
my butt well-covered, by all means.

What clothes you wear should be your passion,
not merely what’s okayed by fashion.
There should be no laws or rules
regarding clothes or hats or jewels
except what shows us who you are.
Each woman her own runway star.

The prompt today is renewal.

Reaching for the Sky: Flower of the Day, Dec 29, 2016

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These bougainvilleas seem determined to build a wall straight up, like Jack’s bean stalk.

Don’t miss out on seeing Cee’s Lotus photo.

WordPress Photo Challenge-Path

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https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/path-2016/

If Poets Named the World

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If Poets Named the World

If poets named the world, there’d be
a more precise variety
of names for things that suited them.
For instance, take the common “hem.”
We find it on our skirts and pants
if it is not torn out by chance.
But “upturn”seems to suit it better
In fact, it names it to the letter.
“Houseclump” better names a village.
The waterfall could be a spillage.
Each fresh-plowed field would be a tillage.
The drug store? It would be a “pillage.”

 

The prompt today was “pillage.”