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Blink!

                                                                        Blink!

Against my will, I’ve been granted the ability to appear and disappear at will.  I don’t really think I’d use my newfound talent much with one exception.  Doesn’t everyone have that one person or more that they dread meeting? Chances are, they are prone to talking–a lot–about people you have never met and will never meet, totally overlooking voicing any questions about your life or even giving you an opening to switch the topic of conversation.  You see them as you enter a restaurant, and there they are.  In a split second, they will see you and If they see you, they are apt to wave you over and ask you to share their table and all you want is to sit, pull out your device of choice and have a nice meal while reading blogs or emails or listening to an audio book.

Blink!  You disappear, then reappear around the corner  on your way to a different restaurant, because it’s hard to place an order when you are invisible.

 

The Prompt: You have a secret superpower: the ability to appear and disappear at will. When and where will you use this new superpower? Tell us a story.

Only one day until I leave for the beach.  If I don’t get posted for the next two days, I hope you use it as a chance to catch up on one of my other 1,559 blogs that I’ve published over the past two years.  I don’t even  remember most of them.  That’s not much of an incentive for you to read them, is it?  Ha.  I should be back to the old grind on the 16th!!!

 

https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/now-you-see-me/

 

Yellow!!!Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge Jan 13, 2016

                                                                              Yellow!!!

IMG_1011Finally!!!! I’ve been saving this one for this challenge for weeks now and keep bringing it up from my desktop.  I’ve never seen a yellow poinsettia before and think it probably changed from green to yellow to white or some other color, but I loved it at this stage!!  So glad to finally be able to use it.  I promise no more poinsettias for awhile.  Well, unless there’s a really neat one!!!  Backsliding already.

Three Dog Night

Three Dog Night

What hath they wrought?  I returned tonight from an incredible performance of Glengarry Glen Ross (the cast was all women except for one!) to find this desecration of Leonardo’s art installation.  First, see the original:

IMG_1163 (1)Then, what Diego and Morrie (or possible just Morrie) made of it in a few hours:

IMG_1174IMG_1172Poor Leonardo. Poor me.  The canines just don’t have the same fine sensibilities about what constitutes art.  They are more performance art types!!

Oh Baby, Baby

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Oh Baby, Baby

I just located these prints from a time long ago before I had a digital camera. They were taken in a hacienda long-abandoned by the family whose descendants still owned it, but was still being maintained by the descendants of a family that had been caring for it for hundreds of years. They were very grateful for the 200 pesos we pressed into their hand to see the remains of past glory and we were very grateful to see a house left pretty much as it was with furniture, paintings and kitchen intact.  The part of the experience I liked best, however, was capturing this charming little character on film!

To see more baby images, go here: http://jennifernicholewells.com/2016/01/12/one-word-photo-challenge-baby/

Frida Now and Then

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Found this adorable picture of Frida that I took right after I found her trotting down the shoulder of the main road that runs lakeside. The other picture was taken right after the vet said I should put the cone on her. She hyperventilated for hours until I finally had to take it off. Anyone know of something I could put on the sore on her leg to make her stop licking it?  She gets infection after infection in it because she can’t leave it alone.

Sweep (On the Death of David Bowie)

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Sweep

(On the Death of David Bowie)

Our world is clearing out around us,
swept by the broom of whatever moves things on.
Like dead leaves curling in their separate corners,
we miss the sweep this time,
but in our mind’s back edge
we imagine our ends—painful or quick,
alone or crowded with the vestiges of our life:
people, things, a cat curled over our feet to warm what can’t be warmed.
That broom leaning there against the corner has plans for us.
There is a world wanting to be filled up again
that needs clearing.

 

 

https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/teen-age-idol/

Bouquet: Flower of the Day, Jan 11, 2016

                                                                         Bouquet

What if you could wave your hand and pound your fingers on a magical machine to transform one simple flower into an entire bouquet of beautiful and varied flowers? And what if this cost you nothing?  This is what I gained from one lackluster and not even very well-focused photo of a bougainvillea bush in my yard.  By “mining” different locations on the photo and using only the simple tools available as part of my “photos” app that came with my MacBook Air, I created all of these different floral images. None will win any prizes, but this was just a fast playful interlude in an otherwise busy day.  Try it.  Fun, fun.

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This is the picture I started with and considered deleting.

http://ceenphotography.com/2016/01/11/flower-of-the-day-january-11-2016-amaryllis/

Help?

I have a poetry manuscript of 13 pages that includes 17 poems that I have to narrow down to 12 poems for a submission for an anthology by Monday.  Is there any kind soul willing to have a look and give their opinion?  I know of several people whose opinion I would especially appreciate, but don’t want to put them on the spot by asking.  If you are willing, please sent an email to me asap at jubob2@hotmail.com and I’ll email you the document.  Thanks so much.  I know…It is late.  I didn’t realize the deadline had been moved up.. It just involves making a list of three categories:  Yes, Maybe, Not So Much and putting each poem into one of those categories.  Fingers crossed.  Judy.

Cee’s B&W Challenge-Buildings

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http://ceenphotography.com/2016/01/07/cees-black-white-photo-challenge-buildings/

Succulents in Full Bloom: Flower of the Day, Jan 10 2016

Succulents in Full Bloom

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You saw these earlier before the buds burst open.  Beautiful then, beautiful now.

http://ceenphotography.com/2016/01/10/flower-of-the-day-january-10-2016-dahlia-and-yellow-lady-bug/