for Fibbing Friday, Nov. 1, 2024

                                                                                                  Photo thanks to Givenchy

The words we were given to concoct definitions for this Friday are:

1. Vemödalen: The note my German friends  left me when they unexpectedly had to leave for a photo shoot for Givenchy.

2. Anecdoche: A poetic device in which the ending word of each line must rhyme with the word “neck.”

3. Ellipsism: An addiction to the  excessive use of  . . .’s in one’s writing.

4. Kuebiko: A Japanese baby much given to making adorable sounds bound to win over adoring adults

5. Lachesism: An addiction to making sure all doors and windows in a house are secure.

6. Exulansis: A scientific study which deals with the ananlysis of what creates happiness.

7. Adronitis: An addiction for sending cameras into the sky to spy on one’s neighbors.

8. Onism: An unnatural need to acquire possessions.

9. Altschmerz: A sudden pain brought on when flying at a high altitude.

10. Occhiolism: A neurotic need to follow one nightcap with seven more.

For Fibbing Friday

“Unexpected,” For Wednesday Poetry Prompt 719

The Unexpected

“Taste,” if it could be dissected,
may involve the unexpected.
Convention calls for the reverse,
and so we might expect the worse,
but, instead, what might develop
is a charm that might envelop
all who enter as witness to it
and find there is a fitness to it.

For the Writer’s Digest Wednesday Poetry Prompt

Halloween, Mexican Style!!! 2024

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For Last on the Card

David’s Rose, for FOTD, Oct 31, 2024

 

I took the photo, but David grew the rose!

For FOTD

“Before and After” Challenge

I found this before shot of the wall where all of the plants except for one cut-off and flowerless bougainvillea vine had been killed by the break in a pipe that released scalding hot water over the area. The first photo is the before. You can actually see the pipe that burst up against the wall.  The remaining photos were taken after 2 1/2 weeks of replanting. If you have any before and after photos, please post them and link in my comments below!!

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Venus Under Virginia Creeper, For Cee’s FOTD Oct 30, 2024

 

This planet was so huge and bright that it made me grab my camera.  The Virginia Creeper is hanging down from the terrace roof in front of the sliding glass doors that form the floor to within a few feet of the ceiling in front of my desk.

For Cee’s FOTD

Tuesdays of Texture: Trees

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For Carol’s Tuesdays of Texture

Flowering Vine, FOTD, Oct 29, 2024

Snapped this at the Chapala Society. Does anyone know what it is?

for FOTD

Favorite Shots, Oct. 25, 26, 2024

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“There is a Crack in Everything” for Lens Artists Challenge

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For the Lens Artists Challenge. 322