As Cee says, there. are as many colors of Apple Red as there are types of apples. For CFFC Apple Red
Apple Red
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Poinsettia: FOTD Dec 7, 2022
Paciano trimmed back all the greenery behind my planter, cutting off all the leaves and flowers right before my house tour! Yikes. The bougainvillea were trailing down over this stone planter and were so pretty. So, I planted this Poinsettia to hide the damage.
For Cee’s FOTD
Shaving Brush Trio: FOTD Dec 6, 2022
Couldn’t resist. I thought this gorgeous and quirky shaving brush-laden tree warranted one more photo.
For Cee’s FOTD
Exclusion
Exclusion
Those who stage conniption fits
throw in the towel and call it quits
whenever things get hard and crusty
or the road gets steep and dusty.
When plans convene, they’re totally for them,
but when things get rough, abhor them.
They pick on each rut and slant
as an excuse to rave and rant.
Each plotted road’s slightest digression
is a cause for their aggression,
giving reason for the pause
in their former wild applause.
Would that they would live and learn,
but progress is a thing they spurn.
So it is best, without a doubt,
when plans are made, to leave them out!
Prompt words today are conniption, slant, aggression, convene, pause and dusty.
Stories and Poems on “Nostalgia.”
Help. Someone contacted me via comments on my blog and invited me to submit work to a “Nostalgia” issue of a poetry journal. I cannot for the life of me find it. If anyone knows what journal this is or if you are the one who contacted me, could you comment again with the details? Thanks, Judy
Blabbermouth
Blabbermouth
You open lips and yammer on,
unmindful of your listener’s yawn.
We yearn to hear your final word,
but when we think that it’s been heard—
your topics trite, your point invalid—
you treat us all to more word salad!
Your prosery and versity
display little diversity,
and yet, my dear, both night and day,
you sputter words—a constant spray.
We yearn to hear your lips are sewn,
for we have stories of our own!
Prompt words today are yammer, topic, final, diversity, spray and salad. Image by Enis Yavuz on Unsplash.
Shaving Brush Flower: FOTD, Dec 5, 2022
Water Water Everywhere
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For Jez’s Prompt
Since I live on a mountain above the biggest lake in Mexico, water is a big part of my life. I have a pool and hot tub, so they are also reflected in the photos above. In the one of Morrie, I actually have a sequence that captured a drop of water dropping from his mouth back into the pool. You can see it in the photo. Several of the photos include rain..so we actually have four manifestations of water: pool, lake, rain and the drops from Morrie’s mouth!!!!
Waiting, Waits and Wait!!!
2019
Wait! with an exclamation point is very different from waiting in general. There is a bit of both in these photos.
Then, there is always Tom Waits. My favorite. Here’s a sample of him as well:
Avant Garde
Avant Garde
I fear that this designer puts good taste to the test.
I’m flabbergasted at his color scheme and all the rest.
He is my boss, so if you will, kindly do not quote me.
The last thing that I need is for the fool to demote me.
In spite of any influence that I might have exerted,
It seems that in the end, the plans have all reverted
to the plans he started out with, so the building has been skirted
in lattice and in felt. Alas, it has been yurted!!!!
Prompts today are: rest, flabbergasted, designer, poise, quote and inserted.
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