Poor Sport

 

Poor Sport

From the Rockies to the Tetons, I’ve avoided climbing rocks.
They crumble as I climb them and wind up in my socks.
I do not like their labyrinths that make you find a way
to snake up on their surface without a game of play.
Don’t expect me to climb mountains. Don’t even think to ask.
I’ll sit here in the shade and watch and sip upon my flask!

 

Prompts for today are labyrinth, snake, flask and Tetons.

That’s me back in 1973. I didn’t climb mountains then, either. You can tell by the shoes. This was taken in Lalibela, Ethiopia, a very mountainous place. Didn’t make any difference. I flew in on a tiny plane  and  rode a mule up one or two. That’s as far as I went.

Yellow Hibiscus, March 26, 2022

I went out to photograph a Camarone flower, but in 21 years here, I’ve never been able to get a good photo of one. Perhaps it is the consistency of the yellow. Don’t know. So, here is a hibiscus, fresh today. They always cooperate!

 

 

 

For Cee’s FOTD

Hibiscus: FOTD, Mar 25, 2022

 

 

For Cee’s FOTD

Layoff

 

Layoff

I cannot endorse your obvious redundancy
due to the work force’s current abundancy.
Our air of pathos is painful to bear
with all life’s prosperity gone from the air.

The garlands are down and the flambeaus blew out.
There’s no joyous reason for dancing about.
When bosses agree to some conciliation,
then it will be time enough for jubilation.

‘Til then, I’ll commiserate, cry in my beer,
wishing that you weren’t regrettably near,
for with you at work, I am fed and supported.
What will I do if your job is aborted?

 

 

 

Prompt words today are flambeau, conciliatory, pathos, endorse and redundancy. Image by Thom Masat on Unsplash.

Tomorrow’s the Day!!

Jesus and I have been working hard getting our show together. He’s been working for two months on the amazing armoire pictured below which he’ll be showing along with some of his paintings.  I’ll be showing my silver and paper jewelry along with my retablos and sculptures. Here are some shots of my work and a photo of his armoire along with information about our opening on Saturday, March 26, 3-7. Directions below.

Mr. “Do It Myself”

Mr. “Do It Myself”

The manifold reasons I love you are these.
Though you puff and you pant and you groan and you wheeze,
recruiting much help from your back and your knees,
nonetheless, my piano you managed to squeeze
up the stairs to the tower, saying it was a breeze.
So as I snap a photo, be sure to say, “Cheese,”
then promise me, dear, for I’m down on my knees.
If we move it again, hire a moving crew, please!!!!

 

 

 

Prompt words today are recruit, piano, manifold and tower.

Nosegay, FOTD Mar 24, 2022

This is a friend holding a nosegay of flowers she’d picked in a field when we stopped to admire the wildflowers on the way to Tapalpa. I altered it using one of the art filters on Lunapic.

For Cee’s FOTD

A Tyke Named Stormy

A Tyke Named Stormy

He’s not your standard toddler. He’s a variant of the norm.
On rainy days he’d rather be out in the raging storm,
splashing through the mud puddles on his trusty trike
or trudging through small rivulets on a block-long hike.

When standard kids all huddle inside beside the fire,
he loves to face the bracing wind and plod through muddy mire.
I’d say he’s climate versatile. He’s game for any weather.
He likes to be out in the wild, free from any tether.

Most kids aren’t predictable, but this one surely is.
At dealing with bad weather, he surely is a whizz.
If any person can predict, I think for sure I can.
Some years hence, I think he’d make a perfect weatherman!

Prompt words today are versatile, standard, hike, hence and variant.

Fallen Before Its Time: FOTD Mar 23, 2022

 

For Cee’s FOTD

Mysteries

Forgottenman wants to know why I haven’t published any photos of Zoe for the past 5 days. I’ve been busy preparing and setting up my show but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been taking photos. I just haven’t posted them.  Here they are, presented as a set of mysteries: 

Mystery #1.  What is Diego doing standing out in the cold?

(Click on photos to enlarge and read about today’s mysteries.)

Mystery # 2: When my friend Brad was over the other night helping me pack up my car with work for my show, we came in to watch a movie and had no place to place our gin and tonics. Does anyone know where my Oaxacan woven coasters are?

 

Mystery # 3: Both of my printers stopped working because the ink has run out, so I need the last copy of my manuscript, even though it wasn’t a very good copy. 

Mystery # 4: Now that Zoe has outgrown her collar that her Aunties Chris and Sherry bought for her and has a new one, what can be done with the old collar that I had to cut off her because the double knot was too strong to untie?