Love Story

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Love—the only drug I need.

For the Saturday Six Word Story Prompt: Drug

Anything but Awesome

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Although this view might warrant the term, my  least favorite word is “awesome.” HERE is a link to an explanation of why this is so.

 

For Stream of Consciousness Saturday: What is your least favorite word?

Playing with Fire

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Playing with Fire

In the circles she lives in, she’s queen of the realm.
Wherever she goes, she must be at the helm.
They call her the Admiral, head of the fleet.
She’ll hear no debate and she’ll bear no defeat.

When she is challenged, she’s ready to fight.
Incadescent with anger, she’ll insist that she’s right.
Once her rage is incited, she could drive you to drink.
Your role is to follow. Her role is to think.

When you rub her together with one of her kind,
they’re bound to express a difference of mind,
and since neither can bear an opposing notion,
it’s bound to lead to explosive emotion.

Rub them together and they’re sure to fight.
Like sulphur on sandpaper, they will ignite.
So keep them apart, these glorious dames,
or one or the other will go up in flames.

 

 

Prompts today are in the circle, realm, incadescent, fleet and drink.
Image by Olga Bast on Unsplash.

Evening Primrose: Flower of the Day, July 17, 2021

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 Photographed yesterday in my friend Patty’s yard.

For Cee’s FOTD

Fabulous Felted Figures

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Photo by Sharon Wheat. Photos of other felted creatures may be viewed by clicking on link below.

My friend Sharon is an absolutely fabulous artist in every genre she tackles: mixed media sculpture, photography, jewelry, food art, fabric art and stitchery and now in these incredible felted figures. Check them out at: https://sharonwheat.zenfolio.com/p994516379

 

Final Hours: Flower of the Day, July 16, 2021

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This flower from a bush in my friend Patty’s front yard is still beautiful in its decline.

For Cee’s FOTD

A Day at the Beach: The Sunday Whirl, 509

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A Day at the Beach

My hairdo is unraveling in the ocean’s spray,
and the men are talking fishing so I haven’t much to say.
I do not know their language and the sea breeze makes me cough.
My skin’s at risk in sunlight, but a stone-throw’s distance off,
in the shelter of a palm tree, I find shade, at least,
open up my backpack and partake in a small feast.

Then after I have eaten, when the sun has reached the rim
of the far horizon, I finally have a swim.
For once the sun’s not flaming, it creates a lovely glow,
sinking toward the ocean and vanishing below.
The sea has pleased the fishermen all day, cast after cast,
but as the sun sinks into it, it’s pleasing me, at last.

 

This week’s Wordle words are language, eat, feast, fish, unraveling, spray, shadow, flame, stone, risk and off.

 

 

 

 

Difference of Opinion

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Difference of Opinion

If I were being altruistic, I’d meet you halfway there,
but your overbearing manner is more than I can bear.
You have me in a dither and so it’s true, I fear,
that it’s the end of our discussion, because I am out of here!

 

Prompts today are halfway, altruistic, dither and fear.

Inside and Outside: Fauna of Wyoming

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I’ve been in Wyoming for 4 days and here are some of the animals  I’ve seen.

Please click on photos and arrows to enlarge.

 

My sister’s yard

 

 

 

 

Rodeo Parade

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My friend Patty and her partner Duffy aren’t going to the rodeo parade tomorrow as it is almost impossible to park within miles of it, but called to see if Marti and I were going. When I said I wanted to, Marti said she’d go along and Patty offered to drive us down and leave us off. Then, without telling us about it until afterwards, Duffy went down to Main Street and put these two chairs out for us to save the ace space for viewing in front of the Mint Bar!  Sweet friends.