Tag Archives: SYW

Share Your World, May 7, 2019

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QUESTIONS:

  1. Do you believe in soul mates? If so, do you think there is only one person meant to share that bond with you, out there in the world? I definitely believe in soul mates, but I don’t believe there is just one out there in the world for you. I have met and formed bonds with two in my lifetime but I’ve recognized others, although they didn’t recognize me.
  2. Ice cream cone, shake or other ice cream concoction? Ice cream cone, pistachio gelato or very very dark chocolate.  Ahhhhhh.
  3. What would be the hat to end all hats? What could you wear on your head that would make people stop what they are doing and stare in awe and amazement? My husband gave me this hat the first Christmas after we met. Is it any wonder that I had to marry him 15 months later? No, I’ve never worn it in public…
  4. What would be the worst “buy one get one free” sale of all time?  Swimming pools! It takes two of us working every day to keep mine up minimally. If I had two, I wouldn’t have time for anything else! (I live near a volcano, so my pool  is fed by naturally hot mineral springs so algae and white mineral deposits grow fast and chlorine evaporates within minutes, but ahhhhh. Is that water every luscious, and a fountain of youth. 

 

Thanks, Melanie and Cyranny, for the fun questions.  If you want to play along, go here: https://sparksfromacombustiblemind.com/2019/05/06/share-your-world-5-6-19/

House Concert!!!! Share Your World, Aug 29, 2018

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Do you prefer eating foods with nuts or no nuts? Nuts over nuts.  I even put them in salad.

Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed? Closed, by long habit, beginning when I was five.  For the obvious reasons.

Are you usually late, early, or right on time? Right on time. I think it is rude to be early. I’m always running running at the last minute and when guests arrive early, it throws me off.  For the theater or a restaurant or appointment, I’m always a big early.

What did you appreciate or what made you smile this past week?  Feel free to use a quote, a photo, a story, or even a combination.

I had a house concert at my house with friends Becky McGuigan, Larry Kolczak and Agustin Calvaro Vasquez and family,  each doing a set. It was so much fun. Here are some views of goings-on. (Click on any photo to enlarge all.)

Click on any photo to enlarge all.  Enjoy.  Wish I could let you hear the music.

For Cee’s Share Your World prompt.

My World as of July 2, 2018

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Tell us about your first bicycle or car? My first bike, the one pictured above, was inherited from my sister, complete with training wheels.  By the time this photo was taken, the training wheels were far in the past and I had about outgrown it.  Christmas brought a brand new Hiawatha girl’s bike— beige with rust detailing. My most lengthy adventure on that Hiawatha involved a ride to the North Dam with my friends with a picnic lunch in our bike baskets.  I also remember riding it on the two-lane highway to White River, pulling off onto the gravel shoulder whenever we heard a car coming up behind us.  It was a different world!

What fictional world or place would you like to visit? I would love to visit a different friendly planet if I could get there quickly and return to earth quickly as soon as I wished to.

If you could have someone follow you around all the time, like a personal assistant, what would you have them do? Organize all my files, then compile stories and poems into books and attend to all of the publication details.  Heaven. When they were finished with that task, they could organize all my photos and convert all my slides to computer images.  I have the machine to do so, but not the time.

What did you appreciate or what made you smile this past week?  Please see the video below:

https://theconcourse.deadspin.com/criminal-couples-harrowing-attempt-to-escape-convenienc-1827242416

Koi Ponds and SYW

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You can have an unlimited supply of one thing for the rest of your life, what is it? Sushi? Scotch Tape? Good Health

Teleportation or flying? Teleportation! Flying is no fun anymore.

Would you rather live where it only snows or the temperature never falls below 100 degrees?  I could live in either one and just teleport myself to reasonable climes whenever I wished!

What did you appreciate or what made you smile this past week?  I’ve been wanting to share these photos of the koi ponds at the Chapala Society. You can see them better by clicking on any photo to enlarge them all. There are a lot of photos, so give them 30 seconds to focus before you begin the slideshow after clicking to enlarge. You only have to do this once, not for each photo.

 And, for the Ragtag prompt: ponds.

 

 

For Cee’s Share Your World

 

Share Your World, Nov. 13, 2017

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One of the highlights of my week and always one of the highlights of my trips to Missouri was a visit to Evelyn’s wonderful antiques store.  She was redecorating and painting, so the stock was about half of what it usually was, but I still found some finds, including a delicious apple from her bowl put there for the taking.  I would have bought this spinning wheel if I’d had a way to get it to Mexico.  The little dog greets every visitor for a friendly rub before jumping back up to his perch.  I love this place.

(Please click on any photo to enlarge them all.)

 

 

Okay, now on to Cee’s questions for the week:

Do you ever sit on a park bench for more than ten minutes? Rarely.

When you lose electricity in a storm, do you light the candles, turn on the flashlight or use your cell phone for light? I live in Mexico, where the electricity goes off frequently and sometimes for hours and even days.  I have a handy supply of candles all over the house as well as kerosene lanterns and propane cylinder lamps that always seem to lack either fuel or mantles. In the past year I’ve purchased a few little battery-powered crookneck lamps that come in handy as well.  I have a half dozen flashlights that are never in the right place at the right time so I hardly ever use them.

Would you rather be given $10,000 for your own use or $100,000 to give anonymously to strangers? At this point, I can think of some excellent uses for the $100,000–especially for education expenses for children in the village.  I would have no problem finding proper recipients for it so I’d definitely make that choice.

What inspired you or what did you appreciate this past week?  I loved not necessarily having to do anything (except blogging, of course) for the past week. For the last two days, however, most of our time had been taken up trying to figure out the intricacies of two computers with a lot of problems.  Really frustrating.  Thanks to three hours spent online via Team Viewer and Skype with a tech expert in Vancouver, we finally got some of the problems solved.  An additional two hours  spent trying to get social security problems solved via phone and internet led to no solutions at all.  All in all, a frustrating day but luckily I feel most of the computer problems are solved.  Thanks, Chad! (If anyone needs the name of an excellent and personable tech expert for Macs, I’d be glad to share his number.)

For Cee’s SYW Prompt.