One of those little blog peeves of mine is when Wordless Wednesdays are prose heavy. No offense–I know I have plenty of tendencies that march a few of you right up to the edge of a cliff where you’d eagerly swan dive to your demise so you wouldn’t have to wade through another strike-through of mine or click a thousand links to other posts . A caption is fine, explanations are helpful and sometimes downright necessary, but lengthy stories to accompany a "wordless" post…well, why bother calling it wordless? I don’t get it.
THAT BEING SAID she says, kinda-sorta contradicting the above paragraph, but thinking she gets away with it because it’s a SEPARATE post from her WW there were additional photographs I wanted to post with my WW today…but they begged more words than were warranted for a wordless post. "Forgive me?" she asks with innocent doe eyes and a smarmy toothy Eddie-Haskell-grin :).
Be sure to click the pictures; each image will reveal another that goes with the narrative.
Anastasia caught my eye because typically shells.can’t.walk… when I saw one not only with LEGS, but on the MOVE, I had to investigate further. When I got too close, Anastasia decided to play a game: "If I can’t see you, you can’t see me."
Playing "hard to get" just made me love her more. She’d creep back out of her shell heading right, and just as quickly change direction (and, oddly, I found myself humming Buffet songs… hmmmm). We bonded instantly–why, she can’t make her mind up about anything, either!
Anastasia taught me a lot in the little time we had together– she’d trudge uphill at a snail’s pace scamper away at mock speed to avoid my camera the paparazzi’s glaring eye with an "I think I can I think I can" attitude that would rival the Little Engine That Could.
She was a good friend, my Anastasia…until she snubbed my feet and took up with another shifty character…
I shoulda known she’d stick with her own kind…her beady eyes gave her away :/.
You’re right these photos wouldn’t have been the same without the words!!
Although it is a pet peeve of mine too (games in the name) I love your words too much to mind “swan dive to your demise” is such a great image!
oh you clever clever girl! you have figured out wt’s click-on-the-picture-for-a-surprise technique!!!
so i’m not the least bit crabby about all the extra words today.
That’s neat as heck. How cool. Thanks for sharing. Have a great WW. 🙂
And to think I just posted my first WW entry so fittingly titled, “Not So Wordless Wednesday.”
Oh I love them all and am so glad you shared the rest. 🙂 I especially like the one you call “uphill climb”! Great shots and I’m sorry she did not fall in love with your toes, but you probably wouldn’t want her in your shoes anyway – I’m assuming you occassionally wear shoes.
I feel the same way about folks who sign up for Fun Monday and don’t post. Blogging time is limited.
So funny — I have a strange little pet peeve with “Wordless Wednesday” posts that have narration, too. A title, that’s all you’re allowed, people. Tell your story with the title. It’s WORDLESS. *grin* But! These photos are fantastic and I think in this case, the words were well worth breaking the rule. 😉
I’m a regular rule-breaker on that one. I love the wordless ones too, but I’m usually trying to double up on memes;)
So wordless or wordy, you’re alright in my book:)
makes me think of one of the “old” smother brother’s songs.
(Herman & Sally)
It was the red nail polish that scared her away…
You’ve been tagged at my place. TeeHeeHee.
lol 🙂
and i love that second to last photo, looks like she’s getting ready to duke it out with someone… 😉