Bicycles built for ten…?!
Friday’s 40 PC, #10
Inspired by the picture below, I offer you a song for this week’s edition of Friday’s 40-or-less Photo Challenge. {Sung to the tune of "Oh, Where Oh, Where Has My Little Dog Gone"} Oh, where, oh, where have our bike riders gone?They’re...
Delicate Beauty, Killer Beast
The other day I noticed an odd piece of black "trash" in our driveway; when I walked over to pick it up, I realized it was a beautiful–but very dead–black swallowtail butterfly. Carefully, I picked her up, a) to take a closer look...
They’re multiplying like rabbits!
Some days I can feel "it" coming. A blog binge…poems and pictures and posts, OH!MY!! Consider this a friendly warning advance notice. It begins with Laura’s "15 Words or Less" weekly poetry challenge; I’ve written three...
Friday’s 40-or-less Photo Challenge returns…On wheels!
Come on…what are your thoughts when you see a herd of bicycles on the beach? You’ve got 40 words (or less, hence the title) to describe the scene, suggest a caption, wax poetic, or tell a VERY short story based on the photo above. Write your...
Reflections and Majesty
Kiawah Island pond, early morning. July 2008. When my SLR was returned to the manufacturer BEFORE we went to the beach, I was crushed; this was the first year I was going to be able to take "good" beach photos–I couldn’t wait to...
Eventually, it ends in dessert….
Returning from vacation means two things: a mountain of dirty laundry and an empty pantry and fridge. By yesterday, the laundry pile was reduced to a molehill, so it was time to head to Wal-Mart for groceries. I don’t know about where you...
My promise to you: I will never again post a picture as ugly as this!
Flakey, dusty, crusty, glassy-eyed stuffed fish makes for some fine blogging, no? A c t u a l l y, this is not the photo I wanted to post in response to Olive’s Fun Monday challenge; the one I wanted to share is stinkin’ adorable, and in my mind’s...
Seeing spots…
The good kind… Is it my imagination or is Bambi blowing raspberries at me? And the not-so-good, skin-crawling, dance the "heebie-jeebie promenade" kind… Above, a frontal view; doesn’t his "face" give you waking...
Red, White, Blue and YOU! What’s on your Independence Day plate?
"All great change in America begins at the dinner table."~ Ronald Reagan How do you celebrate the Fourth of July? What are your long-standing or newly-inaugurated traditions? Favorite recipes, special events, or memories? What’s...