Friday, June 30, 2006
One Word - So Little Time [Canada]
"What do you mean you're going to Canada?" he sputtered, slamming his coffee mug on the table. "I'm sorry," I replied, "But my mind's made up. Nothing you can say or do is going to make me change my mind. It's the only place I can get decent Canadian Bacon."
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Seriously though, Marty, I know what we here in the States call Canadian Bacon. Do you have any such thing in Canada or is that just some American marketing gimic? Thanks for picking a challanging word for me. Your haiku will be up as soon as I can think of one! And happy Canada Day tomorrow!
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Seriously though, Marty, I know what we here in the States call Canadian Bacon. Do you have any such thing in Canada or is that just some American marketing gimic? Thanks for picking a challanging word for me. Your haiku will be up as soon as I can think of one! And happy Canada Day tomorrow!
The Pick Osquer's OneWord Contest...
Since www.oneword.com has failed to update again, I am having another contest to pick a word for me to write about. So, once again, the first person to post a word in the comments wins. The prize is that I will use your word and I will also write a haiku especially for you! (Yep - still poor.) I've got my sixty second timer set to go. Someone give me the word!
Mini-Magnetic Haiku
I had almost forgotten that I had this. Isn't it cute?
Can you believe it even has a light inside? And the word tiles fit in the veggie drawer!
The reason I forgot about this set is that the tiles are so tiny I can barely handle them. I tried tweezers, but the tweezers are metal so the tiles stick to them. So, I won't be writing too much Mini-Magnetic Poetry. It's a neat little curiosity, though. I included one of the tiles from the original set to show the scale.
Can you believe it even has a light inside? And the word tiles fit in the veggie drawer!
The reason I forgot about this set is that the tiles are so tiny I can barely handle them. I tried tweezers, but the tweezers are metal so the tiles stick to them. So, I won't be writing too much Mini-Magnetic Poetry. It's a neat little curiosity, though. I included one of the tiles from the original set to show the scale.
Thursday, June 29, 2006
One Word - So Little Time [peppermint]
I watched the black and white cat rolling in the peppermint in my garden. He didn't seem to know that although it was related to catnip, the mint would not give him the same effect. Oh, well, he seems relaxed enough and at least he'll smell nice! If people can drink non-alcoholic beer, the kitty can roll in my peppermint.
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Since www.oneword.com still has not updated, today I used the runner-up word from yesterday's contest. Thanks Bea!
The cat in this drabble used to roll in my friend's mint. It got to the point where she had to put some fencing over it to keep him out. It wasn't even her cat! The same cat came up to my car when I parked in front of her house once. When I opened the door, the cat jumped into my car! I had to open all the doors and the hatch back to get him out! Cute little guy, but if he were my cat I would name him Sticky Booger because he was just that hard to get rid of!
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Since www.oneword.com still has not updated, today I used the runner-up word from yesterday's contest. Thanks Bea!
The cat in this drabble used to roll in my friend's mint. It got to the point where she had to put some fencing over it to keep him out. It wasn't even her cat! The same cat came up to my car when I parked in front of her house once. When I opened the door, the cat jumped into my car! I had to open all the doors and the hatch back to get him out! Cute little guy, but if he were my cat I would name him Sticky Booger because he was just that hard to get rid of!
haiku - A Pot of Gold for Law Girl
I grab my shovel
and start walking. The rainbow
has to end somewhere.
and start walking. The rainbow
has to end somewhere.
One Word - So Little Time [stone]
I looked up at the clouds piled like lumps of gray stone. Suddenly I noticed a faint rainbow. I tried to capture it with my camera, but it was too ghostly. When I turned to go in, I saw in the distance to the East the other end of the rainbow!
* * * * * * *
We have a winner!
Thank you, Law Girl! I'll post a haiku for you as soon as I come up with one!
This actually just happened. I walked into the house from looking at the two distant ends of the rainbow and saw that you had chosen my word. I've never seen both ends of a rainbow before. It was really neat!
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We have a winner!
Thank you, Law Girl! I'll post a haiku for you as soon as I come up with one!
This actually just happened. I walked into the house from looking at the two distant ends of the rainbow and saw that you had chosen my word. I've never seen both ends of a rainbow before. It was really neat!
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
The Pick Osquer's OneWord Contest...
Okay, kids, here's your chance to pick what I write about. Since the folks at www.oneword.com have not posted a new word today, I need one of you to choose a word for me. The first person to post a word in the comments wins. The prize will be that I use your word and I will also write a haiku especially for you. Yeah I know, but what do you expect? I'm poor! I've got a sixty second timer set to go. Someone give me the word!
haiku
If only I'd had
the nerve to slip that waiter
my e-mail address...
* * * * * * *
(for Paperback Writer, Loki, Michelle, Grace, and Chowderhead!)
the nerve to slip that waiter
my e-mail address...
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(for Paperback Writer, Loki, Michelle, Grace, and Chowderhead!)
Wild About Tiger Lilies
I have a passion
for the tiger lilies
that grow in profusion
along Pennsylvania's roads.
The ones people keep
in their gardens
are nice...too nice.
They are too deeply colored
too unrumpled
too cultivated.
Tiger lilies should be
Crayola orange
and surrounded by
crown vetch and sumac.
You should have to
climb over Jersey barriers
to pick them.
Tiger lilies should be wild!
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
www.oneword.com (one word - so little time) [pane]
Monday, June 26, 2006
www.oneword.com (one word - so little time) [sketch]
[osquer42]
I stared across the park at the beautiful woman bent to rinse something in the fountain. Watched the waterdroplets fly from the ends of her hair as she straigntened and flung it back over her shoulder with a head toss. If only I could pick up a pencil and sketch the lines of her body, freeze the glints of sunlight in those water drops, capture this moment in more than just words.
June 26, 2006 08:12 AM
I stared across the park at the beautiful woman bent to rinse something in the fountain. Watched the waterdroplets fly from the ends of her hair as she straigntened and flung it back over her shoulder with a head toss. If only I could pick up a pencil and sketch the lines of her body, freeze the glints of sunlight in those water drops, capture this moment in more than just words.
June 26, 2006 08:12 AM
Sunday, June 25, 2006
I live nowhere near a nuclear power plant.
Okay, so yesterday's four petaled daylily was pretty bizarre, yeah? Imagine my surprise this morning when I looked out and saw this:
That's only two blossoms. Go ahead and take a moment to count petals. This daylily is the sibling of the four petaled version. They are offspring of the same parent bulb! Did this flower get the other's missing petals?
Oh, and in case anyone was wondering about the stamens, this one has eight, and three of them are conjoined.
I do plan to e-mail these photos to Phipps Conservatory to see if they can tell me how common an occurrence this is.
That's only two blossoms. Go ahead and take a moment to count petals. This daylily is the sibling of the four petaled version. They are offspring of the same parent bulb! Did this flower get the other's missing petals?
Oh, and in case anyone was wondering about the stamens, this one has eight, and three of them are conjoined.
I do plan to e-mail these photos to Phipps Conservatory to see if they can tell me how common an occurrence this is.
www.oneword.com (one word - so little time) [purple]
A diversity of daylilies...
Mutations in nature never cease to fascinate me. I was, therefore, amazed to discover one on my desk this morning.
When I picked this stem of daylilies, only the normal six petaled one was open. This morning the second bud opened with only four petals.
That would be unusual in itself, but on the same stem with a normal one? I also noticed that the four petaled daylily has only five stamens instead of six.
I'll be interested to see what the third bud reveals.
When I picked this stem of daylilies, only the normal six petaled one was open. This morning the second bud opened with only four petals.
That would be unusual in itself, but on the same stem with a normal one? I also noticed that the four petaled daylily has only five stamens instead of six.
I'll be interested to see what the third bud reveals.
www.oneword.com (one word - so little time) [locked]
Saturday, June 24, 2006
55 Fiction Friday
Iris stepped onto the train, fumbling in her pocket as she had every twenty minutes for three days. This was not going to work. Once she'd shut herself into an empty compartment, she pulled the key from her pocket. She tied the ribbon around her neck once more and slipped the key into her bodice.
[FIRST] [PREVIOUS] (to be continued...)
Friday's Feast
Feast Ninety-Nine
Appetizer
On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how much do you like your job?
Out of all of my past jobs, it’s a 10. Out of potential jobs I’d say about a 7.
Soup
When was the last time you think you were lied to?
What time is it now?
Salad
Share some lyrics from one of your favorite songs.
The Poet and the painter casting shadows on the water --
as the sun plays on the infantry returning from the sea.
The do-er and the thinker: no allowance for the other --
as the failing light illuminates the mercenary's creed.
The home fire burning: the kettle almost boiling --
but the master of the house is far away.
The horses stamping -- their warm breath clouding
in the sharp and frosty morning of the day.
And the poet lifts his pen while the soldier sheaths his sword.
--Jethro Tull, “Thick As A Brick”
Main Course
What do you do/take when you are in pain?
Ibuprophen, tea, sleep, poetry but not necessarily in that order
Dessert
Fill in the blanks: My __garden__ is very __joyful__.
[FRIDAY'S FEAST]
Appetizer
On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how much do you like your job?
Out of all of my past jobs, it’s a 10. Out of potential jobs I’d say about a 7.
Soup
When was the last time you think you were lied to?
What time is it now?
Salad
Share some lyrics from one of your favorite songs.
The Poet and the painter casting shadows on the water --
as the sun plays on the infantry returning from the sea.
The do-er and the thinker: no allowance for the other --
as the failing light illuminates the mercenary's creed.
The home fire burning: the kettle almost boiling --
but the master of the house is far away.
The horses stamping -- their warm breath clouding
in the sharp and frosty morning of the day.
And the poet lifts his pen while the soldier sheaths his sword.
--Jethro Tull, “Thick As A Brick”
Main Course
What do you do/take when you are in pain?
Ibuprophen, tea, sleep, poetry but not necessarily in that order
Dessert
Fill in the blanks: My __garden__ is very __joyful__.
[FRIDAY'S FEAST]
Look, a horsey!
I drove past a nearby stable today. The horses didn't seem to mind the light rain that was falling.
Friday, June 23, 2006
www.oneword.com (one word - so little time) [blonde]
Thursday, June 22, 2006
www.oneword.com (one word - so little time) [obscure]
[osquer42]
She tried to obscure her face with her hair by lowering her gaze and hunching her shoulders subserviently. She slipped as unobtrusively as possible to the edge of the crowd and out of the room. Just as she thought she might get away with it, a strong hand closed around her shoulder.
June 22, 2006 08:21 AM (11:21 EST)
She tried to obscure her face with her hair by lowering her gaze and hunching her shoulders subserviently. She slipped as unobtrusively as possible to the edge of the crowd and out of the room. Just as she thought she might get away with it, a strong hand closed around her shoulder.
June 22, 2006 08:21 AM (11:21 EST)
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
haiku
Fingers grasp the pen
as my mind loses its grip
on my conciousness.
* * * * * * *
The idea for this came to me as I was trying to drift off to sleep last night. My Muse has no concept of work schedules!
as my mind loses its grip
on my conciousness.
* * * * * * *
The idea for this came to me as I was trying to drift off to sleep last night. My Muse has no concept of work schedules!
www.oneword.com (one word - so little time) [insult]
[osquer42]
Adding injury to insult, she slapped him across the face. Her palm making a loud fish-belly smack on his cheek, wet from the drink she'd poured over him only a moment earlier. "I'll take that as a no," he sighed, mopping himself off with his handkerchief.
June 21, 2006 08:28 AM (11:28 EST)
Adding injury to insult, she slapped him across the face. Her palm making a loud fish-belly smack on his cheek, wet from the drink she'd poured over him only a moment earlier. "I'll take that as a no," he sighed, mopping himself off with his handkerchief.
June 21, 2006 08:28 AM (11:28 EST)
www.oneword.com (one word - so little time) [flushed]
[osquer42]
She was flushed with excitement. Her cheeks pink and her hair flying about her face as she laughed and ran after the tumbling herd of puppies. They were just at that stage where their back feet tended to overtake their front feet causing tiny puppy catastrophies that were easily righted by their eager little mistress.
June 21, 2006 04:57 AM (07:57 EST)
This was yesterday's OneWord. Their site was down until this morning.
She was flushed with excitement. Her cheeks pink and her hair flying about her face as she laughed and ran after the tumbling herd of puppies. They were just at that stage where their back feet tended to overtake their front feet causing tiny puppy catastrophies that were easily righted by their eager little mistress.
June 21, 2006 04:57 AM (07:57 EST)
This was yesterday's OneWord. Their site was down until this morning.
They're here! They're here!
One word of warning to those of you that are considering your first Magnetic Poetry kit. When it arrives, the words are connected in sheets. You have to break apart each one and stick it to your fridge (or whatever medium you use). That's over 400 words for the Poet Edition. Whew! Luckily before I was halfway through (Hint: start with the small boring words so that by the time your sick of snapping apart little magnets you've gotten to the interesting words.) the first poem had started to emerge, transforming something tedious into creative fun. I've only got the Poet Kit up so far. I wanted to write at least one poem with that before I add The Gardener Kit.
I've decided to devote my whole fridge front to Magnetic Poetry, except for my moodometer, of course.
One Word - So Little Time [tattoo]
[osquer]
I awoke to a horrible cacaphonic tattoo echoing through the treetops above me. It was Sam hammering a nail into the wood above my head. "Sorry, luv," he smirked, "Your hammock was working itself loose." He tossed the hammer into a nearby pack and sauntered off into the underbrush...
(Tuesday, June 20, 2006 15:55 EST)
Since www.oneword.com seems to be out of commission today, my good frind Samual Spade was kind enough to suggest a word so I wouldn't go through withdrawl. Thanks, Sam!
I awoke to a horrible cacaphonic tattoo echoing through the treetops above me. It was Sam hammering a nail into the wood above my head. "Sorry, luv," he smirked, "Your hammock was working itself loose." He tossed the hammer into a nearby pack and sauntered off into the underbrush...
(Tuesday, June 20, 2006 15:55 EST)
Since www.oneword.com seems to be out of commission today, my good frind Samual Spade was kind enough to suggest a word so I wouldn't go through withdrawl. Thanks, Sam!
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Monday, June 19, 2006
haiku
The dog pants against
the backs of my knees. Got to
get these nylons off!
* * * * * * *
Days like today make me wonder about the far more numerous days when I have trouble dragging out even one haiku.
the backs of my knees. Got to
get these nylons off!
* * * * * * *
Days like today make me wonder about the far more numerous days when I have trouble dragging out even one haiku.
haiku
Goldfinch glints like a
supercharged ray of sunlight.
I don sunglasses.
* * * * * * *
They just keep comin' today, don't they?
supercharged ray of sunlight.
I don sunglasses.
* * * * * * *
They just keep comin' today, don't they?
haiku
I can see lions
gesturing in the clouds with
sun on their faces
* * * * * * *
Stuck in traffic, I
can tell those clouds would be great
fun to fly above.
* * * * * * *
You're right, PghGuy, the sun did come out! :-)
gesturing in the clouds with
sun on their faces
* * * * * * *
Stuck in traffic, I
can tell those clouds would be great
fun to fly above.
* * * * * * *
You're right, PghGuy, the sun did come out! :-)
haiku
Early morning, I
open the blinds. Raindrops bounce
on daylily leaves.
* * * * * * *
I wrote this one before I left for work this morning.
open the blinds. Raindrops bounce
on daylily leaves.
* * * * * * *
I wrote this one before I left for work this morning.
haiku
Drive to work in the
rain, I don't mind. The garden
is getting watered.
* * * * * * *
Each time this happens
I find myself lost in old
thoughts of him again.
* * * * * * *
Wet tire tracks plough through
green fields of fallen tree buds
on the rain-black road.
* * * * * * *
I composed all three of these into my tape recorder on the way to work this morning. Then I polished them on my lunch break. There's nothing like a rainy day to inspire me.
rain, I don't mind. The garden
is getting watered.
* * * * * * *
Each time this happens
I find myself lost in old
thoughts of him again.
* * * * * * *
Wet tire tracks plough through
green fields of fallen tree buds
on the rain-black road.
* * * * * * *
I composed all three of these into my tape recorder on the way to work this morning. Then I polished them on my lunch break. There's nothing like a rainy day to inspire me.
www.oneword.com (one word - so little time) [urgent]
Incarnation or coincidence?
My mom used to make me Mickey Mouse pancakes when I was a kid. Tonight she made me a Mickey Mouse pork chop. This was a complete coincidence. Maybe I should have put it on eBay? Nah! It was delicious!
Garden Arrivals
I love finding tiny vegetables in my garden! (Yes I know the tomato is a fruit, but technically so is the pepper.) This will eventually be an orange bell pepper. Right now it's the size of a nickel.
This baby beefmaster tomato is the size of a quarter.
This baby beefmaster tomato is the size of a quarter.
Sunday, June 18, 2006
www.oneword.com (one word - so little time) [lift]
[osquer42]
I stepped into the lift and pressed the button for the top floor. Dragging my burden down the hallway, I reached the little stair. I dragged the heavy sack up the stairs and out onto the roof. The planters were already lined up and ready, packets of seeds waiting. Now that I had the dirt, this was going to be a magnificent rooftop garden!
June 18, 2006 01:22 PM (16:22 EST)
I stepped into the lift and pressed the button for the top floor. Dragging my burden down the hallway, I reached the little stair. I dragged the heavy sack up the stairs and out onto the roof. The planters were already lined up and ready, packets of seeds waiting. Now that I had the dirt, this was going to be a magnificent rooftop garden!
June 18, 2006 01:22 PM (16:22 EST)
I repotted my monster aloe plant today.
I also transferred this group to a larger planter.
Mom picked up this delightful little container garden. It came with one roma tomato plant as well as parsley, sage, rosemary (alas no thyme) :-( dill, basil, and oregano. I think it would be great for someone with limited space to garden. It could live quite well on a deck or in a really sunny apartment. It came with a tiny tomato cage which I replaced with a larger one.
And look! Of all the tomato plants in my care, this one has the first tomatoes! Way to go, little roma!
Saturday, June 17, 2006
www.oneword.com (one word - so little time) [punch]
[osquer42]
I picked up the punch and began making holes in the fabric. Holes to let in light and air. It's far too stuffy in here. I'd like to rip the curtain aside completely, but that would leave me feeling naked and exposed on the stage that I was thrust upon without choice or warning.
June 17, 2006 10:34 AM (13:34 EST)
I picked up the punch and began making holes in the fabric. Holes to let in light and air. It's far too stuffy in here. I'd like to rip the curtain aside completely, but that would leave me feeling naked and exposed on the stage that I was thrust upon without choice or warning.
June 17, 2006 10:34 AM (13:34 EST)
Magnetic Poetry . . . Eternity Sleeps
I just ordered several new Magnetic Poetry sets. I had thought of combining the Poet edition with the Original to create a sort of Super-Mag-Poet set, but part of what makes it interresting is the limitation. It forces me to find diferent ways of expressing my thoughts, alternative wording. I still may add the Gardener kit to the Poet's edition!
We have a winner!
The very first of my Dad's sea of daylilies has blosomed! You can see that I come by my gardening genes honestly.
Friday, June 16, 2006
www.oneword.com (one word - so little time) [free]
Friday's Feast
Feast Ninety-Eight
Appetizer: What is a word that you use that would not be considered common? I use a lot of uncommon words all of the time, but I have a list of words that are fun to say. It includes knickerbocker, credenza, kartoffelpuffer (a German potato pancake) and Antonio Banderas.
Soup: What theme of calendar do you have on your wall this year? *Sigh.* I haven’t gotten a theme calendar for home this year, but here at work I have a standard county issue on the wall. The county, for whom I work, prints their own.
Salad: Name 3 people you speak with by telephone a regular basis. Mom, Dad and Linda Harding (aka L.H.)
Main Course: If you could buy a new outfit for someone you know - who would it be and what would you purchase for them? I would buy my friend David an Inverness cloak.
Dessert: What is the last beverage you drank? Diet Pepsi
This is my first Friday Feast. Paperback Writer introduced me to them. I learn a lot of new things from her!
Appetizer: What is a word that you use that would not be considered common? I use a lot of uncommon words all of the time, but I have a list of words that are fun to say. It includes knickerbocker, credenza, kartoffelpuffer (a German potato pancake) and Antonio Banderas.
Soup: What theme of calendar do you have on your wall this year? *Sigh.* I haven’t gotten a theme calendar for home this year, but here at work I have a standard county issue on the wall. The county, for whom I work, prints their own.
Salad: Name 3 people you speak with by telephone a regular basis. Mom, Dad and Linda Harding (aka L.H.)
Main Course: If you could buy a new outfit for someone you know - who would it be and what would you purchase for them? I would buy my friend David an Inverness cloak.
Dessert: What is the last beverage you drank? Diet Pepsi
This is my first Friday Feast. Paperback Writer introduced me to them. I learn a lot of new things from her!
55 Fiction Friday
Iris fled the house as she had years before. This time she had the key! It bounced against her sternum as she ran, suspended from the ribbon hastily tied around her neck. It had been even more years since she had worn that ribbon. The same was true of the initials engraved on the key.
[FIRST] [PREVIOUS] (to be continued...)
Go Green Pepper, Go Green Pepper, Go Green Pepper, Go!
(sung to the tune of the Speed Racer theme)
This little green pepper plant has impressed the heck out of me! Of all the tiny plants in my garden, this one has gone above and beyond! While all the other pepper plants have just started flowering, this one has 4 baby peppers on it! That'll do, Pepper, that'll do.
This little green pepper plant has impressed the heck out of me! Of all the tiny plants in my garden, this one has gone above and beyond! While all the other pepper plants have just started flowering, this one has 4 baby peppers on it! That'll do, Pepper, that'll do.
Thursday, June 15, 2006
www.oneword.com (one word - so little time) [faces]
[osquer42]
I often see faces in the clouds. I see many things, duckies, alligators, and dragons. Especially dragons. They are often found soaring over my house on their nimbus wings exhaling water vapor insdead of smoke, the embers they expell accented by sunset or sunrise.
June 15, 2006 08:14 AM (11:14 EST)
I often see faces in the clouds. I see many things, duckies, alligators, and dragons. Especially dragons. They are often found soaring over my house on their nimbus wings exhaling water vapor insdead of smoke, the embers they expell accented by sunset or sunrise.
June 15, 2006 08:14 AM (11:14 EST)
haiku
Apparently if
you are a sparrow, this tree
is the place to be!
I can spot 20 sparrows in this shot. How many can you find?
Click here to get a clue.
you are a sparrow, this tree
is the place to be!
I can spot 20 sparrows in this shot. How many can you find?
Click here to get a clue.
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
www.oneword.com (one word - so little time) [emptiness]
[osquer42]
The emptiness filled me as nothing ever had. I reached into the cold darkness and felt nothing press against the surface of my mind, not the outer surface, but the inner surface. It was then that I realized that the void did not surround me, it inhabited me.
June 14, 2006 08:14 AM (11:14 EST)
The emptiness filled me as nothing ever had. I reached into the cold darkness and felt nothing press against the surface of my mind, not the outer surface, but the inner surface. It was then that I realized that the void did not surround me, it inhabited me.
June 14, 2006 08:14 AM (11:14 EST)
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
www.oneword.com (one word - so little time) [pushed]
[osquer42]
I have been pushed over the edge of the cliff I had clung to for so much of my life. For so long I held my place, balanced on a precarious ledge, frozen, unable to move forward or back, unable to release my voice even to have the pleasure of hearing its nuances echoed back to me. Only by stepping out onto the unsafe thin air can I escape the weight of these certainties that are holding me back.
June 13, 2006 08:36 AM (11:36 EST)
I have been pushed over the edge of the cliff I had clung to for so much of my life. For so long I held my place, balanced on a precarious ledge, frozen, unable to move forward or back, unable to release my voice even to have the pleasure of hearing its nuances echoed back to me. Only by stepping out onto the unsafe thin air can I escape the weight of these certainties that are holding me back.
June 13, 2006 08:36 AM (11:36 EST)
Meet Mulder!
Mulder is the last and tiniest member of my little brood. He is a Zebra Finch. Mulder is 9 years old, which is ancient for a finch as they normally only live 5-7 years. His mate, Scully, passed away a couple of years ago, but not before they had raised a dozen babies together!
And Tally says, "The space under the coffee table...it's not just for hiding from thunderstorms any more!"
Little Girls Are Still Little Girls
(Even In Their Thirties)
I watched the little girl
clomping along on her impractical
first pair of platform clogs
which she obviously refused
to admit she’d outgrown
though her heels
overhung the backs
by half an inch,
remembering when I
had done the same
twice her lifetime ago.
I watched the little girl
clomping along on her impractical
first pair of platform clogs
which she obviously refused
to admit she’d outgrown
though her heels
overhung the backs
by half an inch,
remembering when I
had done the same
twice her lifetime ago.
Monday, June 12, 2006
www.oneword.com (one word - so little time) [area]
[osquer42]
We've entered a slippery area here, she said as she reached out for his hand. I know, he replied. We really shouldn't be talking like this. There are too many people that could get hurt. Well, that too, she frowned, but I was talking about that patch of ice by your left foot. AAAAAAAAaaaaaah! he said as he tumbled head over heels down the treacherous slope.
June 12, 2006 08:19 AM (11:19 EST)
We've entered a slippery area here, she said as she reached out for his hand. I know, he replied. We really shouldn't be talking like this. There are too many people that could get hurt. Well, that too, she frowned, but I was talking about that patch of ice by your left foot. AAAAAAAAaaaaaah! he said as he tumbled head over heels down the treacherous slope.
June 12, 2006 08:19 AM (11:19 EST)
Sonnet I
For you, dear, I would attempt a sonnet,
iambic pentameter to seduce.
So long since my heart’s had thoughts writ on it;
No one has more vivid ink than you use.
You rustle the branches that shelter me
with ideas that soothe and unsettle.
Though you style yourself jester, I can see
this knight is made of much stronger metal.
Though distance and circumstances part us
the connection between us grows stronger.
Though society crumbles around us
and I trust reality no longer…
tonight I shall sleep, a smile on my face,
wrapped in the comfort of our dream’s embrace.
(for Samual Spade)
iambic pentameter to seduce.
So long since my heart’s had thoughts writ on it;
No one has more vivid ink than you use.
You rustle the branches that shelter me
with ideas that soothe and unsettle.
Though you style yourself jester, I can see
this knight is made of much stronger metal.
Though distance and circumstances part us
the connection between us grows stronger.
Though society crumbles around us
and I trust reality no longer…
tonight I shall sleep, a smile on my face,
wrapped in the comfort of our dream’s embrace.
(for Samual Spade)
What's happening in my garden...
Well, I was going to say that there's not been much exciting going on today except that I put a new sign in the garden.
Then I realized that not only are the peas starting to come up...
But so are the onions! Way to go nature!
Oh, and Rowan, this is the tiniest version of my herb garden I could come up with.
I planted this as a housewarming gift for a friend. It doesn't give quite the same effect as the full scale version, but I love this pot. I think I need to go back to Home Depot and get one for myself. Surely I have something that needs repotting.
Then I realized that not only are the peas starting to come up...
But so are the onions! Way to go nature!
Oh, and Rowan, this is the tiniest version of my herb garden I could come up with.
I planted this as a housewarming gift for a friend. It doesn't give quite the same effect as the full scale version, but I love this pot. I think I need to go back to Home Depot and get one for myself. Surely I have something that needs repotting.
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