This baby beefmaster tomato is the size of a quarter.
Monday, June 19, 2006
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.
Sunday, June 11, 2006
www.oneword.com (one word - so little time) [laugh]
[osquer42]
I love to laugh ah ha ha ha loud and long and clear! I love to laugh hee hee hee hee so everybody can hear! There were some things in Mary Poppins that were both amazing and mildly creepy at the same time. Not that I don't enjoy a tea party on the ceiling as much as the next person. Damn. Now I'm going to have that song going through my head all day.
June 11, 2006 08:59 AM (11:59 EST)
I love to laugh ah ha ha ha loud and long and clear! I love to laugh hee hee hee hee so everybody can hear! There were some things in Mary Poppins that were both amazing and mildly creepy at the same time. Not that I don't enjoy a tea party on the ceiling as much as the next person. Damn. Now I'm going to have that song going through my head all day.
June 11, 2006 08:59 AM (11:59 EST)
This is Wilson...
Here for Bea as promised is Wilson. (Guardian of My Bed) Before you panic, that is a miniature tennis ball in his mouth. He's not quite the monster he would like you to believe! He was named after Tom Hanks' companion in Castaway.
Here he is with his favorite ball. He is quite an ambitious dragon!
Oh, and for those of you who expressed concern, Mr. Bear is feeling much better now!
And Tally is having a better day today, too!
haiku
I emerged from the
Fort Pitt Tunnel just as the
music kicked back in.
(The song was "Groove Is In The Heart" by: Dee-Lite and I grooved all the way down the Parkway! I need to go dancing!)
Fort Pitt Tunnel just as the
music kicked back in.
(The song was "Groove Is In The Heart" by: Dee-Lite and I grooved all the way down the Parkway! I need to go dancing!)
Saturday, June 10, 2006
www.oneword.com (one word - so little time) [drove]
Magnetic Poetry . . . We Love You!
This is for you, SBS!
Someone asked me recently when I find the time to write. Usually when I'm suffering from insomnia!
Someone asked me recently when I find the time to write. Usually when I'm suffering from insomnia!
This is not product placement.
Now, normally I buy Austin's cleaning products because they are a local company and very affordable. I prefer to support local businesses when I can, and because they don't have to be shipped as far, that saves fuel consumption.
But I HAD to buy this for several reasons.
1. My mom collects teddy bears and she doesn't have a Snuggle Bear this small. (She was thrilled when she saw him, by the way.)
2. I had to rescue this particular little guy because of the expression on his face. I mean really, bear under plastic?!? He's suffocating in there. Poor lil feller!
Friday, June 09, 2006
www.oneword.com (one word - so little time) [sign]
[osquer42]
I was searching for a sign "when suddenly and without warning there this total eclipse of the sun." When I came to, I realized that it wasn't an eclipse it was the sign. Unfortunately for me it was a stop sign and I had been so busy looking for something deeper that I walked right into it.
June 9, 2006 09:06 AM (12:06 EST)
I was searching for a sign "when suddenly and without warning there this total eclipse of the sun." When I came to, I realized that it wasn't an eclipse it was the sign. Unfortunately for me it was a stop sign and I had been so busy looking for something deeper that I walked right into it.
June 9, 2006 09:06 AM (12:06 EST)
55 Fiction Friday
Iris took one last look at the crumbling manuscript that had been the focus of so many recent days. It no longer mattered. There was only the key. She reached out, and with trembling fingers stroked its dusty surface. Those initials… Cold teeth bit into her palm as she clutched the brassy prize once more.
[FIRST] [PREVIOUS] (to be continued...)
This is Martin the gnome...
He was so named because the night I brought him home, I dreamed about buying herbs from Martin Yan of Yan Can Cook! fame. I think I need to get Martin some help. It's an awfully big garden for one gnome to tend.
Thursday, June 08, 2006
www.oneword.com (one word - so little time) [usual]
[osquer42]
I pride myself on being unusual. "I am unique and that makes me rather dangerous." In fact if I feel that I am in danger of becoming predictable, I change. I don't want to be a part of the crowd. I remember when everyone wanted to be a nonconformist. So they all dressed in black, smoked brown cigarettes and stood around looking bored. What I wouldn't have given then for some paisley or plaid.
June 8, 2006 09:50 AM (12:50 EST)
I pride myself on being unusual. "I am unique and that makes me rather dangerous." In fact if I feel that I am in danger of becoming predictable, I change. I don't want to be a part of the crowd. I remember when everyone wanted to be a nonconformist. So they all dressed in black, smoked brown cigarettes and stood around looking bored. What I wouldn't have given then for some paisley or plaid.
June 8, 2006 09:50 AM (12:50 EST)
Recent Obsession - dedicated to my father without whose help this would not have been possible!
Well, here it is, the project that has occupied my thoughts since winter. My herb garden. It is in the design of a compass rose. The direction lines are marked (going clockwise) by parsley (East), sage (South), rosemary (West) and thyme (North). I always plant those four herbs in that order because I love the song Scarborough Fair.
There are three kinds of basil: sweet, purple ruffled and queen of Siam. Then there's dill, oregano, tarragon, germander, celantro, sweet marjoram, chamomile, and chives. The onions and garlic can't be seen yet. I have some St. John's Wort that I just started from seed in the greenhouse (Mom gave me the cutest portable greenhouse approx. 4'x3'x2' - surprisingly useful.) and it will go in front of the chamomile when its big enough. There are four kinds of lavender next to the rocks. (There is a shorter rock behind the one in the foreground.) They are English, French, Spanish and Goodwin Gray Creek.
The flowers are marigolds and violas. I'd like twice as many violas for the boarder, but I can't find any right now. I spaced them evenly so if I find more I can add them. They should expand to a respectable boarder in any case. The dragon is named Nelson (After Lord Admiral Nelson) and he will go on the lower rock. That will free up the taller rock for the sundial that I am going to add as soon as I find the right one.
I haven't decided what to mark the direction lines with. I left space at the end of each row for a post or a rock or something. I wonder if I could get four garden gnomes wearing shirts marked N, S, E, W. Nah, probably not.
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
www.oneword.com (one word - so little time) [gone]
[osquer42]
So many things in my life have gone. Some have gone by the wayside, like plans and ideals that I have outgrown. Others have gone missing like my amethyst necklace and that journal I lost in Vienna. And some have gone on to other things like lovers and friends I still can recall. Some are dead and some are living. In my life I have loved them all.
June 7, 2006 08:16 AM (11:16 EST)
So many things in my life have gone. Some have gone by the wayside, like plans and ideals that I have outgrown. Others have gone missing like my amethyst necklace and that journal I lost in Vienna. And some have gone on to other things like lovers and friends I still can recall. Some are dead and some are living. In my life I have loved them all.
June 7, 2006 08:16 AM (11:16 EST)
Talamasca (Tally to his friends) is not enjoying the thunderstorm!
He's wedged himself under the coffee table.
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
www.oneword.com (one word - so little time) [charged]
[osquer42]
I have been charged with a sacred quest. The quest to find the ultimate cheese. I began with Processed American Cheezefood Product but it didn't have the depth I was seeking. I tried some feta, but it lacked definition. I got a little stuck up in the Brie 'til the Harvarti tempted me. The limburger just stunk!
June 6, 2006 08:10 AM (11:10 EST)
I have been charged with a sacred quest. The quest to find the ultimate cheese. I began with Processed American Cheezefood Product but it didn't have the depth I was seeking. I tried some feta, but it lacked definition. I got a little stuck up in the Brie 'til the Harvarti tempted me. The limburger just stunk!
June 6, 2006 08:10 AM (11:10 EST)
Monday, June 05, 2006
www.oneword.com (one word – so little time) [cross]
[osquer42]
I was a bit cross with him when he interrupted my contemplation of the priceless artifact that I had been seeking for so long. There had to be a way around the ancients' booby-trap. There had to be a way to acquire this treasure. I reached slowly forward toward the crucifix and suddenly a steel spike pierced my hand.
June 5, 2006 08:37 AM (11:37 EST)
I was a bit cross with him when he interrupted my contemplation of the priceless artifact that I had been seeking for so long. There had to be a way around the ancients' booby-trap. There had to be a way to acquire this treasure. I reached slowly forward toward the crucifix and suddenly a steel spike pierced my hand.
June 5, 2006 08:37 AM (11:37 EST)
Sunday, June 04, 2006
My fridge...
haiku for children
Daddy, who turns out
the refrigerator light
when you shut the door?
(written at the suggestion of my father)
the refrigerator light
when you shut the door?
(written at the suggestion of my father)
www.oneword.com (one word - so little time) [leg]
[osquer42]
I haven't got a leg to stand on. That's not true. I know I've got legs because my hamstrings are wound tighter than an obsessive compulsive at a family reunion. I've been gardening between the raindrops, and you don't realize how far away the groud is until you've been bent over sticking things in the mud all day.
June 4, 2006 01:56 PM (16:56 EST)
I haven't got a leg to stand on. That's not true. I know I've got legs because my hamstrings are wound tighter than an obsessive compulsive at a family reunion. I've been gardening between the raindrops, and you don't realize how far away the groud is until you've been bent over sticking things in the mud all day.
June 4, 2006 01:56 PM (16:56 EST)
Allow me to present Buckingham...
...so named because he frequently takes up position, standing on the wire near the hummingbird feeder, like the Palace Guard. He is a ruby-throated hummingbird and my hummingbird feeders are in his territory. I have seen Buckingham chase other hummingbirds away, even females. Sometimes a female manages to sneak in and get a sip. I've planted snapdragons, morning glories, and lobelia for the little darlings. Sometimes I'll hear their faint squeaks right before one zips past my ear! Or is that the garden gnomes laughing?
Saturday, June 03, 2006
www.oneword.com (one word - so little time) [supply]
[osquer42]
I have an ample supply of imagination. I can find faeries lurking in the shadows behind my refrigerator. I can catch the flash of a unicorn's horn in the lone ray of sunlight that breaks through the clouds. And don't even get me started on dragons! I find them in the darndest of places!
June 3, 2006 12:22 PM (15:22 EST)
I have an ample supply of imagination. I can find faeries lurking in the shadows behind my refrigerator. I can catch the flash of a unicorn's horn in the lone ray of sunlight that breaks through the clouds. And don't even get me started on dragons! I find them in the darndest of places!
June 3, 2006 12:22 PM (15:22 EST)
Speaking of Star Wars...
Paperback Writer did a recent post about crushes. I keep meaning to respond to that one. I won't go into my recent crushes now, but my first three were (and still are) quite interesting.
My first crush was Darth Vader. Star Wars was the first film I saw in a theater and I was at a very impressionable age. I came to realize later that I wanted to be Princess Leah. (Oh that Han Solo, but Harrison Ford was a later crush. Don't get me started on Indiana Jones!) I guess I have a thing for villains, too. I always imagined Darth with a handsome but scarred face. That was before Luke pulled off the helmet in Return of the Jedi and showed us that it was really Uncle Fester underneath. What a let down!
My second crush was Dracula. My fascination with vampires is for another post. I'll share some poetry.
As I got a little older, I turned away from the dark side a bit. I discovered Sherlock Holmes! I read every story and novel straight through. I re-read one of the stories recently and rediscovered my love for Doyle's use of language. There's something about a man who plays the violin and smokes a pipe. Plus he's eccentric!
Looking back now I can't help but wonder if I didn't just have a thing for men in cloaks.
My first crush was Darth Vader. Star Wars was the first film I saw in a theater and I was at a very impressionable age. I came to realize later that I wanted to be Princess Leah. (Oh that Han Solo, but Harrison Ford was a later crush. Don't get me started on Indiana Jones!) I guess I have a thing for villains, too. I always imagined Darth with a handsome but scarred face. That was before Luke pulled off the helmet in Return of the Jedi and showed us that it was really Uncle Fester underneath. What a let down! 
My second crush was Dracula. My fascination with vampires is for another post. I'll share some poetry.
As I got a little older, I turned away from the dark side a bit. I discovered Sherlock Holmes! I read every story and novel straight through. I re-read one of the stories recently and rediscovered my love for Doyle's use of language. There's something about a man who plays the violin and smokes a pipe. Plus he's eccentric!Looking back now I can't help but wonder if I didn't just have a thing for men in cloaks.
Say, "Hello," Pendragon!
This is Pendragon, aka Little Evil, aka Scruffy Chicken. Yes. I know he looks like a feather duster, but he's actually a Senegal Parrot. I've managed to cure him of his feather plucking, but he may never attain his former glory. I love him anyway. He refuses to talk although I'm sure he could if he wanted to. I've heard him say "hello" and "step up" when he thinks I'm asleep or if I'm in another room and he wants me to come back, but he won't do it on request. The closest I can get is "low." He does sound effects, though. His favorite is the garbage truck backing up (beep beep beep beep). He does a cough, a sneeze and a zipper being pulled. It took me quite a while to figure out that one. I thought he was kissing. Then one day I zipped a bag shut and heard it echo in his corner. He also does the back door alarm from a house that we no longer live in. He used to imitate an Indian ring-necked parakeet named "Miss Oliver," but I haven't heard that one in a long time. He's just about got the first four notes of Beethoven's 5th down. Sometimes he forgets the first one. And then there's his R2-D2 impression.
Oh, and I forgot to say that he also laughs. He can tell when people are talking about something funny (must be the tone of voice) and often laughs at just the right moment.
Friday, June 02, 2006
www.oneword.com (one word - so little time) [commando]
[osquer42]
I'm a suburban commando. With my lawnmower and my leaf blower I can take on any yard. I can Shawalla the SUV and realign the satellite dish! I can light the tiki torches and fill the air with citronella bliss. And wait till you see what I can do with a BBQ!
June 2, 2006 08:24 AM (11:24 EST)
I'm a suburban commando. With my lawnmower and my leaf blower I can take on any yard. I can Shawalla the SUV and realign the satellite dish! I can light the tiki torches and fill the air with citronella bliss. And wait till you see what I can do with a BBQ!
June 2, 2006 08:24 AM (11:24 EST)
haiku
Just now radio
played "Dani California"
while the heavens wept.
* * * * * * *
It's raining here, SB.
played "Dani California"
while the heavens wept.
* * * * * * *
It's raining here, SB.
55 Fiction Friday
(continued from May 26, 2006)
Ignoring both the box on the table and the still warm body of her fallen mentor, Iris wrenched open the desk drawer. There, beneath a layer of dust, lay the key as it always had. It was tied with the faded lavender ribbon that had once adorned a child’s curls and now encircled her fate.
(to be continued)
Thinking in syllables...
Maybe I’ve been writing too many haiku lately. I already think in syllables. Now I’m finding haiku in songs. I found this one while listening to “Girls On Film” by: Duran Duran on BOB FM this morning.
“And she wonders how
she ever got here as she
goes under again…”
It seemed quite appropriate as I was stuck in traffic on my way to work this morning.
“And she wonders how
she ever got here as she
goes under again…”
It seemed quite appropriate as I was stuck in traffic on my way to work this morning.
haiku:
Thursday, June 1, 2006
Greenhouse owner smiles.
Just as I turn to go, the
Heavens open up.
* * * * * * *
I hope you're happy, Pghguy! I got your thunderstorm yesterday. Just as I decided the greenhouse didn't have anything else in stock that I needed, down came what Forest Gump would describe as "Big Ol' Fat Rain!" The drops were so large that each one made a splat when it landed! I was soaked to the skin in seconds. I loved it!
Greenhouse owner smiles.
Just as I turn to go, the
Heavens open up.
* * * * * * *
I hope you're happy, Pghguy! I got your thunderstorm yesterday. Just as I decided the greenhouse didn't have anything else in stock that I needed, down came what Forest Gump would describe as "Big Ol' Fat Rain!" The drops were so large that each one made a splat when it landed! I was soaked to the skin in seconds. I loved it!
Voluntary Viola faces to make you smile...
These violas grew quite by chance. They surprised me this spring by coming up in a pot that I grew a dwarf eggplant plant in last year. It lived on the deck until I harvested the eggplants. These are the offspring of violas and pansies that lived in pots on the railing above the eggplants. The hybrid seeds must have blown into this pot and these delightful little flowers are the result. I call them "The Voluntary Violas!"
These are for you, SB I hope they make you smile!
Thursday, June 01, 2006
www.oneword.com (one word - so little time) [haste]
[osquer42]
I have been in such haste to figure out where I am going that I forgot to look at what I was passing by. Let alone photograph or write about any of it. Now I want to slow down and take stock of my situation. I want to feel forward slowly with my toes and locate not the safest path, but the one I need to be on.
June 1, 2006 08:09 AM (11:09 EST)
I have been in such haste to figure out where I am going that I forgot to look at what I was passing by. Let alone photograph or write about any of it. Now I want to slow down and take stock of my situation. I want to feel forward slowly with my toes and locate not the safest path, but the one I need to be on.
June 1, 2006 08:09 AM (11:09 EST)
haiku for children
(for Rowan's daughter, Sparky!)
Sparklers sprinkle stars
at my feet as I trace my
name upon the air.
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Sparky's name inspired me to some alliteration! I still love sparklers. As a girl, I could never write my name in the snow, but I could write it on the July air and laugh to feel the faint prick of sparks as they scattered. I know this Independance Day I will write my own name and Sparky's on the sky and delight in knowing that some things still feel the same no matter how grown up I get!
Sparklers sprinkle stars
at my feet as I trace my
name upon the air.
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Sparky's name inspired me to some alliteration! I still love sparklers. As a girl, I could never write my name in the snow, but I could write it on the July air and laugh to feel the faint prick of sparks as they scattered. I know this Independance Day I will write my own name and Sparky's on the sky and delight in knowing that some things still feel the same no matter how grown up I get!
In The Royal Box - a 55 Fiction Fantasy
“My Lady, he turned. “Will you see if I’ve left my program?” He recalled placing it on the rail.
She picked it up in her gloved hand, “Here it is, Your Majesty.”
He took her in his arms, “Won’t you call me Caspian?” He pressed his lips to hers.
“Caspian,” she murmured, closing her eyes.
She picked it up in her gloved hand, “Here it is, Your Majesty.”
He took her in his arms, “Won’t you call me Caspian?” He pressed his lips to hers.
“Caspian,” she murmured, closing her eyes.
It may not look like much, yet...
It may not look like much yet, but here is my new garden! I'm so happy to finally get these veggies in the ground. Some of them need a little TLC, but I have high hopes. I can almost taste the salsa now! Of course, I have to start on the herb garden next. That's an ambitious project which I won't describe yet. Better to show the photo when it's done. At least the bed is tilled! Wish me luck! Now where's that rain the weatherman promised me?
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haiku:
Tiny green shoots in
damp brown earth - I planted a
new garden today.
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