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Category: Life
My goodness, how the week has flown by. It is already Friday and time to feature some of the wonderful posts that I have enjoyed this week. There are actually an extra two, that for some reason, did not make it into last week’s post so I have included those as well.
Please visit these wonderful blogs and see what else you are missing, you will not be disappointed!
Erika Kind This post was very enlightening, and something I am still working on doing. Erika always has a quote or some words of wisdom to inspire and encourage, and I hope you will check out her new book whilst you are there too.
Jen’s Pen Den I always love to learn new things, as well as brush up on things I thought I already knew but actually hadn’t perhaps got quite right! Jen is wonderful at explaining things as well as illustrating her point with examples.
Myths of the Mirror. This was a great post that raised a very valid point, but of course, me being such an idiot roared my head off at the pics Diana created. Brilliant! #
Joeyfully Stated This was a typical Joey post. Telling it as it is in her own unique style, but what she says always makes sense, and usually makes me smile too!
Little steps to Somewhere This post brought back memories of when I was a teenager trying to make myself look gorgeous (and failing)!
Sacha Black This post was just adorable! It made me laugh and took me back a few years! The end result was just perfect, though.
Behind Distant doors I have met a few of these characters and Azul has got it spot-on with her brilliant poem!
Well, I am spoiling you all this week with a veritable feast! Enjoy!
Happy Friday!
Today for Photography 101, we are to post a photo of ‘bliss.’ This could be anything that brings us joy and happiness. Also, the task is to caption the photo.
This was quite easy for me actually as this photo captures several elements that are important to make in making me happy.
Firstly, being with family; yes we get on each other’s nerves at times and we have our quarrels, but we also have a great laugh as well, and some wonderful times together.
Food.Whenever there is food around, I am happy! Especially if it is a BBQ.
Fine weather. Now I love a bit of sunshine and sitting outside on a warm summer’s evening. I am a bit fussy though in that if it is too hot, I will moan (there is no pleasing some people, I know)!
The only thing missing from this picture is the beach. I do love swimming in the sea, and lazing about on the sand feasting on a picnic!
“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you.”
-A.A. Milne
I thought that I would join in with Ron and Colleen’s Writer’s quote Wednesday writing challenge this week. I love the way they have given it a bit of a revamp and now we can choose to write poetry and haiku as well as flash fiction, that means that I can have a go too.
Here is my take on romance:
I am an affectionate person
With a lot of love in my soul
I want to make you so happy
Bringing light to your life is my goal
I hate to see anyone crying
And it hurts me to see you in pain
I want to make everything better
And make sure you’re smiling again
To hold onto your hand when you’re frightened
To make sure you know that I’m there
I want to allay all your worries
And show you just how much that I care
A smile or a joke passed between us
Or the meaning behind a quick glance
The love we still have together
This old codger’s idea of romance!
Today we were given ‘water ‘ to photograph, and also to take the shot from a vertical angle, and then to turn it around so that it is horizontal.
Well, water was rather a fitting subject for today seeing as it was lashing with rain for most of the day! I didn’t want to photograph the rain though preferring to capture some actual water.
Some of my visits this morning were to an elderly care home and I usually park my car just outside, by a little bridge that goes over this stream. Today I had a new colleague with me and the weather was absolutely filthy. The wind nearly blew us over and the driving rain pounded us as we walked the short distance to the home.
However when we had finished, the rain had stopped so I managed to get these photos. My colleague, however, was disappointed with me as she thought that for the ‘water’ theme, it would be far better if she drove my car into the huge puddles that were everywhere and I took the photo as I got drenched by the splash! She is going to fit into our team pretty well by the sounds of it, having such a cruel sense of humour!
By the way, as far as orientation goes, I actually thought that in this case the horizontal angle works better, despite the stream running downwards!
Wednesdays are one of my favourite days, as it when I get the chance to dig up weird, wacky or just plain wonderful word and give it an airing. This week’s word is one that I always associate with the good old British ‘Carry on Films’ of which of course, I am a fan!
They were packed with double entendres and innuendo, even the character’s names were dodgy most of the time. That is why they appealed to me so much. anyway, without further ado here is the word in question!
Saucy. Bawdy and ribald are all about this word, brash and brazen, even flirty and fresh. This is not a shy word, oh no, more of a salacious and smutty, improper or even indecent kind of invitation where you might get more than you bargained for!
This is also the type of word that is cheeky and cocky; the smart-arse that knows it all, being disrespectful and defiant. The sassy little sod that has an answer for everything and has no respect for authority!
Today, we are taking photos of a street for Photography 101. Again there is to be no fancy editing or anything, just the photo, preferably a wide angle shot. (I decided that I should black out the number plates, but that is the only editing I did)!
Armed with my Samsung S6 phone (aka my camera) I took this photo of the street which leads up to the square where I live.
As it was early in the morning, the cars still had the frost on the windows, and it was pretty quiet around. The blue sky promised a sunny day, which it delivered although it was still pretty chilly.
This town where I have lived off and on since I was 13 years old has grown considerably over the years, and new housing developments are springing up all over the place. So much so, that I often have to rely on my Sat Nav when going out on my visits, as I am unfamiliar with some of the new areas in town!
As some of you may know, I enrolled myself on the Photography 101 course as my skills are seriously lacking! I do try and take some photos to accompany my posts but they are a bit hit and miss.
The very first thing we have been asked to do is to take a photo of ‘home’ and whatever that means to us. No fancy editing here, just a good old plain photo.
Home to me is my front room. We have quite a small house so it really is the room where I spend most of my time. Home, of course, is also where my family are. Mr Grump and Roxy snuggled up together is a very common sight. Miss Hap is normally up in her room blasting out Justin Bieber songs or something, but I ‘encouraged’ (bribed) her to be in the photo.
As you can see, she is lolling all over the settee with her phone clamped tightly in her sweaty little mitts! Oh, and the daffies you can see in the photo were an extra Mother’s day prezzie (I got a lovely teddy and also a cushion), she had picked for me ‘from the roadside’ (I am hoping not to get a bang on the door from an irate neighbour whose garden has been pillaged!)!
This week Ron has given us ‘class’ and ‘firm’ to work with for his weekly haiku challeng. I found this very difficult this week, but here is my attempt:
I am very thrilled and delighted to show you my beautiful, shiny new book! Chris at The Story Reading Ape has done an absolutely brilliant job of designing the perfect cover for it too. He was so helpful and accommodating to me, despite my inexperience in these matters and problems with my e-mail!
At the moment, it is available at CreateSpace, and is now available on Kindle and Amazon.
As I mentioned in my earlier post, I had been encouraged to publish a collection of my poems, and now I have finally done it! I do love to rhyme things and this book is pretty much a compilation of some of my favourites! I have even included some of the raunchier ones to add a little extra spice!
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