Words for Wednesday 24/4/2024

 

This meme was started by Delores a long time ago.  Computer issues led her to bow out for a while.  The meme was too much fun to let go, and now Words for Wednesday is provided by a number of people and has become a movable feast. 

Essentially the aim is to encourage us to write.  Each week we are given a choice of prompts: which can be words, phrases, music or an image.   What we do with those prompts is up to us:  a short story, prose, a song, a poem, or treating them with ignore...  We can use some or all of the prompts, and mixing and matching is encouraged. 

 

Some of us put our creation in comments on the post, and others post on their own blog.  I would really like it if as many people as possible joined into this fun meme, which includes cheering on the other participants.  If you are posting on your own blog - let me know so that I, and other participants, can come along and applaud.  And huge thanks to those of you who come back, sometimes time after time to cheer other contributors on.

 

The prompts will be here this month. An additional prompt from Charlotte (MotherOwl) is to include Water Blue in your creations from the prompts.

 

This week's prompts are:

 

1. Foxglove
2. Summer
3. Missing
4. Event
   
5. South

 

And/or

 

 

Sunday Selections #770

 

Sunday Selections was originally brought to us by Kim, of Frogpondsrock, as an ongoing meme where participants could post previously unused photos languishing in their files. Huge thanks to Cie who gave me this wonderful Sunday Selections image. 

The meme was then continued by River at Drifting through life.  Sadly she has now stepped aside (though she will join us some weeks), and I have accepted the mantle. 

 

The rules are so simple as to be almost non-existent.  Post some photos under the title Sunday Selections and link back to me. Clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen.

 

I usually run with a theme. Autumn is here.  We are having cool nights and mostly sunny days.  Bliss.  And I am delighting in the autumnal colour (which I call arboreal fireworks).  I live in a leafy street.  Most of our native trees are evergreens (Australia has just one true temperate deciduous native tree – the deciduous beech or Fagus found in Tasmania).

Just the same, there are plenty of imports to enjoy.  Again, come wander with me.

 

Just because the seasons are messing with my mind, the photo above is of ranunculas - emerging months too early.

 Blogger continues to exhibit some irritating quirks.  It sends comments (including my own) to spam, while letting some spam though.  I cannot at the moment subscribe to follow up comments.  And it chose the order for the photographs in this post.

Just the same, there is beauty in the world.  I hope you find it, and colour and joy in your week.

Words for Wednesday 17/4/2024

 

 

This meme was started by Delores a long time ago.  Computer issues led her to bow out for a while.  The meme was too much fun to let go, and now Words for Wednesday is provided by a number of people and has become a movable feast. 

Essentially the aim is to encourage us to write.  Each week we are given a choice of prompts: which can be words, phrases, music or an image.   What we do with those prompts is up to us:  a short story, prose, a song, a poem, or treating them with ignore...  We can use some or all of the prompts, and mixing and matching is encouraged.

Some of us put our creation in comments on the post, and others post on their own blog.  I would really like it if as many people as possible joined into this fun meme, which includes cheering on the other participants.  If you are posting on your own blog - let me know so that I, and other participants, can come along and applaud. 

This month I am providing the prompts.

Charlotte (MotherOwl) has selected water blue as the colour of the month.  If you can include it in your story she and I will be grateful.

This week's prompts are:

• Antique
• Guide
• Celebration
• Journal
• Expressive
  

 

And/or

 

• A little bird told me
• Cat got your tongue?
• Every dog has his day
  

 

As always, have fun.

 

Sunday Selections #669

Sunday Selections was originally brought to us by Kim, of Frogpondsrock, as an ongoing meme where participants could post previously unused photos languishing in their files. Huge thanks to Cie who gave me this wonderful Sunday Selections image. 

The meme was then continued by River at Drifting through life.  Sadly she has now stepped aside (though she will join us some weeks), and I have accepted the mantle. 

 

The rules are so simple as to be almost non-existent.  Post some photos under the title Sunday Selections and link back to me. Clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen.

 

I usually run with a theme. This week it is snippets from home.

I delight in the sky and for a change these are shots of a sunset rather than a dawn.

 And a softer sunset (when my hands weren't shaking as much as they were on the earlier ones).

And then to the garden.  While I was on a break I did work in the garden.  More needs to be done.  The tuberous begonias are blooming anyway.

Autumn has arrived here and the days (and particularly the nights) are a lot cooler.

Next week I hope to take a walk and show you the arboreal firework display in my area.  I hope your week is blooming lovely.