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The Good Salad: “Lunchtime” Weekly Photo Challenge
Today’s weekly photo challenge is “Lunchtime,” and what we have for lunch. As it’s Friday, and I’m Catholic, that means no meat. However, I will toast Pope Francis I and wish him well with my glass of wine, while I enjoy what we fondly call The Good Salad. Lettuce, grapes, green apples, and feta cheese adorn the salad. The dressing is homemade. Once you taste this dressing, you’ll never want store-bought dressing ever again! Cheers!
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Thank You Time
My friend, Amy Nelson, got me feeling sentimental this morning with her post about nostalgic songs…So…This is a long overdue thank you to those of you who’ve helped, followed, and supported all my crazy endeavors over the last couple of years. Thanks to you, we’ve reached over 3,000 followers of the blog, and have received over 67,000 hits on The Scribe in addition to almost 39,000 hits on my dear friends’ international magazine website at Paperblog. I’ve met some cool people through blogging and launching an independent novel, and I’m very thankful. The folks at Readers’ Favorite have been fantastic, and the awards ceremony last fall was a blast. And…
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Lost In The Details —Weekly Photo Challenge
I really liked what Christopher Martin had to say in today’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge. As an amateur photographer, with a keen interest in “seeing things in spectacular ways,” I am drawn to using my camera as a tool in creativity. I am only 5’1″, so I tend to shoot low to high anyway (I’m coming back in my next life as a tall person), plus I like to play with angles. Here are four shots whereby I got completely lost in the details.
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A Comedy of “Goofy” Errors
We should have known better. We should never have taken the second trip. Our first vacation had been so amazing—everything ran like clockwork and all had been right with the world—why did we tempt fate? Because we were glutton for punishment. Like all seemingly well-meaning parents, we decided to take our kids BACK to Disney, because, well, once was not enough. And so we ventured back in the month of May because it suited our schedules. We had taken our first trip in October a year and a half before. As soon as the plane landed, it was all downhill from there. On Day #1, my daughter became ill. It…
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Forward & Forward Thinkers —Weekly Photo Challenge
As it was just President’s Day and my son and daughter are both learning about the American Revolution and aspects of it, George Washington came to mind as a forward thinking man. Sure, there are more contemporary forward thinkers, but I took this photo in Philadelphia last year, and I love the way it came out. It was a cold, grey day, but the city always shines. George Washington, along with all the men who fought for our country’s independence, set up a system of government that still works better than any other I know today; they were all brave, forward-thinking people. I have the utmost respect and admiration for…
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…And Then There’s A Rainbow…
It hasn’t been a particularly good 2013 so far. There’s been a lot going on in my life personally, and it’s been tough so far. I’m working through it, but you know, life ain’t always easy. So yesterday, after I blogged about my wicked tornado nightmares as part of the daily prompt that WordPress offers, I ran some errands after work, and as I was pulling into my street, there it was. A rainbow. It was such a fitting way to end the day…after referencing “The Wizard of Oz” and talking about nightmares, and after dealing with the chaos that has been my life for the last few months, a…
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Three Haunting Recurring Nightmares – What Do They Mean?
Today’s Daily Prompt: Describe the last nightmare you remember having. What do you think it meant? ~~~~~~~~~~ I have three recurring nightmares that happen periodically, with the third one happening most frequently. First: I have a nightmare that my teeth are loose. Most people do, right? What does this mean? Does it mean we hated losing our teeth, or just remembered the sensation that we went through and our subconscious holds on to that memory? I’ve never been able to figure this out, though many dream books do say it’s one of the most common of all dreams. Second: I used to have the nightmare that I was in college…
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Shoulda Woulda Coulda — Daily Prompt
Today’s WordPress Daily Prompt entitled Shoulda Woulda Coulda asks us to tell about something you should do…but don’t. * * * So…here goes…complete honesty… I was going to write this post today and call it something else, but then I saw the Daily Post prompt, and I knew it was perfect for me. What I should do, but don’t do, is stop worrying about aging. Seriously. I think about it every day. It can often consume me. I’m not a fan of getting older, and the thought of the number 50 is just daunting. It’s two and a half years away for me, but I’m not at all enamored with…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: HOME
In this week’s photo challenge, we had to select a photograph that in some way means “Home.” I selected this photograph—one I took over the summer—of the beach in Ulmstead, where I grew up and where my parents still live. I got a new camera last year, and I went out one day and practiced taking all sorts of photos. This playset is one that has been around since I was little, as you can see by its aged look. I think that’s part of its charm; the beach is so beautiful, and there are picnic tables and steps that take you to the Magothy River. It’s one of my…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Unique
I decided to participate again this week in the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge. The word we had to “show” through photography was “unique.” This week’s photo is one I took last May when my husband and I vacationed at The Breakers in Palm Beach, Florida. We took a guided bike tour along North Lake Trail, which brought us to Henry Flagler’s House and into some neighborhoods, and then along the beach and back to The Breakers. These flowers were so unique, I had to stop and admire their beauty. I’m not even sure if this photograph does them justice.
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Weekly Photo Challenge: LOVE
WordPress has a weekly photo challenge. It gives you one word, and you must pick a photo that you feel depicts that one word. Here he is. He stands for love.
