Flower of the Day – May 21, 2018 – A Surprise In My Forest
Aren’t these little daisy-like flowers pretty? I found them blooming near the edge of my forest. I think they are actually weeds. But who cares? They are all over and I love them.
Wanda
Share Your World – May 21, 2018
Here are the questions and my answers for May, 21, 2018.
What household chore do you absolutely enjoy doing?
I have always loved spring cleaning. You know the rip everything apart type of cleaning. It always makes me feel good after my house has been given the spring treatment. As for the day to day stuff in the house, that’s just work for me.
Create a sentence with the words “neon green” and train”.
My grandson Andrew has always like neon green just like his mama, and they have always loved trains.
Other than your cell phone what can you always be found with?
I rarely go anywhere without my camera. I have learned that the best photo ops happen when I don’t have it with me.
What did you appreciate or what made you smile this past week? Feel free to use a quote, a photo, a story, or even a combination.
This past Friday, I attended my grandsons’ school play. Aidan was unable to perform in the play due to his missing dress rehearsal. He was stationed at the door to welcome visiting parents and families.
His older brother Andrew was in the play. That is him with the mass of red curls in the above picture. This particular part of the play was acting out a poem about taking out the trash. It was really cute.
The entire production was the recitation of poems with acting out the scenes. I was so proud of Andrew. I smiled the whole time. 🙂
Wanda
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It’s My Story
Daily Prompt: Awkward
“I smile because you’re my Daughter, then I laugh because there’s nothing you can do about it!” Unknown
Have you ever had one of those awkward moments when someone says something and you have to hold your breath for the explosion to happen? Here’s an example of what I mean.
I was with my daughter and her family on Friday. We had gone to see the play my grandsons were in at their school. Following the play, which was really cute by the way, we all went out to lunch.
We are sitting at the table when our waitress asked my daughter if she and I were sisters. Now, I don’t think that we look the same age, but apparently either she is looking older or I am looking younger. I prefer to think the latter.
I held my breath until I was sure my daughter was not going to blow up at the waitress. Thankfully she has a great sense of humor and just shrugged it off. However, for a second or two it was a little tense at our table.
The thing is, just the week before at my granddaughter’s dance competition the same thing happened to us. So clearly me losing weight, wearing makeup again, and dressing like I belong in this century has made me look younger. That’s my story and I am sticking to it. 🙂
Wanda
Awww… Mondays
I am joining Awww Mondays hosted by Comedy Plus. Click the here to join in the fun.
This family of geese lives in a pond near my local gas station. I love to take photos of them. 🙂
Wanda
TIME TO VOTE for the 2018-2019 One Liner Wednesday Badge!
Don’t forget to vote for your favorite logo.
The time has come! All the entries–all nine of them!–for this year’s One-Liner Wednesday badge contest are in. The designs are fantastic, so make sure you have a look at all of them before you vote. It’s going to be another close race this year.
Please note the descriptions I’ve given them: they’ll be what you vote for on the poll. Here they are, in the order they entered the contest. Just click to visit each one:
Blue Sky and Clouds by Hip to be Snark
Peace, Love, and Please by Cheryl
I encourage the contestants and all their supporters to share their choices for best badge far and wide. Get all your friends…
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#Weekly Tanka Prompt #Poetry Challenge – Week 97 – Bouquet & Greenery
shades of peach and white
roses, lilies, greenery
small yellow berries
the garden in my hand says
I will love you forever
Wanda
Weekly Tanka Challenge Week 49
This is my first attempt at tanka.
The Weekly Tanka Challenge is hosted on Ramblings of a Writer. If you would like to give it a try, just click the link.
Weekly Tanka Challenge Week 49 Prompt Animals & Sunshine.
walking on the beach
watching the waves roll in
pipers being chased
summer sunshine warms my face
and animals warm my heart
Wanda
IMHO
Daily Prompt: Narcissism, Pedigree, Thin, Infect, Premature, Complication
“It is not your blue blood, your pedigree, or your college degree. It’s what you do with your life that counts.” Millard Fuller
This is one of my favorite quotes. I think it says everything about what is important in our lives. The days of getting by on your laurels are long over. A name doesn’t mean anything without doing something with that name. Without doing something for the greater good.
It’s true, in the United States we do not have Royalty. But we have our share of famous families which were thinly veiled with prestige and a class of their own making. Our own made up royalty if you will.
This behavior can be infectious to our society. We have tuned celebrities and athletes into superstars that we treat as royalty. They become role models for our children, which for the most part is not a good thing. Many of them have behaviors which are not something that should be celebrated. Money and what it can buy is taken as a status that avails premature accolades and a false idea of what is important in life.
I am not saying that all celebrities and athletes are a bad example. There are many who give back and behave like responsible adults that we are happy for our kids to look up to. Unfortunately, our media does not focus on them. They would rather hone in on those narcissistic individuals which in my opinion just celebrates their poor behavior.
Life is more than what we can have and can buy. It’s being a part of a community big and small. It’s learning how to love, help, and support each other, not bring each other down. There is so much violence in the world today. Kids shooting up schools, clubs, and concerts being attacked with automatic weapons, violence is all around us. My personal opinion is that a lot of it stems from the violence on TV, the movies, and video games. When is the last time a video game which has a non-violent aspect to it was advertised on TV? Violence is what sells today.
All this makes being a parent difficult. When it seems that the whole world is saying hate, violence and sex are the right way it is very hard to get through to our kids that peace, love, and good morals are the right way.
For those who don’t know what the title of this means, it is an acronym for In My Humble Opinion.
Wanda
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge
I Dance
Three Line Tales Week 120. To join in on the fun go here.
I dance for myself. Not for applause. Not for praise or accolades. I dance because it is the very air I need to breathe. The very sustenance for life. I am praising the Lord doing what He created me to do. He is the only audience I need.
Wanda
Cookies & Moo 