Okay, I just had to share one more “Three” photo from the Weekly Challenge when I ran across this one. This is my one and only grandchild, enjoying cake on her 2nd birthday. She had to have the three Disney princesses on the plate. She loves cake and didn’t appear to even notice that I […]
[Continue reading...]Weekly Photo Challenge: Threes
February 22, 2014 12 Comments
This week for the photo challenge at said, “IN A NEW POST PUBLISHED SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS CHALLENGE, SHARE “THREE.” I took this while in Texas visiting my youngest daughter. We had just enjoyed lunch and tea at the Ambrosia Tea Room in Salado. We were enjoying a nice walk together in the crisp November air. […]
[Continue reading...]A word fitly spoken
February 21, 2014 Leave a Comment
Originally posted on Long walks and dark chocolate:
I am enchanted by words. I always have been. Words allow us to express our innermost thoughts in written and oral form. They are bountiful and can be captivating, refreshing and motivating and without them we would feel frustrated when trying to make a point. Words can…
Weekly Writing Challenge: The Sound of Silence
February 17, 2014 2 Comments
The Weekly Writing Challenge was to take the theme of silence and explore it in your own way. I used a fictional story and I hope you enjoy! Mr. Rogers yelled, “Silence!”, and then in a more subdued voice said, “I don’t want to hear one noise out of you until everyone has completed this […]
[Continue reading...]Someone needs a Valentine
February 13, 2014 1 Comment
I love Valentine’s Day and I’m not the least bit ashamed to admit it. I have always been a sucker for anything heart shaped, although I’ve always wondered where the shape originated from, because it certainly isn’t the human heart. Add to that my adoration for chocolate and cards with loving sentiments, and I’m a […]
[Continue reading...]Weekly Photo Challenge: Selfie
February 8, 2014 Leave a Comment
I will have to admit that I wasn’t too thrilled with this week’s photo challenge. “Selfies” get a lot of negative press so I didn’t want to take the normal approach. If you are at all like me, it would take 50 selfies for me to get one that I like if I was going […]
[Continue reading...]Weekly Writing Challenge: Leave Your Shoes at the Door
February 2, 2014 4 Comments
The writing prompt at The Daily Post, said, “This week, we’re asking you to consider things from a different point of view — to walk a mile in someone’s shoes.” If I understood correctly, we are to write from the perspective of someone else. Here’s my attempt: “Honk, honk, honnnnnnnkkkk”. The young man slowed as […]
[Continue reading...]Weekly Photo Challenge: Object
January 31, 2014 2 Comments
Believe it or not, this lonely little green plastic toy soldier has the power to induce blatant bawling in this nana. My one and only grandchild lives almost 13 hours away, so we don’t get to see her as much as we would like to. Her daddy is a U.S. Marine and they are stationed […]
[Continue reading...]Sleeping with the Enemy
January 27, 2014 6 Comments
When I was a little girl, I remember my Poppy dozing off in his recliner sometimes after he read the paper. He would snore and we would giggle. It was a comforting sound to me, but then again I wasn’t trying to sleep at the time. I was having a sleepover at Granny and Pops. […]
[Continue reading...]Weekly Photo Challenge: Juxtapostion
January 25, 2014 3 Comments
A juxtaposition is “the act of placing things side by side, especially for the purpose of comparison or contrast” This challenge reminded me of a frequent occurrence during a particular period of time when I was young. Some afternoons, my dad liked to “take a ride” with the family in his pickup truck down one of […]
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