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Wednesday's Words on a Friday

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  The original Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and eventually taken over by a moveable feast of participants when Delores had computer troubles. Sadly, Delores has now closed her blog forever due to other problems. The aim of the words is to encourage us to write. A story, a poem, whatever comes to mind. If you are posting an entry on your own blog, please let us know so we can come along to read it and add a few encouraging words. This month the words/prompts are supplied by Charlotte and can be found here This week's words/prompts are:  1. building 2. tailfeather 3. trees 4. metal 5. cloak 6. linen  and/or:  1. boots 2. ring 3. spirit 4. opera mints 5. phone 6. whole Also including Charlotte's colour of the month: light ivory Here is my story. The light ivory linen curtain was yanked aside rather roughly to reveal a slightly wobbly stage setting with artificial trees in pots fronting a cardboard building decorated to resemble a castle. The foreground “lake” looked
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Sunday Selections # 698

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 Long ago, Kim of Frog Ponds Rock, (who no longer blogs), dreamed up a meme called Sunday Selections.  A place where those who were willing could put up photos they wanted to share, new, old, good, bad or indifferent, any photos you please.  Nothing rude or vulgar though. And we don't mind at all if other bloggers care to join us. The meme is now continued by Elephant's Child and I join in as do a few others. Andrew is one.  Messymimi is another. Drop in to their blogs and have a look. Wisewebwoman has also been joining us occasionally. blog friend Iris posted recently about the colours of the 70s with all the oranges, lime greens and sunshine yellows, so I hunted up this old photo from 1977, with the orange curtain, the orange bedspread over the orange sofa (much easier to wash a bedspread than a couch) and the orange and pink and white cushion. That's my older son M. this beautiful clock which I saw in an episode of "White Collar" has some orange and this h
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Wednesday's Words on a Friday

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  The original Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and eventually taken over by a moveable feast of participants when Delores had computer troubles. Sadly, Delores has now closed her blog forever due to other problems. The aim of the words is to encourage us to write. A story, a poem, whatever comes to mind. If you are posting an entry on your own blog, please let us know so we can come along to read it and add a few encouraging words. This month the words/prompts are supplied by Charlotte and can be found here This week's words/prompts are:  1. harvest 2. golden 3. moon 4. gentle 5. cut 6. stones  and/or:  1. order 2. panic 3. quince 4. roses 5. solilioquy 6. table Also including Charlotte's colour of the month which is light ivory. Here is my story: It had been a good growing season and the harvest had come in just right, enough to feed the family, enough to store for the coming winter and a bit left over to sell or trade. Jethro looked over his fields with pride, the w
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Sunday Selections # 697

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 Long ago, Kim of Frog Ponds Rock, (who no longer blogs), dreamed up a meme called Sunday Selections.  A place where those who were willing could put up photos they wanted to share, new, old, good, bad or indifferent, any photos you please.  Nothing rude or vulgar though. And we don't mind at all if other bloggers care to join us. The meme is now continued by Elephant's Child and I join in as do a few others. Andrew is one.  Messymimi is another. Drop in to their blogs and have a look. Wisewebwoman has also been joining us occasionally. Read this text before scrolling down please: "Gen went up to J and said a heap of stuff in toddler language, then said ok?  When he said ok, she said ok back and went off to hang the washing.  She must have been asking if she could first." It's a big job but mum could use the help this is fun almost done last one In my garden: the Jades (Crassula) are flowering the aeoniums are so dense only one of the three planter pots is vis
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Wednesday's Words on a Friday

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  The original Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and eventually taken over by a moveable feast of participants when Delores had computer troubles. Sadly, Delores has now closed her blog forever due to other problems. The aim of the words is to encourage us to write. A story, a poem, whatever comes to mind. If you are posting an entry on your own blog, please let us know so we can come along to read it and add a few encouraging words. This month the words/prompts are supplied by Charlotte and can be found here This week's words/prompts are:   1. agile 2. bleak 3. comfort 4. dull 5. even 6. full and : a photo which I have included. Also included is Charlotte's colour of the month: light ivory Here is my story: I sat unnoticed in a sunny corner of the terrace as the crowd of young men sipped their beers and told their tales of daring and bravado. Skiing the toughest slopes, whitewater rafting, riding camels across a desert, skydiving, even mountain climbing, and here I lis
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things I read elsewhere

  without art, Earth is just Eh before computers, a program was something on televison
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heard on the TV news...

 ...last Friday evening: In Sydney, for rent:  an enclosed balcony with a bed on it. $360 per week. Three hundred and sixty dollars per week!! Boggles the mind doesn't it?
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