Alphabe-Thursday - 30 April 2014

I've been tardy, actually missing from Jenny's class for a few letters, but I'm branching out with her letter "X" this week!  I sure miss seeing Miss Jenny, and her class around blogosphere!

ALPHABE-THURSDAY

My letter "X" for today is for Xylology- The study of wood.

I recently have fallen into Piku poetry and will use the 3-1-4-1-5-9-2-6 format of syllables per line.

Natural

Old

Mysterious

Chop

Wood found in one's path.

Xylophilous, a walk in the woods.

Leafy

Whispering, woody grove.

Thank you for sharing xylomancy ( examining wood found in one's path) imagine being an xyloplist (one who sells wood) or taking a course in xylology ( study of wood) of course it goes without saying one must be an xylophilous (fond of wood) so a wooding we shall wander!

My Piku syllable lines of 3-1-4-1-5-9-2-6.

Natural

old

mysterious

chop

wood found in one's path

xylophilous, a walk in the woods

leafy

whispering, woody grove.

To view other Alphabe-Thursday posts go here.

Thematic Photographic - 292 Reflective

I often find myself caught up in reflections.  On so many levels.

THEMATIC PHOTOGRAPHIC

Fleeting sunlight played across the room at lunch on Saturday.  I couldn't resist the action.  Excusing myself  briefly, my friend laughed while I snapped! 

Reflections are everywhere.

For more reflections go here!

The Mag - 217

"If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry."  Emily Dickinson

Yesterday, a few bloggers I share Six Word Saturday postings every Saturday morning discussed,
Piku.

What is Piku?  It's a form of poetry much like haiku.  Instead of 5-7-5 format, Piku uses pi as its base.  The number of syllables in each line, corresponds to the numbers of pi.
The first line of Piku contains three syllables, one syllable for the second line and four syllables for the third line, just like pi, 3.14159265358979323846.

THE MAG

A Dog and 
His 
Writer Master

Good-natured
calm
heartwarming pup.

Cultural
apt
Compassionate.

Their first book
fine
gripping success!

Thank you Tess Kincaid for bringing Magpie tales to life, and this engaging photo.

Scavenger Hunt Sunday - 27 April 2014

It's time to begin another scavenger hunt!  Are you with me?

SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY

Bubbles

Jump

Is it safe to jump now?

Pajamas

Decorating eggs in Pajamas!

From the Linden Hills Neighborhood

Pajamas on animal mannequins.

Blur

Are they putting a spell on kitty cat, Jasmine?

Too blurry to tell, but yep, I think so! 

Chalk

Check this out live from a Stillwater Brewery.

Thank you for stopping by to share in Ashley Sisk's, Scavenger Hunt Sunday, with me.

To see more go here.

The Prompt with Imaginary Garden 26 April 2014

Willing to WELCOME,  "The Prompt Brought to you by the Letter W" at "Imaginary garden with real toads."

WOOLGATHERING

Welcome.

Wandering while wondering

what whimsical whatever

worthy whatsit will work

with Warhol Wonders?

Whether witches

 without wherewithal

wasting ways

working wonders,

warrant wine 

while waking whining 

werewolves?

Why warp,

whaling windswept ways
waver

washy, wonky

 wily wicked words-

whilst waltzing when withdrawal

won't win.

Wacky, wholesome witty witches

will wager

while whatever wacky war

we welcome

waiting, wishful witches!

Written for The Prompt Brought to you by the Letter W with these instructions.  From Imaginary garden with real toads.

We are almost to the finish line, Toads! We can do it! Let’s wander with some wonderful words for when we’re waxing... it’s your W word list:

words

worthy

work

wherewithal

werewolf

wonder

wonky

wily

whatever

welcome

winsome

why

wine

wind

wander

Write like the wind! Work with some of these and add your own W words. Wow us! Can’t wait.

Six Word Saturday - 26 April 2014

EVER HAVE THE URGE TO RETURN?

SIX WORD SATURDAY

There I am in Red Rock Canyon outside of Las Vegas, Nevada!  Always an exciting adventure. 

"There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered."  Nelson Mandela

Thematic Photographic - 2 # 291

Carmi is still asking for a shot of chaos from your world.

THEMATIC PHOTOGRAPHIC 

In this case the grass is greener on the other side of the fence!

Just through this chaos, is a golf course in Northfield, Minnesota.

Grab your clubs!

Have you brought your chaos to TP yet?  Go here.

Good Fences - # 5 24 April 2014

"There is no fence nor hedge round time that is gone.  You can go back and have what you like of it if you can remember."  Philip Dune

Please join me on this week's visit to Dakota City!

GOOD FENCES #5

A FENCE PORTAL
and a Secret Mission!
One of these photos (not the one after the poem) doesn't belong here.  See if you can guess which one it is.

Come stroll along with me.

What do we spy through here?  Golf anyone?

Thanks for visiting the Dakota City Heritage Village.

Come Dakota County Fair time, this place will be crawling, with a great many characters springing  to life!


To check out other Good Fences please go here.

Whozits and Whatzits Galore

I thought I'd link up with Imaginary garden with real toads this week, by joining the Poems in April: Whozits an Whatzits Galore.

WHOZITS AND WHATZITS GALORE

Goddesses
(looking for a good home)

Goddesses of

victory in war 
and wisdom

we're not.

Hailing outside of

 Athena Nike's dome

we're not.

Stuck on a shelf 

is more our true self.

Unless of

course you're lonesome
and hailing from
 the Isle of Rhumb
you'll take us home.

Since the beginning of rhyme, we promise you a real good time!

Oh please, oh please take us home this time.

The Mag

"In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt!"  Margaret Atwood

THE MAG # 216

Posted by Tess Kincaid another Magpie

Finland, 1968, photo by George F. Mobley

I dare say,
"It does appear to be a hunt, I know it!

But for what, I know not?

Blown away by wind and wet

by sight I know it!"

Eva, Can I See Bees In A Cave?

Every body's speaking of it.

Being forever trapped in this unsparing cave
in springless wave

a most paragon of virtue

and innocent pallor

of feral instinct

knowing of spring

yet not having it.

This evil aristocrat 

jaunty daredevil

of truth in a tweed suit

denial of it

being in blasted spirit
yet living this Graupel skit

we desire nothing of it.

Thematic Photographic - Chaotic

"Life is nothing without a little chaos to make it interesting." - Amelia Atwater Rhodes

On Monday we went hiking out my back door.  

We discovered just one of Mr. Peter Rabbit's hiding spots.

THEMATIC PHOTOGRAPHIC

Carmi's choice of chaotic seems just for this day.  After an early morning and whole day of skipping through the whispering fields around my house, who should greet us?  You'd be correct if you guessed, a lively tick on Lyra's dress.  Now how chaotic is that for this beastly annoyance to beat out our spring sprouts?  Barely a crocus in view, and yet, this thriving attaching pest lives!

How did we feel about it?

Not one word necessary!

"Chaos was the law of nature; order was the dream of man." - Henry Adams

Better get our light colored, long pants on.  No more Fairy Princess romping through the fields for us.

Which arrives first, the buds or the insects?

Sepia Saturday - 19 April 2014 Gardens, are Hidden Meeting Places.

"The glory of gardening, hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature.

To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul."

Alfred Austin

Described as

Neighborhood house of fete

The Egyptian Minister and Mme Smay Pasha

Refreshing themselves with coffee served by Mrs. R. W. Imbrie

photo taken May 1926.

SEPIA SATURDAY

What's It All About?

The Gardens of our Lives?

"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."

Marcus Tullius Cicero

photo by Carol Highsmith

of 

Jasmine Hill Gardens

near Wetumpka, Alabama

The Glory of the Garden

by

Rudyard Kipling

poem here.

"In search of my mother's garden

I found my own."

Alice Walker

The way a garden can be explained quite truthfully, is by growth.

Community Gardens.

You'll never know what you're capable of

until you plant.

NYC Parks here.

"Expect nothing.  Live frugally on surprise."

Alice Walker

Six Word Saturday - 19 April 2014

"I'm interested when things are upside down,
because there are so many possibilities in that one moment.
There is a lot that is exposed." 
Anna Deavere Smith

"Tomorrow you'll be happy you started today."

SIX WORD SATURDAY

Be happy, FOCUS ON, beautiful parts.

Life is Short.

 POWERFUL, EUPHORIC, MAGICAL, ORPHIC, AND SYNCHRONISTIC

Good Fences # 4 17 April 2014

"Oh give me land, lots of land under starry skies above, don't fence me in." Song by Frankie Laine

GOOD FENCES 

How about one of the oldest Minnesota fences near me?


Welcome to the Gideon and Agnes Pond House, further explanation here.

A quick, 2 minute and 5 second youtube video here, featuring the Pond Mission Park in Bloomington, Minnesota where the Gideon house is located since 1856.

Behind their house at the edge of a cliff you'll find this.

For a look into other fences go here, and perhaps bring your own too!

Thematic Photographic # 290 Hungry

    Made with love just for me!

What's the one thing that's pretty constant in our everyday lives?

Ask not what you can do for your country.  Ask what's for lunch.  Orson Welles

Real eggs and real fake eggs, made with love.

A little girl and her Mommy put this together for Daddy one Sunday morning! Enjoy Daddy we love you!

THEMATIC PHOTOGRAPHIC

It's no surprise to me that Carmi offers "hungry" for this week's theme! 

So, let's play with some food!

An afternoon Cutie Snack, I created!  Yes, the snake's head was the first to be eaten!  Cheese eyes and all.

I Spy a Food Truck.   Which reminds me how much I like playing chef!

So, I whipped up a few items for my son and his family! Surprise, you don't have to cook tonight!  This just happened to be on Monday, so hooray just in time for Carmi's hungry post.

Even though he was very hungry my son sent me a photo of his dinner plate, before digging in!  Yep, as a matter of fact he had a little of everything.

Food is a necessity, but how we play it through in our daily lives, makes all the difference of it just being another meal.