Some pics taken last Sunday when the fam and I went to the lake and then for ice cream afterwards. The grandbaby loved “swimming” in Lake Michigan and spent most the time in a shallow pool. The next pic of the kousa dogwood tree in blossom were taken at the dentist. It took some finagling…
Month: June 2024
#FF — Almost Like Home
PHOTO PROMPT©Dale Rogerson Almost Like Home I creep from the unruly lot just before dawn and return just past dusk. I’ve been squatting in the space that’s been boarded-up and taped-off since my pal, Minnie, got strangled in there a few years back. I make sure not to disturb the greenery as I come and…
24 SSPC 40 (2nd week) The Summer Solstice (June 21 – July 6) Geshi — Theater of Summer Storm
“There is something about the summer / That makes me moody” – “Summer Mood,” Best Coast Theater of Summer Storm Grumble, timpani preamble. Afterwards, listen. There.Wind rustles dust-dulled leaves; skin-tickling mist isblessed, petrichor aura, portends of somethingthat needs lightning’s stage. Something aboutto burst forth; wringing clouds’ torrents upon thebrick ground and drooping stems of summer.Droplets,…
power restored (was: power still out)
After midnight Monday storms knocked out power for ~150k people and as of now mines still out. Tried to sign in yesterday with what I thought was my password but it was rejected multiple times before I gave up. Why it works now is a mystery. I’m sure food in fridge and freezer is spoiled…
The Oracle Speaks — gorgeous day
smoothest to saythese black mists shineand dream deliriously,pound sweet honey stormin play, to crush and useour lathered blood as lake.a summer, sordid as love,licks me through music’sgorgeous day magnet poetry original kit top image originally found here
Friday Favorite Feature 39 “Blue Eye Samurai” Netflix series (2023)
image link Review: “Blue Eye Samurai” Netflix series (2023) From wiki, the series is adult animation created by and written for Netflix by husband and wife team, Amber Noizumi and Michael Green. It was co-produced and animated by French studio, Blue Spirit. Set in Japan’s Edo Period (17th century.) It is crucial to the understanding…
dVerse OLN 364 — Each Side of the Veil
Each Side of the VeilThere is a realm of death and lifethat long has dwelt each side of veilwhere midnight falling waits on one;where owls glide moon’s beams, not the sun’swhere breath softs and loss of logic begunwe creep to cross to dreamland’s trails.Before we know, we’re on the other,altered stated, senses priming,mid-way adventured, directionless,a…
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