At the Beach on a Sunny Day

Fandango’s FOWC is paradise, the Word of the Day Challenge is worth, and Paula’s 3 Things Challenge words are: apples, laser, and Michigan. When I got up this morning, what a pleasant surprise to see that the sun was shining. I made coffee and posted my coloring page with music, read and responded to comments,…

Forward to Spring

image link   Fandango’s FOWC is variety and the Word of the Day Challenge is humble.   Jumble, the humble honey bee lived in a hollow of a tree with humble buzzing family who traveled ’round for variety * Such flowers found as ’round they flew The pink ones, orange ones, purple, blue, From each…

Valentines Day Limericks

image link Fandango’s FOWC is durable and the Word of the Day Challenge is smitten. These two Valentine’s Day limericks are dedicated to Fandango, curmudgeon of the day. On Valentine’s Day she was smitten When her beau did woo with a kitten Lips extend for kissing Kitty clawed and hissing Maybe card and a ring…

Kittens in Distress

image link Fandango’s FOWC is petrified and the Word Challenge of the Day is hope. For days, when Ellie left for work in the morning, she could hear mewling from underneath her front porch. When she came home in the evening, every once in awhile she caught a glimpse of an orange streak going under…

Trust me.

image link Fandango’s FOWC is reason and the Word of the Day Challenge is trust. The following is a combination of truth and fiction; for the purposes here, there is no need to distinguish truth from fiction. “Trust me.” Like when mommy said the shots wouldn’t hurt. It did hurt, every one. Like when daddy…

Parrot

Fandango’s FOWC is garage and the Word of the Day Challenge is taxi. The yellow taxi with the orange doors followed its route for thirty years, day in, day out. There were no holidays for “Parrot”, as the taxi had been affectionately nicknamed by Chuck, his driver, as Parrot’s orange wings are what set him…

Gabriel

image link — pre-meme Note:  I was just about to publish this FIVE HOURS AGO when I had a power outage.  Thankfully it was saved! We had a terrible ice storm the past couple of days and there are many trees down.  One of my huge willows in the front lost a limb this afternoon;…