FFF 51 — pumpkin art at fmg and JP Hoe

These pics were taken on 10/8 but I wanted to save the pumpkins (jack-o-lanterns)  for closer to Halloween.  Also including pics of some of the fall decorations with mums.  I recently bought 2 albums (one LP and one CD) of JP Hoe Music, “Hideaway” and “Mannequin.”  Have only listened to each one once.  My initial…

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POPO2024 Day 55

When the temp is just rightand the breeze blows aroundand through; when cosmos dance,peppers, tomatoes, and applesredden with yellowing pearsunder softening lumens of light,summer rests easy once againafter a long, good hard shine.

dVerse — OLN 372 — Yellow Bird

“All Yellow (Morgan Hill)” by Teresa Dunn Yellow BirdI remember when you told me,“You’ll never amount to nothin’,just like your ma, too damned mouthy.”At ten, I cried; believed you then.High school, when they said I had skills,I remember when you told me,“It don’t matter, school ain’t the streets.”Yet I wouldn’t put my brush down.College girl…

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#FF — Last of its kind

PHOTO PROMPT © Roger Bultot Last of its kind It enters the waterway silently, a translucent behemoth. Those night fishing along the pier stare agog, then pull out their cell phones. Soon its image is plastered across social media. When camera vans reach the scene breathless reporters, fed with data through their earpieces, parrot guesstimates….

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POPO2024 Day 54

  The cosmos are going to seed.Once invisible apples, pears, tomatoesstop blending; gather sweetness.Goldenrod brighten every border.Birds hunt & peck ripe berries.Summer has relinquished its hotgrip to cooling evenings that stroll with big blue sturgeon moon.

POPO2024 Day 53

I found a labyrinth at the gardensat the end of an unfamiliar path,a quiet space fenced off from thoroughfare. While my sons saton a bench and caught up and3 year-old granddaughter chasedafter her new ball, I walked it undersun-dozing trees. Nothing specialtingled or vibed other than a sense of profound happiness.