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Tag Archives: postaday
Weekly Photo Challenge: Work Of Art Is An Abalone Shell
The theme for this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge is ‘Work of Art’. Michelle defines it this way: “Art” isn’t just paintings and sculptures, it can be anything in which we find beauty and meaning — even food. Show us a … Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge: Aspie Girl On The Move
It occurred to me recently that where I live now is the longest I’ve lived in one house (six years) for the past 35 years. Up until now, it would have been five years but the average ‘stay’ was … Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge: English Bluebells of Spring
Home-Thoughts, From Abroad ‘Oh to be in England Now that April’s there And whoever wakes in England Sees, some morning, unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, White the Chaffinch … Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge: Letters Of A 17th Century Prisoner
This week’s Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge is to share a photograph with letters, any letters. As Cheri puts it: ‘As you look through your lens, think about how your image might convey something bigger: a snapshot of how we … Continue reading
Aubade: A Poem for Morning’s Sweet Light
As a follow-up to my ‘Promises’ post, I have another one to keep for dear Marylin at Things I Want To Tell My Mother where she writes delightful letters to her lovely Mom who suffers from Alzheimer’s. She recently wrote … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Weekly Writing Challenge
Tagged Aubade, photos of sunrise, Poem, Poetry, postaday, postaweek, Sunrise, Weekly Writing Challenge, William Shakespeare
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Threshold of a New Beginning
On the threshold of a new beginning, a point of entering. This week, over at the Weekly Photo Challenge, Krista asks us to share a photo that captures that moment ‘just before a new beginning — that split-second moment in … Continue reading
WPC: The Streets of Old City Dubrovnik, Croatia
Over at the Daily Post, the Weekly Photo Challenge for this week is ‘Street Life’. Cheri puts the challenge to us in this way: ‘For this challenge, document the movement (or stillness) of a street: tell a story with your … Continue reading
Posted in Photos, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
Tagged cats, Croatia, Dubrovnik, Photos of the Old City of Dubrovnik, postaday, travel, UNESCO, Weekly Photo Challenge
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WPC: Reflections
This week’s theme for the Weekly Photo Challenge is ‘Reflections’. Of course, as with so many of the themes, this is wide open for interpretation. For once though, I’m going to stick to the literal theme and share some photographs … Continue reading
Posted in Photos, Poems, Weekly Photo Challenge, Writing
Tagged Bodhiam Castle, England, Norfolk Broads, Photo of Castle, Photos of reflections, Poem, postaday, Weekly Photo Challenge, writing
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WPC: Inside My Hope-Filled English Garden
This week’s Weekly Photo Challenge theme is ‘Inside’. This is my interpretation. Here’s hoping. Walking around my garden today, I can’t help thinking how different things are compared to last year when we were in the grip of a long, … Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge: Perspective of a Little Girl’s Joy
This week’s Weekly Photo Challenge over at the Daily Prompt is ‘Perspective’. Interesting. From my perspective, I’m determined to get a couple of posts out this week even if it has been like walking through mud. This is because, blogging … Continue reading



































