Words for Wednesday

The lovely Delores at Under the Porch Light has been running this meme for a considerable period of time, week after week.   Computer issues led her to bow out for a while and I took over.  When Delores' absence looked like being more permanent I begged and cajoled for other volunteers to share providing the prompts, and Words for Wednesday became a moveable feast.

In July River from Drifting through Life hosted, Jacqueline at Randomosity in August. During September the challenge has been posted by Susan at the Most - - of Every Moment, and this months prompts were created by Margaret Adamson and her friend Sue, but published here.  Wasn't the response to the images they provided last week amazing?

Essentially the aim is to encourage us to write.  Each week we are given a choice of prompts: which can be words, phrases, music or an image.   What we do with those prompts is up to us:  a short story, prose, a song, a poem, or treating them with ignore...

Some of us put our creation in comments on the post, and others post on their own blog.  I would really like it if as many people as possible joined into this fun meme.  If you are posting on your own blog - let me know so that I, and other participants, can come along and applaud.

This week Margaret and Sue have given us the following words to play with:

TENT

AWE

WARDROBE

AGENT

MICROLIGHT

CHAIR.

And/or

HOUND

ROOF

TYRE

BEWILDERMENT

JOY

SHOE

We have no volunteers to provide the prompts for next month.  In addition, Delores has returned to the blogosphere and has restarted the meme under the name Thursday's Trauma.

I am wondering whether we should continue Words for Wednesday, in which case I am calling for volunteers, or whether we should return the meme to Delores, albeit under a different name.  What do you think?  I would appreciate your answers in the comments.  At the moment my email is misbehaving.  I may, or may not get emails for anything up to ten days or more.  Please give it some thought.
 

Sunday Selections #247

Sunday Selections was originally brought to us by Kim, of Frogpondsrock, as an ongoing meme where participants could post previously unused photos languishing in their files.
 
The meme is now continued by River at Drifting through life.  The rules are so simple as to be almost non-existent.  Post some photos under the title Sunday Selections and link back to River.  Clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen.
 
Like River I usually run with a theme.  I am continuing the 'home and away' theme this week. 

Starting with home.

The sky has been a joy.

A moody sunset.

And a gentle dawn.

The garden continues to shine - particularly after some blissful rain.

For Joanne Noragon.

Peruvian Lily or Alstromeria

 Double Delight.

While the garden and I loved the rain, a small group of corellas didn't fare so well.  They look as if they had mud baths, and some days later are still severely grubby.

And to 'the away' part of this photo heavy post.

The smaller portion caught a very fast train from Moscow to St Peterburg.  And my request, and for Andrew, he took a few photos of said train, and I am assured that there are more.  And better.

St Peterburg is also big on cathedrals...

A river cruise.

And he has spend days and days at the Hermitage Museum, and I expect could spend weeks there and not see it all.

Some of these photos lead me to believe that the very best and most ornate fairy stories are set in Russia.

Even the public seating, and I gather that is what is was, is very, very ornate.

He has a few more days in St Peterburg, and then heads off to the Netherlands...

Words for Wednesday

The lovely Delores at Under the Porch Light has been running this meme for a considerable period of time, week after week.   Computer issues led her to bow out for a while and I took over.  When Delores' absence looked like being more permanent I begged and cajoled for other volunteers to share providing the prompts, and Words for Wednesday became a moveable feast.

In July River from Drifting through Life hosted, Jacqueline at Randomosity in August. During September the challenge has been posted by Susan at the Most - - of Every Moment, and this months prompts were created by Margaret Adamson and her friend Sue, but published here.

Essentially the aim is to encourage us to write.  Each week we are given a choice of prompts: which can be words, phrases, music or an image.   What we do with those prompts is up to us:  a short story, prose, a song, a poem, or treating them with ignore...
Some of us put our creation in comments on the post, and others post on their own blog.  I would really like it if as many people as possible joined into this fun meme.  If you are posting on your own blog - let me know so that I, and other participants, can come along and applaud.

This week Margaret and Sue have given us photographs for inspiration.  There are two photographs which can be combined to make one story, or used separately.

I am really looking forward to seeing where these take us.

 

Sunday Selections #246

Sunday Selections was originally brought to us by Kim, of Frogpondsrock, as an ongoing meme where participants could post previously unused photos languishing in their files.
 
The meme is now continued by River at Drifting through life.  The rules are so simple as to be almost non-existent.  Post some photos under the title Sunday Selections and link back to River.  Clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen.
 
Like River I usually run with a theme.  I am continuing the 'home and away' theme this week. 

Starting with home., revelling in birds and the garden.

An adolescent crimson rosella, pigging out on our veranda.

King Parrots.

Corellas.  I was in danger taking the last shot, and he let fly just as I moved away.

A sulphur-crested vandal cockatoo.

And just a few shots (really) from the garden.  Ok, I lied.  Several shots from the garden.  Some of the roses are starting to come out.

Woburn Abbey.

Oklahoma.

Brindabella Pearl.

A rock rose.

A dratted dandelion I didn't spot till after it had flowered.

 A bearded Iris I love.

Snowball tree entwined with banskia rose.

Now to the more exciting part of the post.  He is loving Moscow but the temperature shift was huge.  It was over 30C in Iran (85+ F) and is struggling to reach 2C (35F) in Moscow.  A much better temperature for walking though.

St Basil's Cathedral.  Which would look amazing when there was snow around.

 These were taken inside a shopping mall near Red Square, and the ones below it in and around Red Square.

I think this is the Bolshoi Ballet building.

Red Square at night.