Words for Wednesday 31/1/2024

 

 

 

This meme was started by Delores a long time ago.  Computer issues led her to bow out for a while.  The meme was too much fun to let go, and now Words for Wednesday is provided by a number of people and has become a movable feast. 

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...  We can use some or all of the prompts, and mixing and matching is encouraged.

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, which includes cheering on the other participants.  If you are posting on your own blog - let me know so that I, and other participants, can come along and applaud. 

This month I am providing the prompts

This week's prompts are, first an image, a photo I took at a Hyper Real exhibition.

And for those of you whose creativity is triggered by words

• destined
• remarkable
• lure
• aware
• rules
  

Charlotte (MotherOwl) has selected clay brown as the colour of the month.

 

As always, have fun.

 

Next month lissa has offered to provide the prompts.  They will appear on her blog.

 

Sunday Selections #665

 

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. Huge thanks to Cie who gave me this wonderful Sunday Selections image. 

The meme was then continued by River at Drifting through life.  Sadly she has now stepped aside (though she will join us some weeks), and I have accepted the mantle. 

 

The rules are so simple as to be almost non-existent.  Post some photos under the title Sunday Selections and link back to me. Clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen.

 

I usually run with a theme. We are having an odd summer in my city.  It is not (usually) as hot, though still outside my comfort levels, which is unsurprising given that my sweet spot is about 14C.  We have had a lot of rain (though not fortunately to flood levels unlike much of my country). It is MUCH more humid.  Summer is my least favourite season and the garden has got away from me.

So I have been going out early and doing an hour or so weeding.  Which means that not only am I up at first light I am dressed and ready to head out. And I have been delighting in very different sunrises, and heading out with the camera.

After I feed the cats, deal with the skitty litter and the garbage I weed and then and come back inside before it gets too hot.  Hopefully not as I did one morning last week falling face first onto the lawn. Which was my own fault.  I knew I was tired and did a little bit more then headed down to the green bin carrying too many things at once.

I hope your week is filled with colour and joy.  A little productivity doesn't go astray either.

Words for Wednesday 24/1/2024

 

This meme was started by Delores a long time ago.  Computer issues led her to bow out for a while.  The meme was too much fun to let go, and now Words for Wednesday is provided by a number of people and has become a movable feast. 

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...  We can use some or all of the prompts, and mixing and matching is encouraged.

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, which includes cheering on the other participants.  If you are posting on your own blog - let me know so that I, and other participants, can come along and applaud. 

This month I am providing the prompts

This week's prompts are:

• camel
• bone
• carving
• application
• river
  

And/or

• journey
• shock
• family
• crown
• colours
  

Charlotte (MotherOwl) has selected clay brown as the colour of the month.

 

As always, have fun.

 

Sunday Selections #664

 

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. Huge thanks to Cie who gave me this wonderful Sunday Selections image. 

The meme was then continued by River at Drifting through life.  Sadly she has now stepped aside (though she will join us some weeks), and I have accepted the mantle. 

 

The rules are so simple as to be almost non-existent.  Post some photos under the title Sunday Selections and link back to me. Clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen.

 

I usually run with a theme.This week we had an outing and headed off to our National Museum to see Journey to Ancient Egypt brought to us from the Egyptian and Nubian Collection of the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities.

Himself has been to Egypt several times and loved it.  I find the culture and the incredible workmanship of the items on display fascinating.

The exhibition included intricately decorated coffins, statues, jewellery, amulets and a few mummified people and animals.  The mummies were in a secluded area of the exhibition and viewing them was at your discretion.  We did and I was blown away by the intricate wrapping and how well the linen was preserved. Photos of the mummies was prohibited, but there was more than enough other things to give my shutter finger a work out. There were constantly changing photographs projected onto the walls too.

Less talk, more photos.

Of course you could only exit through the gift shop.  And of course I succumbed.  I picked up some bookmarks, including some made of papyrus, some cards and some fridge magnets.  They are pictured above.  If you would like one, let me know in the comments or send me an email.  Please also specify which one you would like if you know.  I am happy to send them anywhere.