Country Roads

Photo by Eric Alder http://bifocalunivision.blogspot.com/

The high road

The road less traveled

The low road

That's only graveled

Shake a tree

And look at a map

Are we lost

On a deadend trap?

Get the gas can

and admit defeat

We're outta gas

We'd better beat feet......

Magpie #59

Mona Lisa painted by Leonardo da Vinci

Your enigmatic smile

Behind bulletproof glass

Is it guile or denial?

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Trips, Travel and Vacations

A lifetime gift for a child....... When I was only seven I received a wonderful gift

A small blue trunk - it wasn't too hard to lift

I looked inside and what did I see?

A doll ? And all her clothing ? This is for me?

"The heck with the doll" I said as I pitched her out.

"I want to use this for traveling here and about."

And so I began my imaginary trips

Packing clothes and stuff for cruises on ships.

Or maybe I'd take it on my little red wagon

Hoping to find a most friendly green dragon.

My small blue trunk was my way of learning

What life I wanted and obviously was yearning.

And years later I am still packing for pleasure

Traveling with my best friend- our life is an adventure!

Bifocalvision Monday Photo Prompt

Photo by Eric Alder

Mr Edison
The moon will always be better
Than a bulb
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this was written in reponse to Eric Alder's Monday Photo Prompt
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Magpie Tales #58

Photo by Tess Kincaid for Magpie Tales

Listen you battleaxe and listen well

There's not enough mace - this tastes like hell

I wanted a horseman's pick not this pike

You're a hellburner- you did this for spite!

A man catcher you're not- nor a mercygiver

I'd rather eat my cuir bouilli than your chopped liver

Sassparilla at Laurelthirst Public House

Friday night Happy Hour featuring Sassparilla Jug Band!

It all started out pretty quiet....

and then when the music started it got loud and lively!

and here's the proud new father of 6 week old twin boys!

Congratulations!!!!

It was a great evening! Always fun!

What he was thinking.....

I know I ate too fast

And certainly way too much

The cabbage and corned beef

It was such a tasty lunch

I'm here a wee bit longer

As I'm stuck on this seat

Reflecting upon my gluttony

While chewing on more meat.

Magpie Tales #57

photo by Tess Kincaid of Magpie Tales

Happy St Patrick's Day

good luck found

while walking a twisty path

wind at my back

A Mothers Yoga

Eyes to sky

Arms out wide sending love

Across the sea

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This week's devastating earthquake in Japan

makes one realize how petty most of our problems are.

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Eric Alder's Monday Photo Prompt

Photo by Eric Alder

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Searching for Love in All the Wrong Places

Poor lonesome Morning Dove

Searching for her avian love

She walks along the old dirt road

And only sees a giant toad

With more than a smidgen
Of Band Tailed Pigeons

The Stinking Rose - Magpie Tales #56

photo by Tess Kincaid of Magpie Tales

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Another Night of Sleepng on the Couch

This stinking rose

Offends her nose

When I've had a bite

So late at night

I sneak in bed

Away from her head

BUT! "Oh no! Oh ick !"

"I smell garlic!"

So off I go-

she's such a grouch

Once again I am sleeping

on the couch.

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This would never happen with us as we are addicted to

the "Stinking Rose" and most every main dish begins

with "2-6 garlic cloves-depending on how mean you are."

Here's one of our favorite garlic laced recipes.

Bon Appetit!

The Famous and Awesomely Tasty Garlic Spagetti

2 ample servings
6-8 cloves pressed raw garlic (more if you feel really mean)
1 raw egg
4 tablespoons melted butter
1 tablespoon dry basil or 3 T fresh chopped basil
1/3 cup fresh chopped parsley
1/3 cup freshly grated parmesan/romano/asaigo cheese-what ever you prefer
9oz fresh pasta or same equivalent in dry pasta

Mix garlic,raw egg,butter,basil,parsley,and cheese throughly into a "gunk"
meanwhile boil water for pasta, cook pasta, drain pasta and stir gunk into hot pasta
throughly and serve immediately with crusty bread and a big green salad. YUM

Life Lessons to Be Learned

Our friend Tom

The man who walks the talk

Quiet and thoughtfully

A Summery Shadow

Since we are traveling this weekend, I have
"gone back in time" for this shadow shot!
Have a great Sunday !

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

Thoughtless actions

While we think we know it all

Create chaos

This photo above of a flood was taken by Eric Alder and is the photo prompt for his Bifocal Univision Monday.

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