It's Awww Monday! and Six Word Saturday!!! December 28 and 30, 2013

If squirrels didn't have fuzzy tails....

we wouldn't think they were so cute! 

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Thanks to Sandee for Awww Mondays

http://comedyplus.blogspot.com/2013/12/awww-mondays_30.html

and to Cate for Six Word Saturdays

http://www.showmyface.com/2013/12/six-word-saturday_28.html

Happy New Year!!!!

Magpie #200 Two Friends

Self-portrait by Francis Bacon 

Two close friends

Shared their love of painting 

Now laugh uproariously

Over money spent

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Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon met in 1945. An intense bond quickly

developed between these two giants of post-war British painting.

It was inevitable that each would soon appear in the other's paintings.

Francis Bacon's painting  "Three Studies of Lucian Freud" recently

set the record as the most expensive piece of art ever auctioned,

selling for $142,405,000.

Francis Bacon died April 28, 1992 and Lucian Freud died July 20, 2011. 

Three Studies of Lucian Freud   Francis Bacon

Oil portrait of Francis Bacon   Lucian Freud

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Thanks once again to Tess Kincaid for 

Magpie Tales. Click on the link to see more:

http://magpietales.blogspot.com/2013/12/mag-200.html

  

                                       

AWWW It's Feline Friday! December 27, 2013

Enough Already!  Anji Johnston

Have a Happy New Year!

Be safe!

Be healthy!

Be happy!

Be wise!

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Thanks to :Lydia of Writerquake for this photo! Link up here to read her poem! http://writerquake.blogspot.com/2013/12/friday-flash-55-pet-thoughts-at-new.html

Awww Monday December 23, 2013

JUST THE TWO OF US  

ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO  NOVEMBER 2012

HAPPY HOLIDAYS !

MERRY CHRISTMAS !

HAPPY HANUKKAH !

HAPPY DAYS !

AND 

HAPPY NEW YEAR !

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INSTEAD OF CUTIE PIE ANIMALS FOR AWWW MONDAY

I AM BRANCHING OUT TO WISH ALL MY FELLOW

BLOGGERS A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON-

ENJOY YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY!!!
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Magpie #199 A Precious Gift

Madonna with the Milk Soup 1510,  Gerard David

Every child

Deserves love and calm patience

A precious gift

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Thanks to Tess Kincaid for Magpie Tales

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Six Word Saturday and Shadow Shot Sunday December 21-22, 2013

Bathroom Aloe   9:44am, 12-21-2013

Winter solstice: lowest sun longest night.

In the UK, the precise time of the solstice will be 5.11pm 
on Saturday December 21st 2013. 
The time is different every year, falling between December 20th and 23rd. 
 So  for us on Pacific Standard time that already happened today at  9:11am.

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To see more Six Word Saturdays go to this link:

http://www.showmyface.com/2013/12/six-word-saturday_21.html

And to see more Shadow Shot Sundays go to this link: 

http://shadowshotsunday2.blogspot.com/2013/12/angels-wings.html

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It's Feline Friday! December 20, 2013

Lucy can entertain herself-

especially if she has a new toy

to bat around the house!
Have a very Meowy Christmas!

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Thanks to Steve of BFDude for Feline Friday!

Click on the link below to play or...

just to see what others have posted!

Pauvre Petite Chat

They never let me out

No matter how I meow

Or stamp my paws and shout

"I must eat that mouse right now!"

I'm stuck in the house

Must admit it's rather cozy

Laying by the fire

And my toes are getting rosy

I'd rather be a toasty cat

Sleeping by the fires glow

Than that little chilly deer

Out standing in the snow.

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Thanks to Peggy Goetze for this weeks 

Poetry Jam prompt and click below for more....

http://www.poetryjaam.blogspot.com/2013/12/inside-outside.html

Eric Alder's MPP December 17, 2013

Photo by Eric Alder

Directionless

Missing the exit for Paradise

Running on empty

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Click here to see more:

http://bifocalunivision.blogspot.com/2013/12/monday-morning-photo-prompt-121613.html

Or click here to see another version:

 http://katheworsley.blogspot.com/2012/04/eric-alders-monday-photo-prompt-4-23.html

Slightly Tardy Six Words and Shadow Shots December 17, 2013

 Me and My Shadow 

This year snow arrived before Christmas !!!

Our Traditional Little Trees

We love our little trees. We got them about

10 years ago when I became allergic to whatever

is sprayed on the commercial Christmas trees.

Plus it just made sense not to be cutting down a tree.

Have a great holiday everyone!  

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To see more Shadow Shots go here:

http://shadowshotsunday2.blogspot.com/2013/12/shadow-game.html

and click here for more Six Words:

http://www.showmyface.com/2013/12/six-word-saturday_14.html

Cheers!!

It's Awww Monday!! December 16, 2013

Whew! 

Our Mommy deerest and her two fawns are back!!

Some days ago we saw a coyote chasing a deer on

our property. When we hadn't seen the doe nor her fawns

for the last 3 days we thought perhaps one 

of them had gotten snagged. Fortunately not.

Russell went out immediately and gave them a few pieces 

of cut up carrot. If you look closely you can see the orange  

bits in the fawns mouth. We normally try to not

feed them, but then we're only human......

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Thanks to Sandee of Comedy Plus for Awww Mondays!

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Poetry Jam and Magpie Tales December 15, 2013

The Ice Cutters, 1911,  Natalia Gancharova

On Christmas Eve

A child holds hope

In tiny mittened hands

Waiting for Santa

Listening for bells

Looking for reindeer

Beliefs are as delicate

As soft snow flakes 

 Drifting onto small shoes

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Thanks to Peggy Goetz of Poetry Jam 

for the theme of Magic of Childhood Beliefs

and thanks to Tess  of Magpie Tales 

for providing this lovely image. 

Click here to access Poetry Jam:

http://www.poetryjaam.blogspot.com/2013/12/magic-of-childhood.html

and here to access Magpie Tales:

http://magpietales.blogspot.com/2013/12/mag-198.html

And have a lovely week!

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Feline Friday December 13, 2013

 It's Feline Friday and it's ....

 Happy Friday the 13th!!!

Thanks to Steve of BFDude we have fun 

every week with Feline Friday!

Thanks Steve!

To see more or to play Feline Friday go here:

Don't forget to have a great day! 

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Eric Alders MPP December 10, 2013

Oxymoron

Mis-leading signs that say "adult" 

When they aren't....

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Every week Eric Alder posts a photo

challenging us to write a poem or story

based on the photo. Click on the link below to play or read more:

http://bifocalunivision.blogspot.com/2013/12/monday-morning-photo-prompt-12913.html

It's Awww Monday December 9, 2013

Looking through the window at Lucy.....

I think I was disturbing her snooze!

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We have Sandee of Comedy Plus to thank for Awww Mondays!

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Magpie #197 Stealthy Seagulls

Photo from the Guardian, Eyewitness

Seagulls swooping

Snagging savory supper scraps

Serial snatchers

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Thanks to Tess Kincaid for Magpie Tales!

Click on the link below to see what others made of thhis image!

http://www.magpietales.blogspot.com/2013/12/mag-197.html

Six Word Saturdays and Shadow Shot Sundays! December 7-8, 2013

 And so, winter really has begun!

It was sunny two days ago!

To see what others have posted on Six Word Saturday

go to this link :

http://www.showmyface.com/2013/12/six-word-saturday.html

and to see more Shadowy Shots go here:

http://shadowshotsunday2.blogspot.com/2013/12/giant-bells_8.html 

Have a great weekend! 

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It's Feline Friday!! December 6, 2013

Sure hope the kids get some BIG presents

this year....we need a bigger box!

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Steve of BFDude hosts Feline Friday.

Some say it's because he wants to

convince us that he truly loves cats.....

Click on the link below to play along:

And for heavens sake have a purrfect day!

My Grandmother's Gift

Old hands shaping

Flour,butter and water into

Sweet memories

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My Grandmother (we called her G-Ma)

was a fabulous baker and made the best pies. 

My mom was a great cook, 

but not overly fond of baking.

So, by the time I was 10 I became the 

family baker of birthday cakes and cookies.

I've always assumed I got that baking gene

from my G-Ma. When I visited

her I watched and learned that baking

was as easy as .....

 ONE

 TWO

THREE!!!

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So,thanks G-Ma for teaching me

how to make all those yummy desserts.

What a sweet gift it is!

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Poetry Jam is brought to us this week

by Mary who chose Gifts as our theme this week.

To play along or just to read others posts

go to this link:

://poetryjaahttpm.blogspot.com/2013/12/gifts.html

and have a great day!

Eric Alders MPP December 3, 2013

Photo by Eric Alder

There once was a Scot named Rick

Who was a master at laying brick

He began using clinkers

 Saying "I'm not a stinker,

I'm just designing with a thrifty trick"
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Each week Eric Alder posts one of his photos challenging 
us to create a poem, a short story or whatever based on the photo.
To see more or to play along click on this link:
http://bifocalunivision.blogspot.com/2013/12/monday-morning-photo-prompt-12213.html
And my goodness do have a great week!

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Info on Clinkers:

In early brick firing kilns, the surface of the bricks that were too close to the fire changed into the volcanic textures and darker/purplish colors. They were often discarded, but around 1900, these bricks were discovered by architects to be usable, distinctive and charming in architectural detailing, adding the earthy quality favored by Arts and Crafts style designers. Modern brick-making techniques can recreate the appearance of these bricks and produce a more consistent product.

Magpie #196 December 1, 2013

Backstage angel

Awaits her cue to enter

Heaven's starlight

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Awww Monday A Tale of 3 Deers...plus 1

I took this photo of our deer family

in August....

Now in November-

the fawns are almost as big 

as their mother-and are sporting

their winter coats...

Here's the doe...she's a bit skinny.

Uh oh....there goes the neighborhood...

Since the buck has shown up the

deer family isn't around as much.

I think she had a headache....

she took off with the fawns shortly

after I took this photo.

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Thanks to Sandee of Comedy Plus

for Awww Mondays!!!

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Feline Friday, Six Word Saturday and Shadow Shot Sunday November 29-30 and December 1, 2013

Look carefully......you will be surprised...

There's Lucy reflected in the clock....

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Let's all thank Sandee for Feline Friday

Usually Steve posts it, but he is taking a break.

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here for Six Word Saturday:

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and here for Shadow Shots:

http://shadowshotsunday2.blogspot.com/2013/12/painting-of-morning.html

And for Pete's sake enjoy your day!

Could I??????????

My Thoughts.....oh my goodness......

I so appreciate you!

• Could I live without you?
• Could I be without my pals ?
• Could I be without children?
• Could I be without a cat ?
• Could I be without wind?
• Could I be without rain?
• Could I read?
• Could I see?
• Could I taste?
• Could I laugh?
• Could I cry?
• Could I breathe....?
• Without thee.........Could I Be Me..........?
• Could I do without?
• Absolutely NOT!

That my friends is the big question...........

and Oh heck this is supposed to be a post about

being thankful with gratitude  and here I am

the usual  narcissistic bore....oie.....sorry.

BUT I love you!!!

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Thanks to Laurie Kolp for this weeks Poetry Jam!

Click on this link to participate or just to enjoy!

http://poetryjaam.blogspot.com/2013/11/gratitude-lists.html

Happy Hanukkah and Happy Thanksgiving!

It's a beautiful morning...

Making Challah to take to our neighbors...

Recipe books out for Challah and pumpkin pies...

Ta dah! By 10:30am I've made the pies, Challah 

and three little custards from leftover pie filling.

Have a Happy Day!!

For those of you who are wondering why 

Hanukkah is so early this year here's a short explanation:

Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar.

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Eric Alders MPP November 26, 2013

Powerful machines brought jobs

With growth and prosperity

Sometimes run by the mobs

But mostly cranium dexterity

No one had the foresight

Nor keen observation

Those gray plumes of night

Would bring devastation

Richmond CA Oli Refineries August 2013

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As a child I thought oil refineries at night were

beautiful with all the plumes of smoke and

twinkling lights. Now I know better.

To see more of Eric Alders photos or to

play MPP along with me go here:

http://bifocalunivision.blogspot.com/2013/11/monday-morning-photo-prompt-112513.html