Magpie Tales #175

photograph by Musin Yohan

Bogor, Indonesia

Very weary

I hurry home..I know who waits for me

My sweet son

Musin Yohan

http://www.fotocommunity.com/photographer/musin-yohan/photos/817777

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Thanks to Tess Kincaid of Magpie Tales

who always finds the perfect image every week!

Go here to see what others have written:

http://www.magpietales.blogspot.com/2013/06/mag-175.html

Six Word Saturday and Shadow Shot Sunday June 29-30 2013

Happiness is a full cookie jar!

This week I made Oatmeal Cranberry Pecan cookies!

Come on over and get a few and have a great weekend!!

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Click here to see more Six Words:

http://www.showmyface.com/2013/06/six-word-saturday_29.html

and here for more Shadowy Shots! 

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It's Feline Friday! June 28, 2013

Lucy vs the Machine

Will Lucy manage to snag the cloth

 or will the machine snag her?

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Thanks to Steve of BFDude for Feline Friday!

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Eric Alders MPP plus Poetry Jam !! June 26, 2013

Photo by Eric Alder

Yellow sun shines brightly

White sails fly by

Life can be lived lightly

Under our deep blue sky

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Judys Strawberry Tart baked June 24, 2013

Pie, pie.... me oh my!

Strawberry Blackberry

Delicious pie!

Apricot and Cherry

Apple and Peach

Tasty summer treats 

To be eaten on the beach

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Kathe's Apricot Pie baked June 25, 2013

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We just spent a few precious days with dear friends

in Vacaville and Los Altos California.

Cooking together while laughing and then

eating wonderful meals together is a priceless gift.

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Go here for more Eric Alders MPP:

http://bifocalunivision.blogspot.com/2013/06/monday-morning-photo-prompt-62413.html

and here for this weeks Poetry Jam:  

http://poetryjaam.blogspot.com/2013/06/knickerbocker-glory.html 

Have a great week!!

Awww Mondays-Except it's Tuesday now....

Ooooooooh.......!

Ahhhhhh...........!



Awesome!

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Magpie Tales #174 "The Good Old Daze"

Stanley Kubrick for Look Magazine, 1949 

World War II is over

So- light up baby

The fun has only begun

Soon we'll light up our bras

And burn flags in the streets.

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Thanks to Tess Kincaid for Magpie Tales

To se what others have made of this fin image

go here:

http://www.magpietales.blogspot.com/2013/06/mag-174.html

Six Word Saturdays and Shadow Shot Sundays! June 22-23, 2013

 Playa la Ropa,  Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico

Life is short.... slow down....enjoy!!!

Baby turtles teach us that life is truly short....

Take care to savor and enjoy.

Have a lovely weekend doing what is important-

Spending time with family and friends 

and making time for yourself.

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To see more Six Word Saturdays go here:

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Want more Shadow Shot Sundays go here:

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thanks for being my blogging family!

xoxox

Hey! It's Feline Friday!

Susie

My cousin Janet and her sweetie Floyd were asked

years ago by the Feral Cat Coalition

if they would allow a pair of feral cats

to live on their lower covered deck.

"Of course!" they replied.

So Susie and her pal Mister lived there on a hill

 above Sausalito for quite some time and

became accustomed to the kind humans.

Floyd built them cozy and safe shelters

where racoons and coyotes could not bother them.

Mister passed away last year and now Susie has become

even more friendly being a bit lonesome.

She even comes into the house for a bit of attention.

Susie is a sweetie!
http://feralcatcaretakers.org/

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To see more Feline Fridays click on the link below!

And thanks to Steve (BFDude) for Feline Friday!

Poetry Jam.... All About Rocks

Rocks....

As a kid I collected rocks-

Fingering the smooth shapes

Stuffing them into my pocket-

Taking them home to treasure

Putting them into a glass jar of water-

Or lining them up on the window sill

Not knowing that in the future-

I'd find my perfect rock

A diamond in the rough......



My sweetheart-

My forever life partner.

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Thanks to Peggy for this weeks Poetry Jam

The theme is Rocks!

Don't throw 'em - enjoy them!

Go here for lots more!

http://poetryjaam.blogspot.com/2013/06/rock-on.html  

Eric Alders Monday Photo Prompt June 17, 2013

Photo by Eric Alder

 Lazy

   Idiots

       Toss and

   Throw

                        Everything on the

Road

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Thanks to Eric Alder for his fun Monday Photo Prompt

To see more of his photos or to play MPP go here:

http://bifocalunivision.blogspot.com/2013/06/monday-morning-photo-prompt-61713.html

Awww Mondays with Chip or is it Dale?

And here's Chip....or is it Dale?

We have a lot of these cute little guys

running around our 10+ acres.

We don't mind them as they leave

our vegetable garden alone....

Unlike Tom and Jerry who  are not allowed!

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Thanks to Sandee for Awww Mondays

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Magpie Tales #173

The Promenade, 1918, by Marc Chagall

Amelia was a bit of a loon

Only eating by the light of the moon
Some folks called her flighty
Wearing only her nightie
And appearing to be a balloon  
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Many thanks to Tess Kincaid for MagpieTales.
To read more takes on this image go here: 
http://www.magpietales.blogspot.com/2013/06/mag-173.html

Six Word Saturday and Shadow Shot Sunday June 15, 2013

It's Time To Enjoy Summertime Sunshine!

Break out the summer umbrellas-

sunshine has arrived in full force!

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For more Six Word Saturdays go here:

http://www.showmyface.com/2013/06/six-word-saturday_15.html

and for more Shadow Shot Sunday photos go here: 

http://shadowshotsunday2.blogspot.com/2013/06/conservatory-shadows.html

Enjoy your weekend!

Pffft!! It's Feline Friday!

It's not easy being a Yoga Cat

I think I'll take a nap now......

Happy Feline Friday!

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Thanks to Steve of Burnt Food Dude!

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Poetry Jam~~~Flower Children

Happy Birthday Phillip and Paul !!!

Oh my sons

with happy smiles and grubby fists

my favorite flowers

.......

You brought me

Posies, pebbles, and sticks

Even a bug couldn't make me say "Ick"!

Squished dandelions

and sticky candy

Little boys can be so dandy!

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This weeks theme on Poetry Jam is flowers-

I immediately thought of my two sons Phillip and Paul

Born in the '60's my true Flower Children

Happy April Birthday to Phillip

and Happy June Birthday to Paul!!

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Go here to see what flowery poems there are to be read!

http://poetryjaam.blogspot.com/2013/06/its-all-about-flowers.html

Eric Alders Monday Photo Prompt............ June 10,2013

photo by Eric Alder

No two ways about it!

Dusting cleaning sweeping out the mud

Housework resembles

A rusty chain of crud

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Actually I love rusty metal objects-

but this image did remind me about

all the dusting etc that I'm ignoring.

Thanks to Eric Alder for Monday Photo Prompt.

Go here to see more of his photos or to 

read what others saw .....:

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Awww Monday June 10, 2013 with some help from Emily and Pooh Bear

I love bees- especially Bumblebees!

Don't buzz off....

Sit down beside the  flowers and hum along!

Or as lovely Emily Dickinson wrote:

( a BIG thanks to Stephen Hayes AKA Chubby Chatterbox for this addition)

http://thechubbychatterbox.blogspot.com/

Bees are Black, with Gilt Surcingles
Bees are Black, with Gilt Surcingles --** Buccaneers of Buzz. Ride abroad in ostentation And subsist on Fuzz. Fuzz ordained -- not Fuzz contingent -- Marrows of the Hill. Jugs -- a Universe's fracture Could not jar or spill. ** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surcingle Or....as Pooh says: It's a very funny thought that, if Bears were Bees, They'd build their nests at the bottom of trees. And that being so (if the Bees were Bears), We shouldn't have to climb up all these stairs

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Thanks to Sandee for Aww Mondays-

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And have a honey of a day!

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Magpie Tales #172 The Magic Door

Charleston Farmhouse Door 

Watch the door

Carefully listen- the floor creaks

Scary steps sneak

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Thanks to Tess Kincaid for this weeks image!

To read more go here:

http://www.magpietales.blogspot.com/2013/06/mag-172.html

Some clever re-cycling projects......

When it's garbage day at your house-

do you recycle or re-use or re-purpose some items

rather than throwing them into the land fill?

Below are some pretty darn clever examples

that were emailed to me.

There are a few that I think are silly-

and there are a few that I will try to make.

Which ones are your favorites? 

Have you ever made any of these?

Have a great day!

Hot sunny days...summer is here!

Kitchen Garden Window June 2013

Flowers are blooming

and the vegetable garden is growing.

Now all I have to do now is pay attention

to what needs picking, water thirsty plants

and pull some weeds! 

Have a great summer!

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Feline Friday and Those Annoying Humans

Pfft!!

Just wait until you want to find these glasses!!!

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Thanks to Steve of BFDude for this fun meme!

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