One of our downtown trees about to burst into bloom.
For Cee’s Flower of the Day.
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No door
This building is being taken back by nature. This is at Fort Worden, on one of the paths. Most of the buildings are being preserved. The roof is mostly gone with branches hanging down, so we were careful investigating.
It is beautiful looking right up.
For Dan’s Thursday Doors.
Solid
Elwha swears that he’s lithe. He’s not fat but he is solid. More of a brick house.
For the Ragtag Daily Prompt: lithe.
Spring 18
My camellia still only has three blossoms open, though it has tons of buds. We’ve had some snow, a couple of frosts, hail and some windstorms. I am hoping the buds will still open, but unless we get a series of warm days, they may not.
For Cee’s Flower of the Day.
Pneumonia makes me slenderize
Pneumonia makes me slenderize
I feel like I’ve been blenderized
Steals my breath and appetite
Work to breathe both day and night
My heart goes fast, trials one to four
I’d rather not have any more
Ten pounds down, gone like smoke
Carbohydrates make me choke
The legacy of my fourth round
I can’t eat gluten, ounce nor pound
And yet I still come out ahead
Since I am alive and still not dead
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Four pneumonias in 24 years. I have an antibody response, which peaks about six weeks after the infection. Colds don’t trigger it. This photograph is two months in to my 2021 round. I drop ten pounds in the first week and eating is always difficult. I do not recommend this method of weight loss.
For the Ragtag Daily Prompt: slenderize.
Spring 17
For Cee’s Flower of the Day.
Dance
Sometimes I am an extrovert
sometimes an introvert
we are all a mix
we all have preferences
which can change with time
and situations
I would go to parties
check the exits
and spend time studying the bookshelves
when I was tired of people
greeting familiar friends on the shelves
and knowing a little more
about my host
I start dancing
meet my spouse
we took dance classes
dance with lots of people
and invented moves
and taught each other
Dance takes balance
paying attention to a partner
sometimes we dance with someone new
Sometimes I am an extrovert
sometimes I am an introvert
and I almost always love to dance
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I took the photograph yesterday through my front window. A bird dance!
For the Ragtag Daily Prompt: extrovert.
We love to dance to this rather naughty song. It’s pretty extroverted!
Spring 16
Even with two big wind storms in the last week, the plum blossoms are holding on.
For Cee’s Flower of the Day.
Lily wins
I have been cat sitting Lily, for my friend who is in a nursing home.
Lily is worried about her human and I am only in for about an hour and I don’t know her habits. And I am not her person. However, we have finally figured out how to play. Lily has a tent, a small one. I started scritching it one day and Lily reveals her tendencies: she is a bag stomper. She played with the tent until I get the picture above, with her sitting on it.
Next I bring a stick with line and various things tied on, including a toy mouse. Lily and I play and I don’t leave with large hand scratches. I could grit my teeth, but it was not that fun. Lily wants me to pet her now too.
Lily wins and I do too.
We hope her person will be home soon.
For the Ragtag Daily Prompt: grit.
Spring 15
The dandelions are here!
For Cee’s Flower of the Day.
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