Haiku And Other Aperçus

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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

The Evil Look

Little brothers can be a bit of a problem sometimes for sisters. I loved my little brother, four years younger than me, but sometimes he made me pretty upset. At sometime during those years, I had a couple of Kewpie dolls. Mother taught me how to use a needle and thread and thimble, and showed me... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, March 30, 2015

The Middle Of Kansas

“I cannot understand why you should wish to leave this beautiful country and go back to the dry, gray place you call Kansas." "That is because you have no brains," answered the girl. "No matter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, March 28, 2015

Fun Stuff

The plans for Bronson's play area are already in the works. This is what it will look like later this summer, and he is only five weeks old. Oh the love of parents for their first child. They are besotted by this little great-great-nephew of mine: Change of subject: I knew an old Authoress with a... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Spring In Tornado Alley

Wemberly Newest Great-great-niece, only two weeks old and, since she lives in Oklahoma already went through her first tornado warning and being rushed to the basement for protection while the warning sirens sounded-- loudly undulating incessantly. Her big eyes took it all in, but no crying she made.... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Things Are Not Always What They Seem

third largest mammal when set on his ear (not rear) becomes small double Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, March 23, 2015

Better Than Snow

the thunder heard from afar is rolling in, and grumbling as it comes Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

I Saw One Today

pink magnolia blooms in sunshine, e'er comes the green at the cusp of spring Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, March 16, 2015

Nigh On To Spring

My thrush is turdoid; it trills in the tree. I feed it seeds. It poops on my car...no, not on me. But my confidence wanes as I look t'wards the woods... not just my car but three other hoods. ~ Son #1 Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, March 13, 2015

Signs

daffadowndilly and red maple tree flowers surely it's spring now Daffadowndilly She wore her yellow sun-bonnet, She wore her greenest gown; She turned to the south wind and curtsied up and down. She turned to the sunlight and shook her yellow head, and whispered to her neighbor, "Winter is dead." ~... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Cuenca

The three-toed sloth hanging up-side-down by its claws in the lush canopy of the jungle did not escape notice by the harpy eagle even though he was very still, so still for so long that he was home to beetles, cockroaches, fungi and algae. The sloth had such hold on the branch of his tree that the... Sign in to see full entry.

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