Optimism ~ Kitty’s Verses #writephoto

Positivity,

Waiting to greet, willingly,

Optimism reveals.

reblogged from Kitty’s Verses

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Sea-thrift #midnighthaiku

Domesticated

Far from its native shoreline

Nature’s freedom caged

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Barb Taub hosts Danny the Dog (owner of author Andrew Joyce) PLUS #BookReview of My Name Is Danny #humor #dogs

Reblogged from Barb Taub:

Morning. It’s not pretty…

When my dog Peri first got me, she woke me before dawn to take care of all her important stuff—walking Peri, feeding Peri, playing with Peri, walking Peri again, giving Peri her treats, and oh yeah…dropping my daughter at high school and heading into work. Peri was fine with that schedule and doesn’t see any reason for it to change just because said daughter is now a college graduate and I’m retired. 

Continue reading at Barb Taub

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Causeway ~ Di #writephoto

Look beyond, and under.
Not all is as it appears,
Hidden from view to many
Who sees what is not visible?
The sands of time bathe me,
Smooth my edges to glass,
The salt water tide polishes
To reflect the sun in my arms.

Continue reading at pensitivity101

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The Old One and the Gatekeeper (2) ~ Steve Tanham

The story of the Old One and the Gatekeeper told in Part One may be just that – a story. Or it may be the truth, turned into legend. Classical Chinese history places Lao Tzu as a 6th century BC contemporary of Confucius, and there are reliable records of their meetings. They were said to have great respect for each other’s work.

But, beyond his book, very little, is known about the mysterious sage Lao Tzu, other than he was an imperial archivist in the outgoing Zhou dynasty in the 6th century BC.

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Thursday Photo Prompt- Causeway # WritePhoto

First in this week…

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Sue Vincent is the host of Thursday Photo Prompt

Welcome to this week’s writephoto prompt.

This week’s prompt ~ Causeway

(For visually challenged writers, theimage shows a calm seascape in half-light, with a pathway of stone leading through the waters towards the horizon)

~*~

The path to heavens is littered with obstacles

Don’t think that you will get there without hard work

Rewards await those who are unwavering and determined

It’s not for the fickle or the faint-hearted

~*~

#Keepitalive

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Thursday photo prompt: Causeway #writephoto

Welcome to this week’s writephoto prompt.

You can find all last week’s entries in the weekly round-up, which was published earlier today.

Throughout the week, I will feature as many of the responses here on the Daily Echo as time and space allows, usually in the order in which they are submitted.

All posts will be featured in the weekly round-up on Thursday 14th May, linking back to the original posts of contributors.

Use the image below as inspiration to create a post on your own blog… poetry, prose, humour… light or dark, whatever you choose, as long as it is fairly family-friendly.

Submit your link by noon (GMT)  Wednesday 13th May.

Link back to this post with a pingback (Hugh has an excellent tutorial here)  and/or leave a link in the comments below, to be included in the round-up.

Use the #writephoto hashtag in your title so your posts can be found.

There is no word limit and no style requirements, except that your post must take inspiration from the image and/or the prompt word given in the title of this post.

Feel free to use #writephoto logo or include the prompt photo in your post if you wish, or you may replace it with one of your own to illustrate your work.

By participating in the #writephoto challenge, please be aware that your post may be featured as a reblog on this blog and I will link to your post for the round-up each week.

Regular contributors are also welcome to come over as my guest and introduce themselves (click here for details).

Please note: As I do not share my political opinions on this blog, please do not use the challenge as a platform from which to share yours. Party political or racially offensive posts will not be reblogged.

This week’s prompt ~ Causeway

For visually challenged writers, the image shows a calm seascape in half-light, with a pathway of stone leading through the waters towards the horizon.

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Photo prompt round-up: Cascade #writephoto

Magic and laughter

Memories for tomorrow

Ripples cascading

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The photo for this week’s prompt was taken in Scotland three years ago, at a place that I have always found magical, ever since I first drove that way, over forty years ago… Pattack Falls.

Thank you to everyone who took part, visited or reblogged the posts or left comments for their authors.

A new prompt will be published later today. As always, I will reblog as many contributions as space and time allows as they come in… and all of them will be featured in the round-up next Thursday.

All the posts are listed below, so please click on the links below to read them and leave a comment for the author!

Pingbacks do not always come through… if you have written a post for this challenge and it does not appear in the round-up, please leave a link to your post in the comments and I will add it to the list.

An invitation to writephoto writers…

As there are usually too many contributions to reblog all of them every week, and so that we can get to know their writers, I would like to invite all writephoto writers to come and introduce themselves on the blog as my guest! Click here for details.

Come and join in!

Thank you to all Contributors!

Lisa Coleman at Our Eyes Open

Kitty’s Verses

stoneronarollercoaster

Artie & Stu

Christine Bolton at Poetry for Healing

Dr. Crystal Grimes at Mystical Strings

S. S. at Getting Lost

Janette Bendle at What She Wrote Next

Nima Mohan at The Tenth Zodiac

Anita from Anita Dawes and Jaye Marie

Jen Goldie

Annette Rochelle Aben

Kerfe Roig at K- Lines that Aim to Be

Cheryl at The Bag Lady

The Indishe

Honoré Dupuis at Of Glass and Paper

Na’ama Yehuda

Geoff Le Pard at TanGental

Balroop Singh at Emotional Shadows

Lady Lee Manila

Brian F. Kirkham at The Inkwell

and an earlier, appropriate post from Brian

Jules at Jules Pens Some Gems

Di at pensitivity101

Trent P. McDonald at Trent’s World

KC’s Place

Aseem Rastogi at Transition of Thoughts

Deepa at Sync with Deep

Willow Willers at willowdot21

Wallie’s Wentletrap

Goff James at Art, Photography and Poetry

Tina Stewart Brakebill

Pamela at Butterfly Sand

Ritu Bhathal at But I Smile Anyway

Reena Saxena

Craig Towsley at A Bunch of Dumb Words in a Row

Iain Kelly

Faithfully Yours at It’s me 4 u!

Sadje at Keep it Alive

Nascent Ederren at The Ederren

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Notes from a Small Dog ~ The benefits of lockdown?

I don’t think she’s well. She’s cleaning stuff. Big time.

I mean, not her usual whip round with the feather duster and terrorising me with the hoover monster. Oh no, that I could cope with. Well, okay, apart from the hoover-monster. I have to protect my bed when she gets that out.

No… she’s washing stuff. And I mean, everything. I even caught her eyeing up my toys…

And it all smells weird.

She pulled up my favourite rug and now it smells of flowery stuff. Took the curtains down and now they smell the same. She’s washed the windows and started on the walls… muttering all the while about how I manage to get paw prints up them. Well if she will hang my leash up by the door, what does she expect?

There’s stuff flying out of cupboards, furniture getting moved. All the spiders are homeless since she took their webs down.

She’s even washed my sofa!

Doesn’t she understand what she is doing to my comfort zone? Or how important smells are to dogs? Just when I’d got it how I like it too…

Spring cleaning, she calls it…

…more like kennel fever, methinks.

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Cascade ~ Cheryl #writephoto

A meeting of quietude and noise

Silent ferns join in the audience as

Churning waters break the silence

And reticent moss covered rocks observe.

Reblogged from Cheryl at The Bag Lady

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