Happy Friday from Winchendon MA everyone.
Cee’s B& W: Turning Your Back On Things
This week Cee has challenged us to show the back of things to our readers.
Click on the underlined link to see the back’s of lots of things. It’s a whole new way of looking at the world!
Here are mine.
Carried on the backs of angels
At the back of the church
back to back
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A Photo A Week Challenge: Wood
This week Nadia has asked us to display WOOD IN A PHOTO.
I started out several years ago photographing branches. Wood fiber has always fascinated me. My photo is below but other photos can be found by clicking the underlined words above.
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Friday Fictioneers: Bazoom and the Dangerous Waddle Boxes
Copyright – Marie Gail Stratford
Well it’s time for something a little lighter than my last entry “Kicking the Dust Off”. I am going totally Sci-fi, Hitchhiker’s Guide on this one folks. Also by way of explanation when I first wrote this piece I saw the mouse as a Zoomba automatic vacuum cleaner. It wasn’t until reading several other posts that I realized I was dealing with a remote mouse. Anyway rather than change the story I went with my original interpretation of the picture. Thanks as always to Rochelle for providing the inspiration. Check out her site when you’ re done here to see what other stories this photo prompt inspired.
Bazoom and the Dangerous Waddle Boxes
by JE LIllie
When humanity created the waddle boxes no one thought they could be dangerous. After all they were only supposed to be automated mail delivery systems for interoffice communication. But give a box a brain and they think it’s the green light to take over the universe. It’s always been that way with squares. Think about it.
All it took was a simple adjustment to their vortex transceivers and the waddle boxes went from teleporting mail between Ciprotech and Genofirm to transporting humans into the eye of Jupiter.
That’s when the humans made me. I’m Bazoom. If mailboxes can take over the world, vacuum cleaners should be able to take it back. Think about it.
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Fun Foto Challenge: A Terrific Smell
This week Cee has asked us to have Fun Depicting the sense of smell with our photographs. You can see how others achieved smell in picture by clicking on the underlined link.
Here are my smelly photos:
The gentle scent of the French Rose.
This is what the smell of Sandalwood Incense looks like.
The smell of wet dog in a tub.
The scent of pine in the air on a late winter’s day.
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Share Your World 2015 Wild & Wacky Week 39
This week Cee has asked some really fun questions!
My first response to question number 1 was “Really?”
I don’t know why but I was a little bashful about answering it.
The questions and my answers are below and you can discover other answers from around the world by clicking
Which way does the toilet paper roll go? Over or under?
To be honest I don’t have a toilet paper holder. My toilet paper sits on a ledge and goes left to right when I pick it up.
If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
Burnt Sienna. Some days I feel a little more burnt than others.
You are comfortable doing nothing? For long stretches of time?
Actually the answer to this is “no.” I do enjoy my down times and when I have them I like to be quiet but I have become used to being busy and I do not like it when I have days of unending quiet. I usually find something to keep myself occupied.
Rather: Would you accept $5,000 to shave your head or die it bright lime green and continue your normal activities while not explaining the reason for your haircut or color?
I would love to dye my hair lime green and not tell people why for $5,000.00 In fact if anyone is offering I will take the deal so I can visit my son in South Korea. I would also go bald for $5,000.00 but as my hair has dramatically thinned in the last year I doubt anyone would seriously think of offering me $5,000.00 to do a job that is already half done anyway.
Bonus question: What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?
I am so grateful that the Toy Town Fall Fest was a resounding success. Our committee was looking to do an event that created togetherness, In fact our theme was “Building the Toy Town of Tomorrow Together”. It was awesome to see so many town agencies out working to bless the community.
This week I am looking forward to buckling down and getting a lot of writing done!
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The Fruit Of Our Labors
The world is filled with fruit this time of year. Ailsa has asked us to show some of our local or travel FRUIT in a new post. Click the link to see where other people went with this post. My pictures of fruit are below.
A taste of fall
This picture was taken at the Red Apple Farm in Phillipston MA. We are now into the season of harvest festivals here in New England. It is glorious.
The pumpkins were photographed on the Mohawk Trail in MA
But not all fruit is edible. Jesus said in John 15, “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. 6Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned. 7But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted! 8When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father.
Here is some of the fruit that is most precious to me…
Folks in our church orchestra
Folks at Special Touch Camp
Folks from the church I am privileged to minister at
My son, a teacher in South Korea
My daughters, both children’s ministers
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Weekly Photo Challenge: The Same Little Dog
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Change.”
Everything grows, at least a little.
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Festival Of Leaves 2015 Week 4
Here we are with the next edition of Festival of Leaves 2015.
Check out the clickable link to see other views of autumn 2015. This is Captain’s Farm Hill in Winchendon MA. My father and I used to come up here before we went to work at the restaurant and have our morning coffee.
The sun rises over these trees.
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Friday Fictioneers: Kicking the Dust Off
I haven’t participated in F.F. for several weeks/months. Ministry had kept me busy. But I am jumping back in this week to tell a story in 100 words from the photo prompt above. If you would like to participate in Friday Fictioneers or if you would like to read other takes on the prompt click on the underlined link and it will take you to the F.F. home page.
Kicking the Dust Off
by JE Lillie
Sam eyed the cars behind him as he slowed down at the edge of the bridge. He half-expected them to slow down and park too. None did. The traffic continued on oblivious to the man with the cardboard box.
“It should be different,” he thought. There should be a funeral, a luncheon; But Bridget had no friends. She had lost Sam all his.
She got cancer.
He stuck by her.
Her dying words… “You’re worthless!”
Sam put the cardboard box down on the edge of the bridge.
He kicked.
She was gone.
Sam Cried.
“It should be different,” He thought.
