Ancient Runes
archaic symbols
line the tunnel of time
track the stunning trek
shadows flicker and
obscured by blinded eyes
truth hides in the open
men read and over-write
old runes upon the wall
while the end re-writes the light
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Fractals Photos Poetry Prose Watercolor
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Poem for RWP #107
ReadWritePoem Prompt #107 An image is offered for this prompt. You can see it at the site!
Ancient Runes
archaic symbols
line the tunnel of time
track the stunning trek
shadows flicker and
obscured by blinded eyes
truth hides in the open
men read and over-write
old runes upon the wall
while the end re-writes the light
Ancient Runes
archaic symbols
line the tunnel of time
track the stunning trek
shadows flicker and
obscured by blinded eyes
truth hides in the open
men read and over-write
old runes upon the wall
while the end re-writes the light
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
X for ABC Wednesday
ABC WEDNESDAY ROUND 5: X
Xi (uppercase Ξ, lowercase ξ) is the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet.
Xi There are other meanings outlined on the linked Wikipedia page. I hadn't thought much about it until I began playing
Xi (uppercase Ξ, lowercase ξ) is the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet.
Xi There are other meanings outlined on the linked Wikipedia page. I hadn't thought much about it until I began playing
You know that feeling? The search for something ~ anything ~ to use those last two tiles when you're already 30 points behind? I'm glad to learn this is more than just a two-letter word ~ it should be easier to remember but I'm beginning to wish I'd studied something besides Latin.
And that I played e-mail Scrabble with someone less talented than my oldest granddaughter who beats me soundly.
Two more valuables: xu and nu.
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Monday, December 28, 2009
Haiku for One Single Impression
One Single Impression: Prompt 96: Wanderlust Thanks to Tammie Lee of Spirit Helpers for this week's prompt!
ridge ahead
hides golden treasure
racing on
♥
seeking exploring
high, low, near and far
novel sights
♥
at the end
first site of the heart
welcome home
The image is a digital photo of a shadow on a DVD disc, altered on Bamboo Fun with Adobe Photoshop Elements, buttoned, resized in Irfanview.
ridge ahead
hides golden treasure
racing on
♥
seeking exploring
high, low, near and far
novel sights
♥
at the end
first site of the heart
welcome home
The image is a digital photo of a shadow on a DVD disc, altered on Bamboo Fun with Adobe Photoshop Elements, buttoned, resized in Irfanview.
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Sunday, December 27, 2009
Haiga for Haiku Bones
Haiku Bones prompts with the word, regret
could have - didn't
should have - didn't
...yesterday
Sketch created on Bamboo Fun Tablet with Adobe Photoshop Elements, resized in Irfanview.
could have - didn't
should have - didn't
...yesterday
Sketch created on Bamboo Fun Tablet with Adobe Photoshop Elements, resized in Irfanview.
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Poem for RWP #106
RWP #106
Prompt: Repetition is a useful tool. Perhaps one of the finest. Anyone who wishes to make a memorable point uses repetition, be they poet, scholar or person on the street. As poets, we repeat everything and anything: sounds, words, sentences, rhythms and/or ideas.
Space of Dark
a double dare of dark
drums down the days
The image is an abstract watercolor created on the Bamboo Fun Tablet with Adobe Photoshop Elements.
Prompt: Repetition is a useful tool. Perhaps one of the finest. Anyone who wishes to make a memorable point uses repetition, be they poet, scholar or person on the street. As poets, we repeat everything and anything: sounds, words, sentences, rhythms and/or ideas.
Space of Dark
a double dare of darkdrums down the days
in the space of a dime
dreams fall by the way
lack the sweet kiss of light
a double dare of dark
she leans toward spring
future swings on a string
in the double dare of dark
dreams fall by the way
lack the sweet kiss of light
a double dare of dark
she leans toward spring
future swings on a string
in the double dare of dark
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Haiku for 3WW
ThomG, moderator of 3 Word Wednesday brings these three words for prompt: journey, rigid, hinder. Thanks, ThomG, and Merry Christmas to All!
rigid thoughts
hinder the journey
frozen cells
The image was created on the Bamboo Fun Tablet with Adobe Photoshop Elements.
rigid thoughts
hinder the journey
frozen cells
The image was created on the Bamboo Fun Tablet with Adobe Photoshop Elements.
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
W for ABC Wednesday
ABC WEDNESDAY ROUND 5: W
W is for WISH
It’s more of a sculpture than a dwelling. Taking cues from a Nautilus shell, the house is put together using ferrocement construction, a technique involving a frame of steel-reinforced chicken wire with a special two-inch-thick composite of concrete spread over it, resulting in a structure that’s earthquake-proof and maintenance-free.
Read More Here There are photos of the interior and more information about the design itself. It feels like a dream to me! I can image the reflections inside, the comforting cocoon of space and I'll admit that the phrase 'maintenance-free' gets right to my heart. But what would you expect from a woman with a Roomba named Hey You?
I'm thinking there are only a few people who would wish for this. What do you think?
It’s more of a sculpture than a dwelling. Taking cues from a Nautilus shell, the house is put together using ferrocement construction, a technique involving a frame of steel-reinforced chicken wire with a special two-inch-thick composite of concrete spread over it, resulting in a structure that’s earthquake-proof and maintenance-free.
Read More Here There are photos of the interior and more information about the design itself. It feels like a dream to me! I can image the reflections inside, the comforting cocoon of space and I'll admit that the phrase 'maintenance-free' gets right to my heart. But what would you expect from a woman with a Roomba named Hey You?
I'm thinking there are only a few people who would wish for this. What do you think?
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Monday, December 21, 2009
Haiku for One Single Impression
One Single Impression: Prompt 95: Junction
Thanks to Jeeves of Silence is Poetic for this week's prompt.
frail elder
links to the younger
shared musings
♥
memories
the junction that forms
new melange
These are senryu. Fractal created in Fractal Explorer, resized and buttoned in Irfanview.
Thanks to Jeeves of Silence is Poetic for this week's prompt.
frail elder
links to the younger
shared musings
♥
memories
the junction that forms
new melange
These are senryu. Fractal created in Fractal Explorer, resized and buttoned in Irfanview.
♥♥♥
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Haiga for Haiku Bones
Haiku Bones prompt: Fleeting
stony glance
Fractal created in Fractal Explorer, resized and text insertion via Irfanview.
Apophis
collision bypassed stony glance
Fractal created in Fractal Explorer, resized and text insertion via Irfanview.
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Thursday, December 17, 2009
Poem for RWP #105
ReadWritePoem offers about seventeen words to use in this week's poem.
went out into the night
the dark of moon
pulled its precious shell
into a curl around its back
pierced by steadfast neglect
she hit a dying riff, moved
through time as frail as trees
sometime 'round the solstice
telephones rang mellow chimes
while the stars began to dim
Neglect on a String
stealthy as the wind
radar beams of meteorswent out into the night
the dark of moon
pulled its precious shell
into a curl around its back
pierced by steadfast neglect
she hit a dying riff, moved
through time as frail as trees
sometime 'round the solstice
telephones rang mellow chimes
while the stars began to dim
Fractal image created in Fractal Explorer.
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Poem for 3WW
ThomG, moderator of 3WordWednesday offers these words as prompt: bleak, queer, hiccup.
The image is a digital photo of a glass ball created from Mt. St. Helen's ash. Photographed in slanted sunlight, manipulated in Digital Image Suite, resized and buttoned in Irfanview. Initially my camera and I were 'fisheye' reflected in the center section. A couple of quick swipes disappeared me but they aren't the swipes that appear most obvious. :)
Lens of the Past
neither light nor dark
no color at play
the queer time of mind
the bleak phase of day
a hiccup in life
reaching into the gray
she draws on familiar
a memory of old
to add light to
that bleak phase of day
The image is a digital photo of a glass ball created from Mt. St. Helen's ash. Photographed in slanted sunlight, manipulated in Digital Image Suite, resized and buttoned in Irfanview. Initially my camera and I were 'fisheye' reflected in the center section. A couple of quick swipes disappeared me but they aren't the swipes that appear most obvious. :)
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
V for ABC Wednesday
ABC WEDNESDAY ROUND 5: V
V is for Robot
I have a vacuum.
His name is Hey, You!
Like an unsociable cat
he circles behind my back
gives me wide berth
sweeps up dusty corners
and wanders under the bed.
Sometimes, for fun
when he comes round
I move aside
to watch him clean.
'Good Job, Hey,You!' I say.
It's the least I can do!
The battery gave out on my red iRoomba vacuum a couple of weeks ago and I whined. My oldest granddaughter asked, 'How long have you had it?' 'Not very,' cried I.
But I checked. It's been over three years since I Amazon-ordered it. Smiling, I ordered a new battery so Hey,You can resume his chores. It'll be three more years before I whine again. And there'll be a few more months to come up with the next V.
Ain't love grand?
Fractal image was created in Fractal Explorer and resized in Irfanview.
V is for Robot
His name is Hey, You!
Like an unsociable cat
he circles behind my back
gives me wide berth
sweeps up dusty corners
and wanders under the bed.
Sometimes, for fun
when he comes round
I move aside
to watch him clean.
'Good Job, Hey,You!' I say.
It's the least I can do!
The battery gave out on my red iRoomba vacuum a couple of weeks ago and I whined. My oldest granddaughter asked, 'How long have you had it?' 'Not very,' cried I.
But I checked. It's been over three years since I Amazon-ordered it. Smiling, I ordered a new battery so Hey,You can resume his chores. It'll be three more years before I whine again. And there'll be a few more months to come up with the next V.
Ain't love grand?
Fractal image was created in Fractal Explorer and resized in Irfanview.
♥♥♥
Monday, December 14, 2009
Haiku for One Single Impression
One Single Impression: Prompt 94: Spider Webs
hammock
webbed into thin air
food trap
rarely seen
sturdy trap spun fine
catcher's mitt
Fractal image created in Apophysis, resized and recolored in Irfanview.
hammock
webbed into thin air
food trap
rarely seen
sturdy trap spun fine
catcher's mitt
Fractal image created in Apophysis, resized and recolored in Irfanview.
~♥~♥~♥~
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Poem for Sunday Scribblings
Sunday Scribblings offers prompt #193 - Brave
Mask of Night
a savage wind
whistling harmonics
cuts through the dark
knocks at the door
evergreen limbs
scratch the roof and
needles stab at panes
through midnight fears
spun from betrayals
whispers ride the wind
ricochet off the walls
she brews calming tea
The fractal image was created in MindBogglingFractals and resized in Irfanview.
Mask of Night
a savage wind
whistling harmonics
cuts through the dark
knocks at the door
evergreen limbs
scratch the roof and
needles stab at panes
through midnight fears
spun from betrayals
whispers ride the wind
ricochet off the walls
she brews calming tea
The fractal image was created in MindBogglingFractals and resized in Irfanview.
~♥~♥~♥
Friday, December 11, 2009
Decorating by Drill
This YouTube presentation looks like more fun than hanging stockings! I haven't tried it but doubt I'll make it through the season without giving it a spin. On the other hand, I envision what could go wrong, so maybe this will go into my Spectator Crafts file.
In the past, I decorated clear Christmas bulbs by dribbling glass paint inside the bulb and rotating it until the colors interacted to make an abstract 'watercolor' painting. That's an easy project and produces original bulbs each time. No power involved there and very little risk to limbs.
In the past, I decorated clear Christmas bulbs by dribbling glass paint inside the bulb and rotating it until the colors interacted to make an abstract 'watercolor' painting. That's an easy project and produces original bulbs each time. No power involved there and very little risk to limbs.
Then again, using the camera to capture reflections indoors during the frigid temperature outside seems the least risky of all. See the newest one here on my Art Blog.
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Thursday, December 10, 2009
Poem for 3Word Wednesday
ThomG, moderator of 3Word Wednesday offers these words as prompt: lithe, offend, grave
The Daily Tempest
writhing limbs
uproot the senses
guide the lithe
toward smoky mirrors
magnetized by mimicry
where nonstop coverage
plays upon the clay
uproots the tallest
and offends the grave
by writhing limbs
Fractal image was created in Apophysis, resized in Irfanview.
The Daily Tempest
writhing limbs
uproot the senses
guide the lithe
toward smoky mirrors
magnetized by mimicry
where nonstop coverage
plays upon the clay
uproots the tallest
and offends the grave
by writhing limbs
Fractal image was created in Apophysis, resized in Irfanview.
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Tuesday, December 08, 2009
U for ABC Wednesday
ABC WEDNESDAY ROUND 5: U
Ubiquitous. Useful word when the hamburger rises to lofty levels and is found on every street corner. I rarely eat hamburgers but this one, served at a summer outdoor gathering, was hardly ubiquitous.
Because the unfriendly temperature here is near zero, I'll probably not spend unlimited time outdoors taking fresh photographs.
Nearing the Z of the second round I've played on ABC Wednesday, I think it's undeniably harder to find unused ideas. How about you?
Ubiquitous. Useful word when the hamburger rises to lofty levels and is found on every street corner. I rarely eat hamburgers but this one, served at a summer outdoor gathering, was hardly ubiquitous.
Because the unfriendly temperature here is near zero, I'll probably not spend unlimited time outdoors taking fresh photographs.
Nearing the Z of the second round I've played on ABC Wednesday, I think it's undeniably harder to find unused ideas. How about you?
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Sunday, December 06, 2009
Haiku for One Single Impression
One Single Impression: Prompt 93: Lighthouse Geraldine of My Poetic Path brings us this week's prompt. Click here to read her poem.
a room at the top
Tillamook Rock bounces hope
Ballantyne's magic
a tocsin of trust
steadfast throughout the tempest
eyelids fail to blink
The image is a bookmark made from a pen/ink sketch. Lighthouses are magical and mystical to those of us who rarely see them 'in person'.
a room at the top
Tillamook Rock bounces hope
Ballantyne's magic
a tocsin of trust
steadfast throughout the tempest
eyelids fail to blink
The image is a bookmark made from a pen/ink sketch. Lighthouses are magical and mystical to those of us who rarely see them 'in person'.
♥~♥~♥
Weird for Sunday Scribblings
Sunday Scribblings prompts with weird
This is a tough prompt, since I can hardly think of anything that isn't weird, but by fluke and circumstance (and maybe a bit of strange thrown in) this is a scene I saw today on my living room coffee table.
A DVD, just completed, was upside down, the sun came through the window at the right angle and shadowed a cactus-type plant. The photo is just as it emerged from my point-and-shoot camera.
This isn't as weird as it gets around here but, for today, this is enough! Hope you enjoy this serendipitous image as much as I do!
This is a tough prompt, since I can hardly think of anything that isn't weird, but by fluke and circumstance (and maybe a bit of strange thrown in) this is a scene I saw today on my living room coffee table.
A DVD, just completed, was upside down, the sun came through the window at the right angle and shadowed a cactus-type plant. The photo is just as it emerged from my point-and-shoot camera.
This isn't as weird as it gets around here but, for today, this is enough! Hope you enjoy this serendipitous image as much as I do!
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Thursday, December 03, 2009
Poem for RWP #103
ReadWritePoem get your poem on #103
crimson drops of blood
pods like jelly in a jar
color of the first chakra
sweet perfume of summer
silky bits wait inside
the rind of tough hide
until she yearns to feed
her pining soul in times
of winter's cold and white
and with a tiny seed pod
she re-creates the heat
of summer in a jelly jar
Fractal image created in Fractal Explorer, recolored and resized in Irfanview.
♥♥♥
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
T for ABC Wednesday
ABC WEDNESDAY ROUND 5: T is for......
Contact!
Tiny toes tense
before the toddler
begins to twirl, twirl
twirl 'til she dizzies,
tumbles to the floor
and shrieks with glee.
Contact!
Tiny toes tense
before the toddler
begins to twirl, twirl
twirl 'til she dizzies,
tumbles to the floor
and shrieks with glee.
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Monday, November 30, 2009
Haiku for One Single Impression
One Single Impression: Prompt 92: Migration
Gabrielle of Wild Goose Scoops Moon brings us this week's prompt.
bumper to bumper
going west is reproduced
eastbound nose to tail
Fractal image was created in Apophysis, resized and buttoned in Irfanview.
Gabrielle of Wild Goose Scoops Moon brings us this week's prompt.
bumper to bumper
going west is reproduced
eastbound nose to tail
Fractal image was created in Apophysis, resized and buttoned in Irfanview.
♥♥
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Games for Sunday Scribbling
Sunday Scribblings prompts with the topic of games.
I've never met a board or card game I didn't like but game-playing people go against my grain. You know the type. The type that rattled Lucy. Where do they come from? Those with the self-determined solutions for un-asked questions?
My current favorite games are Quiddler, Domino Trains, Scrabble and, if I can win one time, I might like a bit of chess even though it's almost too slow for me. I'm in a hurry. And not much good at strategizing.
Truly, I'm there for the giggles. Last summer I was teaching a little kid to play SlapJack and found a lot more laughs and slaps with a double deck of pinochle cards instead of the standard deck.
I've never met a board or card game I didn't like but game-playing people go against my grain. You know the type. The type that rattled Lucy. Where do they come from? Those with the self-determined solutions for un-asked questions?
My current favorite games are Quiddler, Domino Trains, Scrabble and, if I can win one time, I might like a bit of chess even though it's almost too slow for me. I'm in a hurry. And not much good at strategizing.
Truly, I'm there for the giggles. Last summer I was teaching a little kid to play SlapJack and found a lot more laughs and slaps with a double deck of pinochle cards instead of the standard deck.
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
S for ABC Wednesday
ABC WEDNESDAY ROUND 5: S is for.....
Upside or Down
a small slip of ivy
the heart of ess
curls round my thumb
fashions a smile
a sense of spring
symbolic and green
the original sin
shaped by an asp
morphs to blood stains
on spreadsheets and
scripts the bottom line
of snakes in the grass
sweet and sensual
serendipitous
curves to a spiral
the siren call
of the seasonal ess
a small slip of ivy
This edited re-post is a favorite of mine and I hope you'll enjoy it as well.
The digital image is a copper wire twisted to an S and photographed on top of a CD reflecting a window's light. Resized in Irfranview, framed in MS Digital Image Suite.
Upside or Down
a small slip of ivy
the heart of ess
curls round my thumb
fashions a smile
a sense of spring
symbolic and green
the original sin
shaped by an asp
morphs to blood stains
on spreadsheets and
scripts the bottom line
of snakes in the grass
sweet and sensual
serendipitous
curves to a spiral
the siren call
of the seasonal ess
a small slip of ivy
This edited re-post is a favorite of mine and I hope you'll enjoy it as well.
The digital image is a copper wire twisted to an S and photographed on top of a CD reflecting a window's light. Resized in Irfranview, framed in MS Digital Image Suite.
♥S♥S♥
Monday, November 23, 2009
Haiku for One Single Impression
One Single Impression: Prompt 91: Creative
♥
last seen
trekking outbound
ideas
♥
pigments pause
wily words whistle
my muse naps
♥
sometimes
somehow
maybe
The image was created with a few 'brushstrokes' on a Bamboo Fun Tablet using Adobe Photoshop Elements.
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last seen
trekking outbound
ideas
♥
pigments pause
wily words whistle
my muse naps
♥
sometimes
somehow
maybe
The image was created with a few 'brushstrokes' on a Bamboo Fun Tablet using Adobe Photoshop Elements.
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Sunday, November 22, 2009
Tanka for Sunday Scribblings
Sunday Scribblings offers Beauty as today's prompt word.
a clean mantle falls
through the dark on hills and town
the virgin white snow
reflecting first morning light
autumn's rain-soaked gray turns bright
Note: Congratulations to Laini, Jim and Lips Touch: Three Times, on their nomination for 2009 National Book Award.
A digital photo with negative filter applied in Irfanview.
a clean mantle falls
through the dark on hills and town
the virgin white snow
reflecting first morning light
autumn's rain-soaked gray turns bright
Note: Congratulations to Laini, Jim and Lips Touch: Three Times, on their nomination for 2009 National Book Award.
A digital photo with negative filter applied in Irfanview.
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
Pleiades for RWP #101
READ WRITE POEM Include as many of these PPPPrompt words as Possible: posthumous, parallelogram, platitude, prevaricate, procrastinate, plethora, plaster, pernicious, polyglot, pea, prickle, porous, processional
Poetic License
prevaricate she does
plasters old platitudes
porous as split peapods
procrastination draws
plethora of lies 'til
processional turns up
posthumous tell-tale truths
Pleiades Form: 7 lines, 6 syllables - each line begins with the first letter of the title
Image is a combination apophysis fractal and digital photo.
Poetic License
prevaricate she does
plasters old platitudes
porous as split peapods
procrastination draws
plethora of lies 'til
processional turns up
posthumous tell-tale truths
Pleiades Form: 7 lines, 6 syllables - each line begins with the first letter of the title
Image is a combination apophysis fractal and digital photo.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Cycliku for 3WW
ThomG, moderator of 3Word Wednesday offers these three words as prompt: Accident, Loyal, Obscene
Image created on Bamboo Tablet with Adobe Photoshop Elements.
bound by new wander
loyal to an unseen map
it's no accident
destiny may turn obscene
by no accident
loyal to that hidden map
she's here to wander
Image created on Bamboo Tablet with Adobe Photoshop Elements.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
R for ABC Wednesday
ABC WEDNESDAY ROUND 5: R is for......Respect!
I've always claimed Red as my favorite color. You know. RED.
When I began to watercolor, RED took on a number of names and shades. And more, until the list outgrew me. There were many Reds that I mistakenly called pinks and browns.
As always, Wikipedia provides an answer for everything Red including a lengthy list of Reds along with matching color chips. Each of these sites is full of wonderful information.
Looking at this litany of Reds brought on an urge to color something. Anything. An urge to replace the gray of today with vivid, life-sustaining RED. So, I'm off to play with color on my Bamboo Fun Tablet which is similar to watercoloring without the mess.
Red, it is.
The image is a digital 'watercolor' created on Bamboo Fun Tablet and framed in FrameFun.
I've always claimed Red as my favorite color. You know. RED.
When I began to watercolor, RED took on a number of names and shades. And more, until the list outgrew me. There were many Reds that I mistakenly called pinks and browns.
As always, Wikipedia provides an answer for everything Red including a lengthy list of Reds along with matching color chips. Each of these sites is full of wonderful information.
Looking at this litany of Reds brought on an urge to color something. Anything. An urge to replace the gray of today with vivid, life-sustaining RED. So, I'm off to play with color on my Bamboo Fun Tablet which is similar to watercoloring without the mess.
Red, it is.
The image is a digital 'watercolor' created on Bamboo Fun Tablet and framed in FrameFun.
♥♥♥
Monday, November 16, 2009
Haiku for One Single Impression
One Single Impression: Prompt 90: Reincarnation
Thanks to Gautami Tripathy of Rooted for this week's prompt
widespread tides
dance on coastal lines
rewrite shore
seedlings
bright with future
rise from ash
ancient rain
falls in today's snow
water reborn
Fractal image created in Fractal Explorer, resized in Irfanview and framed with FrameFun
Thanks to Gautami Tripathy of Rooted for this week's prompt
widespread tides
dance on coastal lines
rewrite shore
seedlings
bright with future
rise from ash
ancient rain
falls in today's snow
water reborn
Fractal image created in Fractal Explorer, resized in Irfanview and framed with FrameFun
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Sunday, November 15, 2009
Delphi for Sunday Scribblings
Sunday Scribblings offers Oracle as the weekly prompt.
Delphi
In the N'awlins dusk
her palms turn up
for heaven's alms.
Magenta silks wrap thick
around her neck, slick
down across her gown.
Your long fine lines, said she,
foretell a first-class life.
I cross her palms with silver.
Unforeseen, that humid night
draws the Delphi's final gig
of Danse Macabre by trolley.
Fractal created in Fractal Explorer.
Delphi
In the N'awlins dusk
her palms turn up
for heaven's alms.
Magenta silks wrap thick
around her neck, slick
down across her gown.
Your long fine lines, said she,
foretell a first-class life.
I cross her palms with silver.
Unforeseen, that humid night
draws the Delphi's final gig
of Danse Macabre by trolley.
Fractal created in Fractal Explorer.
♥♥♥
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Cycliku for 3WW
ThomG, moderator of 3WordWednesday, offers these words for prompt: hanker, murky, errant
an errant hanker
overcomes his murky mind
chaos tweaks the string
a hundred nightmares reel when
chaos tweaked the string
overcame his murky mind
with errant hankers
Fractal created in Apophysis, tinted in Picasa, resized in Irfanview.
an errant hanker
overcomes his murky mind
chaos tweaks the string
a hundred nightmares reel when
chaos tweaked the string
overcame his murky mind
with errant hankers
Fractal created in Apophysis, tinted in Picasa, resized in Irfanview.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Q for ABC Wednesday
ABC WEDNESDAY ROUND 5: Qis for......Questions and answers!
Quintessential is a word that sings to my ear.
Quintessential fills the cracks which remain when describing a particular something. Quintessential holds the essence of that something in its most pure and concentrated form.
The photograph is, to me, Quintessential Autumn.
fiery leaf
teases gray backdrop
winter laughs
Quintessential is a word that sings to my ear.
Quintessential fills the cracks which remain when describing a particular something. Quintessential holds the essence of that something in its most pure and concentrated form.
The photograph is, to me, Quintessential Autumn.
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Sunday, November 08, 2009
Haiku for One Single Impression
One Single Impression: Prompt 89: Departed
Thanks to Loch Rob of A Small Look Inside for this week's prompt, departed.
gold and sienna
lifted away like geese v's
winter's nude branches
skins abandoned
boxes collect her blunders
skeleton keys
in late hours
mistakes moisten her eyes
tide sweeps the sand
Fractal created in Fractal Explorer.
Thanks to Loch Rob of A Small Look Inside for this week's prompt, departed.
gold and sienna
lifted away like geese v's
winter's nude branches
skins abandoned
boxes collect her blunders
skeleton keys
in late hours
mistakes moisten her eyes
tide sweeps the sand
Fractal created in Fractal Explorer.
♥♥♥
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Tanka for 3WW
ThomG, moderator of 3WordWednesday, offers these words today: obey, wither, karma
stifled by karma
she tacks hard to the starboard
failing to obey
she staked future on a wish
withered her labyrinth of days
Fractal created with Apophysis.
stifled by karma
she tacks hard to the starboard
failing to obey
she staked future on a wish
withered her labyrinth of days
Fractal created with Apophysis.
♥♥♥
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
P for ABC Wednesday
ABC WEDNESDAY ROUND 5: P is for...Problems?
Pointillism. A form of detailed painting which is made by thousands and thousands of tiny dots. It's fallen out of favor in the recent years due to the massive amount of time and energy it consumes. A friend of mine worked on one for half her life and found that when it was finished she disliked it with a passion. Not a good thing.
I've never attempted it. Not long on patience and definitely short of dedication, I turned to watercolor because it often paints itself. A little water, a little pigment, a piece of paper and a few turns of the paper often manages to make an underpainting to be finished with a few broad strokes and a bit of negative painting.
The image is one of my first watercolors, an underwater scene, which I opened in Adobe Photoshop Elements to invert its color and then used the Pointillize filter. It shows a bit of the action required by this form of painting.
And that was the end of my patience.
Pointillism. A form of detailed painting which is made by thousands and thousands of tiny dots. It's fallen out of favor in the recent years due to the massive amount of time and energy it consumes. A friend of mine worked on one for half her life and found that when it was finished she disliked it with a passion. Not a good thing.
I've never attempted it. Not long on patience and definitely short of dedication, I turned to watercolor because it often paints itself. A little water, a little pigment, a piece of paper and a few turns of the paper often manages to make an underpainting to be finished with a few broad strokes and a bit of negative painting.
The image is one of my first watercolors, an underwater scene, which I opened in Adobe Photoshop Elements to invert its color and then used the Pointillize filter. It shows a bit of the action required by this form of painting.
And that was the end of my patience.
♥♥♥
Sunday, November 01, 2009
Haiku for One Single Impression
One Single Impression: Prompt 88: Shift in Time
shift of time
vintage transmission
Dynaflow
Fractal created in Fractal Explorer, resized in Irfanview.
a dither
at the cusp of then
nixes now
autumn leaves
fury of snowflakes
blink of time
shift of time
vintage transmission
Dynaflow
Fractal created in Fractal Explorer, resized in Irfanview.
♥♥♥
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Adventure for Sunday Scribblings
Sunday Scribblings prompts: Adventure
This Broom is Parked
the gate is locked
drapes drawn tight
no bulbs leak light
I huddle in the dark
under a warming throw
adventure's lost its spark
a box of candy in my lap
I savor each and every bite
chocolate surprise delights
the candy box is empty
procrastination wins
old ghouls left without me
Fractal created in Apophysis.
♥♥♥
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Tanka for 3WW
ThomG, moderator of 3 Word Wednesday, offers today's prompt: nightmare, vanity, incubate
sudden reflections
incubate in dark of soul
birthplace of nightmares
echoing those buried faults
shake up vanity and fear
Fractal created in MindBogglingFractals.
sudden reflections
incubate in dark of soul
birthplace of nightmares
echoing those buried faults
shake up vanity and fear
Fractal created in MindBogglingFractals.
♥♥♥
O for ABC Wednesday
ABC WEDNESDAY ROUND 5: O
Outstanding
Clad in autumn tones, a lone tree stands out in the October crowd.
It's far more common to see a small copse of aspen and quite unusual to find only a singleton or two.
♥♥♥
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Haiku for One Single Impression
One Single Impression: Prompt 87: Elusive
♥
unseen line
between right and wrong
war and peace
♥
hovering
in cold empty plots
starving ghosts
♥
the stalk of loss
lingers in her shadow
withered garden
♥
Fractal created in Apophysis.
♥
unseen line
between right and wrong
war and peace
♥
hovering
in cold empty plots
starving ghosts
♥
the stalk of loss
lingers in her shadow
withered garden
♥
Fractal created in Apophysis.
***
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Shame for Sunday Scribblings
Sunday Scribblings prompt #186 -- Shame - I read once that there's only one emotion that is just as powerful in recollection as it is on the spot. You know, when you remember an instance of being happy or sad, you don't re-experience the full happiness or sadness you were feeling then, but when you remember feeling shame, you have a physical reaction and it's just as powerful as when it was fresh. Crazy. So, write something about shame.
Three Score and Ten
raucous ravens cluster
at a door stained by crosses
when nights turn long and
love goes absent
shame wraps her in a coffin
keeps her there 'til dawn
rude and rowdy ravens
growl guilt at light of day
where ravens crowd the gutter
to pluck succor from her heart
Fractal created in Apophysis.
Three Score and Ten
raucous ravens cluster
at a door stained by crosses
when nights turn long and
love goes absent
shame wraps her in a coffin
keeps her there 'til dawn
rude and rowdy ravens
growl guilt at light of day
where ravens crowd the gutter
to pluck succor from her heart
Fractal created in Apophysis.
♥♥♥
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Read Write Poem #97
she
pale as sandpiper prints
pale as sandpiper prints
in a wrinkle of infinity
she flies at that easy hour
catches the potbellied moon
rides past a crescent of sand
seaweed laced
with driftwood beads
a blink of stars, a tiny smile
she slides out through the sky
on wings of sparrow sighs
she flies at that easy hour
catches the potbellied moon
rides past a crescent of sand
seaweed laced
with driftwood beads
a blink of stars, a tiny smile
she slides out through the sky
on wings of sparrow sighs
The fractal image was created in Apophysis, marked up in Adobe Photoshop Elements on Bamboo Fun Tablet.
♥♥♥
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Haiku for 3WW
ThomG, moderator of 3Word Wednesday offers the following words today: heartache, jangle, reckless
knight of heartache
spurs a reckless jangle
deja vu hums
Fractal image created with MindBogglingFractals software
knight of heartache
spurs a reckless jangle
deja vu hums
Fractal image created with MindBogglingFractals software
♥♥♥
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
N for ABC Wednesday
ABC WEDNESDAY ROUND 5: N...
Nintendo
When my grandkids were young, they halfheartedly introduced me to Nintendo while smirks and frustration crossed their faces when I couldn't get the hang of the buttons.
I quietly purchased my own console and locked myself away until I solved each of their favorite games. When next we played, I can't tell you how much pleasure it gave me to whip their little butts.
They invited classmates to challenge me and cheered me on to win in a variation of that classic boast ~ my dad can whip your dad.
They advanced to the next system, the next, the next and then the next but those games didn't entice me like the earlier ones. They weren't as much fun and, believe me, I'm a strong proponent of fun which doesn't hurt anybody bloody.
Sometimes the Wii tempts me – I love the Bowling/Golf games and Yoga looks pretty cool but for now I'll keep my fingers nimble with the old game – it suits me.
In bursts of nostalgia, some of these grown grandkids drop by to play the old system and admit how they wish they still had their original consoles. I rarely sneer or smirk in front of them.
Nintendo
When my grandkids were young, they halfheartedly introduced me to Nintendo while smirks and frustration crossed their faces when I couldn't get the hang of the buttons.
I quietly purchased my own console and locked myself away until I solved each of their favorite games. When next we played, I can't tell you how much pleasure it gave me to whip their little butts.
They invited classmates to challenge me and cheered me on to win in a variation of that classic boast ~ my dad can whip your dad.
They advanced to the next system, the next, the next and then the next but those games didn't entice me like the earlier ones. They weren't as much fun and, believe me, I'm a strong proponent of fun which doesn't hurt anybody bloody.
Sometimes the Wii tempts me – I love the Bowling/Golf games and Yoga looks pretty cool but for now I'll keep my fingers nimble with the old game – it suits me.
In bursts of nostalgia, some of these grown grandkids drop by to play the old system and admit how they wish they still had their original consoles. I rarely sneer or smirk in front of them.
♥♥♥
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