This week’s Photo Challenge is “close,” which can be interpreted many ways, I suppose. Here’s one, but don’t make me swear to what this critter really is. The specks aren’t “noise” in the photo, by the way. Dirty window. The author hangs her head in shame. It’s bad housekeeping, pure and simple, but what’s more important–writing, reading, taking photos, family, cooking (see how far down on the list cooking is?), hanging out with Oliver the cat–or dust on the glass?
grasshopper up close
For today’s At a Loss for Words feature, here’s a beachy slideshow!
Can you tell I’m missing the beach? Usually, my husband and I visit our favorite spot early in the summer, but circumstances prevented it this year. We still have hopes, but not before August, and August marks the start of hurricane season, so making reservations then is iffy.
Shall we be spontaneous? Shall we live dangerously?
As I review these photos of the place we love, I think maybe so. You’ll notice that the writing materials and books always, always go along.
If one of these photos sparks your creativity—a scrap, a memory, a poem or story—please share in the comments or leave me a link. Or tell me, what, or where, your favorite escape is. What kind of atmosphere gets your creative juices flowing?
The theme for this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge, issued yesterday, June 1, is “Today.” The challenge was/is to “take a photo today,” but now that today is past, does the photo I took yesterday count? What about the one I just took today of a lizard on the hummingbird feeder, defying gravity with his/her sticky little feet? (Yes, we do have a crop of lizards around our house.)
Before I start sounding like a “Who’s on First” routine, let’s get to the photos.
First, yesterday’s “Today,” the trumpet vine in bloom . . . Then today’s daredevil lizard.
Trumpet vine, June 1, 2012
Defying gravity, June 2, 2012
Gerry Wilson 