Sometime Worry Takes Control.... So Today I Give You Three For Thursday.. and a Small Bonus..

" If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear? " ~  Confucius

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#1-  Project 365- a Photo Every Day

"Be a Tree!" I told them....
when I asked her to look at me
she replied... "Trees don't  LOOK!"
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 #2- & #3-  Diamante Poems- I have been taking another class at Allpoetry.com...  I have always liked what some people call small word poems or small word count poems.. that means writing a poem with only a few words.. Haiku .. American Sentence Poems and Hay(NA)Ku are all examples of that.. so are these Diamante Poems from my latest class...  don't let these fool you.. they are much harder than they appear..  they can be written as synonyms.. or as antonyms..  I will share one of each using the assigned word night.. enjoy!
 

Dawning

Night
obscurity, twilight
shadowing, dimming, witching
darkness, eve / morn, light
gleaming, shining, enlightening
illumination, morrow
Day

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
8-11-2011
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Desolation

Night
nocturnal, mysterious
hiding, frightening, brooding
dusk, gloom, twilight, despair
masking, concealing, disguising
obscure, hidden
Darkness

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
8-11-2011

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Bonus
 

 
 
HAY(NA)KU
 
 
            sprinklers
            man made

refreshment raining down

 

Written By: Patricia Sawyer

           8-11-2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Thanks for stopping by my blog today.. I hope you have enjoyed some part of your visit..I  welcome both comments and followers.. Have a wonderful day!

Patsy

Three Things for Thursday!

"Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth."
~ Buddha

"My wife and I tried two or three times in the last 40 years to have breakfast together, but it was so disagreeable we had to stop."
~ Winston Churchill

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
~ Robert Frost

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Tricksters

short pirate braying
one-horned horse falls apart
the tail chases ghosts

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
10-4-2010
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Skull Rack

pale naked head bones
grim remains of sacrifice
the horse heads hang low

written by: Patricia Sawyer
10-4-2010

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Thursday, October 7, 2010
Thursday Thunks: Sneaking Out

The TT questions are brought to you by Bud, the color of a pumpkin pie and the number 3333.

1. When you snuck out of your house for the first time, who were you meeting and why?
-- I snuck out once before I was grown up.. I wasn't meeting any one.. I was going to fetch my cigarettes that I had to hide fast when Daddy almost caught me smoking.. On the other hand I used to dress the little ones up in crazy costumes and sneak them out and around to knock on the front door and scare My dad.. or at least he pretended to be scared.. I know once he thought my tiny sister was an old lady and he told me I should never do that again..

2. Tell us about the last time that you got your heart broken. Extra points if you publish their naked photo.-- I only wish I had that photo.. My heart has been broken so much that it is nothing now but duct tape and superglue.. I quit keeping count a long time ago so.. you don't really want to know anyway..

3. Tell us about someone you know named Bob. (Yes, we know this is a stupid question. Stupid is what we do best.) -- I know a few Bob's but the first one that came to mind was an old guy who is married to my sisters Mother-in-law.. what can I say about him?... hmm.. he is a nice old guy who builds awesome radio controlled airplanes..

4. We just found the perfect retail space. We are giving you the store. What’s its name and what do you sell?-- my store would have to be called "Patsy's Plunder" and I have a lot of junk I could sell .. including handmade baby hats.. doll clothes.. tea sets.. dolls.. shot glasses and what ever other plunder I can round up.. Maybe a quilt or two from my Mom and many other crafts and goodies..

5. Tell us about your last “friend with benefits".-- My kids and Family would say I never had one of those... I am going to let them believe that!

6. Kimber worries a lot. What was the last thing that you worried about?-- I can always find something to worry about.. money.. laundry.. was my chicken any good to eat.. I think the last thing was are my puppies eating enough..

7. Do you believe “once a cheater, always a cheater”?-- Sadly I do.. and I don't like cheating of any kind.. so don't cheat me at Old Maid or I won't play with you ever again..

8. Tell us about moving out of your parent’s home. Who did you move in with?-- I got married and moved into my own home with my first husband..we stayed together a lifetime.. he was my "baby daddy" three times over.. but I don't play old maid with him any more..

9. What was your most recent regret? -- I don't do regret very well.. I try to think things through so that I don't have to regret.. I haven't had any recently..

10. Berleen recently ranted on face book about having to got to parent-teacher conferences when your child has great grades. What was the stupidest meeting that you most recently endured? -- I always hated any kind of school meeting.. most of my time now is spent at home being a hermit..

11. Do you collect anything?-- I collect poems and quotes and recipe books and just books and dolls and tea sets and shot glasses and bottles and stuff and crochet patterns and more stuff.. yea I guess I collect anything..

12. Has anyone ever told you that you were in the wrong job?-- I have been told I should be a writer and a comedian and so many other weird things..

13. Is there something that you’d like to complete before the end of 2010? -- I have some craft things going that I would like to finish.. I pretty much take life one day at the time..
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And as a bonus because I didn't get to it last night...

3 Word Wednesday~

a septolet...


The Bouncer-

no hint
of his lust
as arms akimbo
he watches
beauties twirl

a glistening sheen
along his upper lip

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
10-7-2010

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Thanks for visiting my blog today.. I hope you have enjoyed your stop by my silly world.. I welcome both comments and followers.. Have a great day!
Patsy

Thursday... Thankful that it's Quiet!.. At Least Three Things..

"To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright."
~ Walter Benjamin

"Youth is the best time to be rich; and the best time to be poor."
~ Euripides

"Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester."
~ Francis Quarles

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Fright~

inhumane hoarse screams
creep down my shivering spine~
urine floods my shoe

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
9-23-2010

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A Midnight Stroll

dark shadows looming
chained bulldogs snarl distantly~
glowing smoke hovers

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
9-23-2010

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November day break at the cane field..

syrup kettles boil
maple leaves blanket the ground~
grandma flips flapjacks

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
9-23-2010

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and as a Bonus because they are always fun....

Thursday Thunks: What's in a Name?

The TT questions are brought to you by Bud, the color of Kimber's hair (where did she go?) and the number 333.


1. We are changing your name. You have no choice. You get to pick it, but we must approve it. You must have a good reason. OK, what is the name and reason?~ No way.. I like my name or parts of it anyway.. I already changed it a few times myself.. you can change it to .. mean old crazy lady.. if you must.. but otherwise.. Patsy suits me fine.. and after all that is a change from my real name..

2. I say Shotgun, you say?~ Run fool.. somebody is shooting at us!- that reminds me of a time when I walking the dogs and all of a sudden I heard six or seven shots and the limb fell off the tree next to me.. needless to say.. the third line of the first haiku above is how my dog walking adventure ended that night..

3. We are sending you away. Africa or Mexico? ~ am I in witness protection.. ( that might be fun.. who did I see do what.. to who.. ?)~ am I taking money with me? ... can I go see what each one looks like first?.. If I can I will.. but if not I'll go to Mexico.. I have heard that with ten dollars you can live like a king there.. and I happen to have ten dollars stashed for emergencies..


4. When you're home alone, do you still close the door when you use the restroom?~ I do because family.. as in KIDS.. have keys and they use them if I don't come to the door.. why do you care were you planning to peep?

5. Berleen told me that I have to ask a mean question. Tell us about a horrible memory.~ I remember once this mean person.. I think her name might have been Berleen.. anyway.. she tried to steal my natural identity and ship me off to Africa..or maybe it was Mexico.. she tried to confuse me by asking me a bunch of weird questions about using the bathroom and shotguns.. I shudder even now..

6. What are your plans for October? ~ I plan to make some cute jack-o-lanterns from soda bottles and light up my yard even though my neighbors think it's sinful.. I plan to rake up some leaves as they fall.. I might even blog.. I might even blog about my Jack-o-lanterns...

7. Is there anyone that you regret ever meeting ?~ No there is not.. I bet some people thought I would say there was.. but my life now is a reflection of all who have passed through it and some of them would leave great big holes if I had never met them.. so OK... maybe I regret meeting the guy that stole the towels from the hotel when I worked there.. but other than that no..

8. You have 3 months left to live, what do you do?~ I write letters to my family and friends.. I give away my dolls and some other stuff.. and I clean up this house.. then they find a cure and I live a hundred more years.. actually if I have three months to live I'd just as soon not know it.. who wants to clean house?

9. You wake up in an unfamiliar place, what is your first reaction?~ how much DID I drink?

10. Your phone rings at 4am, just before you kill this person, who do you expect it would be?~ it will be the damn sawmill.. either Dave left something on or some moron besides him left something on or they need Cooper to come to work.. and he is not answering his phone.. can you tell this happens a lot?..

11. You're having a bad day, what one thing can make your day better?~ writing usually helps..

12. You are doing a meme written by the blogosphere's shadiest character. Is there anything else that you should be doing right now? ~ I should be walking the dogs for their last time before bed.. they are waiting legs crossed and eye floating..

13. If money were not a problem.. where would you like to live? ~ Jeez you already shipped me off to Africa.. now you want ME to choose.. OK.. I choose right here.. I am at peace with-in here.. but can we buy out the neighbors and build me an ocean out back?... maybe I'll just move to an island I hear Alcatraz is empty.. or even a lighthouse that sits out in the ocean.. and sense money is no problem can I get food and drinks shipped in daily.. I'm gonna need a boat and some fancy swim wear too... snorkels and air tanks and some cute shorts for the pilots of planes flying over.. I can't look like a frump out there you know.. Dave will want the newest model of jet ski and some new fishing equipment.. I wonder if you can build a floating skateboard ramp?.. bird food will be on the list and chicken scratch too.. three floating pens should work for them.. the gardens might be a problem but hey with all the money in the world I think we can make it work.... PLEASE... get REAL.. I like it here!but I could use some money if you have any to spare...

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Thanks for stopping by tonight.. I hope you enjoyed your three things for Thursday tonight.. and hey I even gave a bonus tonight.. GO me!! I welcome comments and followers.. Have a great day!
Patsy

Three for Thursday!.. Haiku.. a Poem.. and What is It?

"Don't let people drive you crazy when you know it's in walking distance."
~ Author Unknown

"Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie ~ Which we ascribe to heaven."
~William Shakespeare

"A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her." ~David Brinkley

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Each Thursday I try to share three things with you.. Today is Thursday and I hope you will enjoy today's three things.. here we go..

Update~
~ this weeks What Is It? was guessed Correctly by Andy Thompson.. The what is it photo is of a tremolo spring in an Electric Guitar.. Most people call it the Whammy Spring.. These photos show the guitar and the location of the spring.. thanks to everyone who played.. Keep your eye out for the next what is it.. Have a great day!
Patsy


#1- What is it? ~~ Do you have any idea what this is? Last week I made It easy for everyone by posting a photo of a mop.. This week will not be so easy... I had a little help this week finding something for you to guess. Dave actually suggested this..

~ I guess you could say this what is it.. belongs to him.. have you ever seen one of these before? Do you know what this is.. or what this is used for.. maybe it is even a part of something bigger.. what do you think it is?? Please make a guess and leave me a comment with what you think.. The first person to guess the right answer will win a small prize.. I think someone out there has seen this or maybe one like it.. I am pretty sure that someone out there will know what this item is.. Is that someone you? Good luck..


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#2~ Haiku-


Storm Chasers

cameras clicking
a twisting path we follow~
devastation dawns

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
5-18-2010

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#3~ a Poem

Kneel and Pray~


Follow as they crawl along
Sing oh sing their sleeping song

Every night kneel and pray
Thank you God for this fine day..

Soon a child will run and jump
You kiss and cuddle each new bump

Every Night kneel and pray
Lord be with me every day..

Then as teens they drive you mad
Teens are silly.. angry.. sad

Every night kneel and pray
Lord walk with them on their way..

Each must choose the path they take
our own mistakes we each must make

Every Night kneel and pray
For God walks with you all the way!

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
8-23-2010

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Thanks for stopping in for a visit to my world today.. I hope you enjoyed you visit.. I hope that while here you found something to encourage you or make you smile.. I welcome comments.. I hope you have a wonderful day!

Patsy

Thursday.. Three Things as Always... Birthdays.. Whats?..Photos and Poems..

"There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America." ~ William J. Clinton

"You can put wings on a pig, but you don't make it an eagle." ~ William J. Clinton

"If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance." ~ Orville Wright

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1:~ Birthdays.. Today is the birthday of at least two important people in American History.. I am sure there are many others born on this day who may have played a part but I think you will agree that these two men do deserve a Happy Birthday mention...

~ Orville Wright was Born August 19th- 1871 and is best known as the first person to successfully fly an airplane. This first flight was December 17, 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. This inaugural flight was soon to change the skies forever.

Known as "Bubs" to his family .. Orville started his own printing business when he was 15 years old and was running a weekly newspaper by his junior year of high school. His grades.. except for science.. were very low.. as his newspaper grew he lost interest in school and did not go back for his senior year. Even though he never finished high school.. Orville as well as his brother Wilbur earned a great many honorary graduate and post-graduate college degrees.

Orville Wright was active in the promotion of scouting and sat on the Dan Beard Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He was the scouting advisor for the Aviation Merit Badge.

He and Wilbur also won three separate prestigious awards...
Congressional Medal of Honor, awarded June 17, 1909
Legion of Honor, awarded June 20, 1909
Collier Trophy, awarded February 3, 1914

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~ William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton was born August 19th-1946.. He was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. At 46 he was the third-youngest president...he served two terms..

Clinton plays both the tenor and soprano saxophone and demonstrated his abilities many times on the campaign trail. He also collects saxophones, both miniature and life-sized...In high school, Clinton played saxophone in a jazz trio... The three musicians wore dark glasses on stage and they called themselves "Three Blind Mice"
..He Graduated Georgetown University (1968)and Yale University Law School (1973)..

He is allergic to dust, mold, cats, pollen, beef, and dairy products.. he is said to have smoked marijuana once but said he did not inhale..

In 1998, as a result of issues arising from his personal indiscretions with a young woman White House intern.. Clinton became the second U.S. president to be impeached by the House of Representatives... He was tried in the Senate and found not guilty of the charges against him... He apologized to the nation for his actions and continued to hold the most popular approval ratings for his job as president..

In October 2002, Bill was given an honorary induction into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame, becoming the first white person in the hall..

Bill Clinton is the first president to be a Rhodes Scholar...
His nickname as a child was Bubba...

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2-What is it??

... ~ today I am again asking you to take a look and see if you know what this is..? I am getting easier and easier here.. I am sure someone will know this one at first glance... keep in mind that I may have flipped.. or cropped the photo hoping to confuse you..... It however has NOT been altered in any other way.. it can be a common or a not so common item but I always expect someone to know what it is..
I feel sure that everyone will know this item with very little trouble.. you may have one just like this....I will even give a few clues this week.. to help everyone out..

~ UPDATE~ Yes I am a Mop.. Big Time.. Was the very first person to guess it .. followed by two other right answers.. Maybe this was too easy but it is actually hard to find a regular mop now.. everyone uses those steaming scrubbers or wet padded other expensive things..I do thank you all for playing.. I will be showing another what is it soon..

~ sometimes I am wet.. sometimes I am dry.. I can be found in the corner or on a nail.. almost every house has me.. those who don't are sure to need me.. what am I??? I will be giving a small prize to whoever gets this what is it right.. Do you know what it is.. you can't win unless you comment.. Have a great day!

Patsy

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3- Fear in ten words or less.. an AllPoetry.com contest...


I smell a Rat ~

quivering despair
heart throbbing ~ hair on end
eek! a mouse!

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
2-10-2010

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~ Bonus.. look at this poor little guy.. hanging on for dear life.. trying to stay dry as the rain drops fell.. I tried to get Emily to let him run up her arm and into the house where he would be safe from the storm... She had a fit.. shivered and shook as she slammed the door on the poor creature.. maybe she like lizards as much as I like mice...

Thursday.. Hot and dry.. but Perfect for Chicken Trading...

“A secret between two is God's secret, between three is all men's.”
~ Spanish Proverb

"Poetry: three mismatched shoes at the entrance of a dark alley."
~ Charles Simic

“Three quarters of the miseries and misunderstandings in the world would finish if people were to put on the shoes of their adversaries and understood their points of view” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

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- Rambles from the shambles.. of my weary old mind.. .. Welcome to my blog.. Today is Thursday and I always share three things with you on Thursdays.. Some times I even give you something extra.. a bonus I guess you could say... today we'll count the rambles as a bonus.. ~


Today has been hotter than blazes here in my world.. Dave and went on a wonderful Photography ride.. he even stopped dead still and waited patiently as I made photos of a few places.. I guess he wasn't afraid of being shot for photographing hay... I do admit to taking him into some sticky places looking for a photo.. He must love me a lot.. though it was hot as the dickens.. the afternoon passed quickly in the company of an old friend.. a new friend.. and a lively conversation about our chickens.. I hope your day was as much fun as mine... and Now on to three things...

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#1~ Haiku Heights Prompt -#3- Field...

~ The Field ~

pungent winter feed
graces the field with beauty~
a field mouse burrows

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
8-12-2010


* My first try at this new Meme.. I like haiku though.. so I know I will like this..

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#2- What Is IT??- I used to do what is it every Tuesday.. then people quit guessing and I thought everyone had grown tired of the game.. lately I have had a number of folks ask me when I was going to start it back.. The very last post of what is it only brought one comment here but I did have e-mails and face to face questions about it.. I have not posted the answer to that puzzle yet since I may use it again.. Please do comment if you have a guess..

~ What is IT..?? I am pretty sure someone out there knows what this is.. Is that someone you?? Though I haven't decided what.. yet and I can promise you it will be a small token.. I plan to begin giving a prize to the first person who gets the right answer.. I am sure many of you have seen this thing.. It is much more common than it used to be.. Please do comment with a guess.. even a wrong guess lets me know you are interested in the game.. I will be up-dating with the correct answer in a day or so.. or as soon as someone guesses it.. In the event that more than one person gets it right.. the first comment posted here will win the small prize... I can.. right off the top of my head think of at least two people who should recognize this... to comment here if you never have before.. just click on the word comment at the end of this post.. under the comment box it will ask who you wish to comment as.. you may choose anonymous.. if You choose.. that option.. please end the comment with your own name.. That way I will know who got it right!!.. Then check back to see if you won.. I know someone out there has already figured out exactly what this is.. Go ahead and Make your guess.... Good Luck!

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#3- an Etheree~



My Flock

Pink
plastic
flamingos
decorate yards.
Old ladies love them.
Children bubble with glee
and clap their hands at the sight.
I use them as markers for graves
where I plant my foes in my back yard.
My flamingo flock now twenty birds strong.
Beautiful flock in waves of bright pink plastic
growing by leaps and bounds as my foes disappear.

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
9-20-2009

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Now.. in closing.. let me say that there are no bodies buried in my back yard.. I do have a few flamingos here and there but they aren't hiding any secrets.. that I know of anyway.. there could be a fat rat snake or a spider hiding there but that's not anything to do with me.. the bugs and snakes here do as they please... The Flock Poem was written from a prompt that we were given at a writers meeting.. after several people offered words it was decided that we were to write about pink flamingo markers... and my etheree just jumped right off of the end of my pen.. spilled itself right onto my paper.. I just know that I will get at least one message or e-mail about this poem.. so be assured that it is just a made up poem..

I thank you for visiting my world today.. I am so glad you stopped by my blog.. I hope that while you were here your interest was caught and that maybe you even smiled... and If you laughed.. well that was grand!! I am honored by your visit.. Please leave me a comment.. and do try to give the guessing game a try.. who knows.. you might win.. Have a wonderful day!
Patsy

Three Things for Thursday!

"If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone Else's plan.
And guess what they have planned for you? Not much." ~ Jim Rohn

"Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare." ~ Pierre Corneille

"Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds."

~ Percy Bysshe Shelley

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#1~ What is it? Can you guess?

~ I used to have a "What is it?" post on my blog every week.. then things to guess got harder and harder to find and guesses got rarer and rarer.. I figured folks were tired of the game.. But people have asked me when I was starting those guessing games back... I miss doing those posts.. Maybe I will bring it back for good soon.. I have a few pictures of items for guessing already saved up.. and learning as much as I can about Macro Photography by taking a gazillion photos of tiny things will be bound to give me a few more.. But tonight I was wondering if anyone could guess what this item is.. I will say that it is a very common item.. Most of us have seen it up close and yet we may not recognize it here.. I will be back tomorrow with an update and let you know what it was..

What do you think it is? Please leave me comment with your guess.. Or leave me a comment for any reason.. I welcome them.. I think that someone out there knows what this is.. is that someone you?

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#2 ~ Thursday Challenge~ Today's word is Outdoors..

~ Dave with Bonnie and Clyde Outdoors..

they love to run around in the field and paw the ground at every smell.. They have dug up mice and moles and just plain old bugs.. they will finally head back to the house and fall out on the couch or chair and sleep.. Plumb tuckered out.. sometimes I wonder? .. maybe they were yard dogs in a past life?? Thanks for stopping by my blog.. Have a wonderful day!

Patsy

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# 3~ A Haiku

Shipwrecked

unbroken bottle
riding high on salty waves
driftwood warriors rise

Written BY: Patricia Sawyer
7-1-2010

Three for Thursday!

"The secret of a good marriage is forgiving your partner for marrying you in the first place." ~ Sacha Guitry

"It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them." ~ Mark Twain

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
~ Robert Frost

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#1~ ONEWORD!~ offering a new word daily.. how much can you write before the timer runs out?

sim­ple. you’ll see one word at the top of the screen.
you have sixty sec­onds to write about it.

~ MADE ~


what a mess you have MADE of things.. you MADE me cry so many times.. I MADE myself stay when I wanted to run as fast and as far as I could.. what MADE you so mean and nasty.. finally you MADE me see the real you.. I am glad I MADE it to a better life.. he has MADE our lives complete!

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#2~ The Lens Day Challenge for this week is Swirl.

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#3~ A Haiku~

Early Riser

my bright cork plopped
into knee deep ice water~
tented ~ she slumbers

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
5-19-2010

A Hot and Thundering Thursday!

"A great many people now reading and writing would be better employed keeping rabbits."
~ Edith Sitwell

"I try to leave out the parts that people skip." ~ Elmore Leonard

"The wastebasket is a writer's best friend." ~Isaac Bashevis Singer

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I almost always share three things with you on Thursday.. Today I am sharing three poems.. But Before I do that I'd like to let you know about my new Blog.. for a while I have been posting a lot of Photo's here along with my poems and words.. I will still be sharing Photo's here some of the time.. But from now on I will be posting most of my Photo's on my new Blog.. Please take the time to visit me there.. @ Patsy's Photos!.. I thank you for stopping by my blog today.. I hope you have enjoyed your visit .. Have a wonderful day!!
Patsy

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#1~ a short poem


Awakening

a warrior awakes
full~ hardened at sunrise
love breaks his fasting
young squaw with belly rounded
quickening~ a warrior wakes

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
9-8-2009


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#2~ A Senryu


Love of Money

sitting at the bar
sweet desire an untamed fire~
tender smiles for tips

written by: Patricia Sawyer
1-26-2010


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#3 ~ Thursday Thunks..




Welcome to the July 22nd edition of Thursday Thunks!

They pick a subject, and your job is to interpret it anyway you want.
Write about it on your blog... simple as that.
Maybe you can interpret it as a picture - they don't care!
Please only leave a link if you have written a Thursday Thunks post.
Don't forget to go visit the other participants' blogs.
Read and comment about all their Thursday Thunks responses!
That's what all this is about after all, isn't it?
We'll have so much fun and become lifelong friends....


Thursday Thunks: None of Your Business


The TT questions are brought to you by Bud, the color of Jill Hennessy's marriage certificate and the number 33,333,333.

1. What is the most common question that you are asked (in life) that is none of the questioner's business? ~ what is the household income.. I think if Ours were higher we might not mind as much.. and honestly that question is on everything you have to fill out and unless It is important .. like maybe if we were seeking a loan.. I choose "rather not say!"

2. Who makes you happiest right now?~ I am basically a happy person.. but I love my dear

Husband Dave.. ~ I am pretty happy with my kids and grand-kids too.. and my siblings and my Mom and friends.. and readers.. need I go on?

3. Would you consider yourself to be spoiled? ~ I am a spoiler.. and maybe I am a tiny bit spoiled by Dave...

4. Do you want to be famous one day? ~ I am famous now.. everybody around here knows me.. some folks who I would rather not know me.. but truly famous.. can I get the money without the fame??

5. Could you handle being in the military?~ No I would die on the first road march.. I can make up fine cadences though.. reckon they need a writer?

6. Do you believe in Karma? ~ Of course I believe in Karma..

7. What’s the stupidest thing you ever did with your cell phone? ~ I don't "DO" anything with my cell phone except answer when it rings.. sometimes I don't even do that.. I hate cell phones..

8. Who knows a secret or two about you?~ I don't have any secrets... at least not any that anyone else knows..

9. Who is the most experimental person you know?~ does that mean they experiment with stuff? what stuff... I am going to say my oldest son.. only because he is scientific..

10. Last thing you did that ticked off your S/O (or if not in a relationship) most recent S/O?~ I most likely said something that he didn't agree with or he said something I didn't like and I was an ass..

11. Have you ever purposely been irritating to someone? If yes, explain. ~ I have never purposely been irritating to anyone.. and if I have been I wouldn't tell it on my blog for the whole world to see.. I used to follow a certain person around town giving her the nasty eye.. but I wasn't hoping to irritate her.. I was hoping she would stop.. I had and still have something I want to give her....

12. What's crazy to you? ~ I have been told I am crazy myself so I don't think there is much that really seems crazy to me...

13. Who (other than the three of us TT writers) writes the most interesting blog? ~ I visit a huge number of blogs each and every day.. I like way to many of them to list them all.. I do like my own though I'm pretty sure that shouldn't be my answer.. ThomG from Three word Wednesday has interesting blogs.. I love his writing style..

~ and those are my thoughts for Thursday's Thunks!!

Three Things for Thursday!

"Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby."
- Langston Hughes

"Do not, on a rainy day, ask your child what he feels like doing, because I assure you that what he feels like doing, you won't feel like watching."
- Fran Lebowitz

"Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine."
- William Feather


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#1~ Thursday Challenge ~ a place for photographic fun!

~ "WEATHER" (Sunny, Calm, Rainy, Snowy, Icy, Fog, Clouds, Thunderstorm, Lightening, Hail, Windy,...)

~ Rain drops on the car window.. a mid afternoon downpour..

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#2~ An acrostic poem.. look for a phrase along the edge..

Blessings

Bible thumpers you call us
Less than willing to believe
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction
Scientific facts.. easier to trust
Something real to believe you once said
I smiled.. having walked down the same road myself
No need for me to let breath go wasted
Goodness and Mercy will find you yet
Should you ever take the time to count

Cant you even count that high
Over and over I hear your rant
Underpaid.. under loved.. pitiful you
Never take for granted the truth of life
Tender moments overlooked
Even the smallest of blessings
Deserves to be recognized

Over and over I sang out loud
Never minding that my throat is dry
Eventually you slept.. peaceful at last

Barely able now to recall
Years of lean times.. basics the blessings

Oh how I cried and prayed
Needing something real to hold on to
Every day a trial.. every moment a blessing.

written By: Patricia Sawyer
6-27-2010


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#3 ~ a Senryu.. similar to a haiku but on human nature..

knights~

romping horsemen leer ~
spellbound illusions splattered
squalling maidens bathe

written By: Patricia Sawyer
6-15-2010

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Thanks to everyone who stopped by and another special thanks to those who stayed long enough to read my words.. Have a great day!
Patsy

Three for Thursday!

"Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it." ~ Henry Ward Beecher

"Talent is like a faucet; while it is open you have to write. Inspiration? A hoax fabricated by poets for their self-importance." ~ Jean Anouilh

"Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure."
~ A. E. Housman

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~ Doesn't this spot look nice and cool.. Edisto River has a few of these beautiful spots.. I would love to have been right here in this magical spot today... Instead I was here at home.. where it is hotter than a hornets sting.. Man it's hot here.. I walked the dogs a few minutes ago and we were all panting before we made one circle around the place.. they kept pulling me back towards the house and I kept telling them to hurry up and find a spot.. finally I decided to head back inside.. we can always walk again in the moonlight later.. the heat index today was 107*.. I think the actual temperature was 99*.. Too hot.. too hot to work in the yard.. too hot to cook.. too hot to even walk the poor dogs.. very nearly too hot to write... and where is that thunderstorm the newsman threatened us with?.. I would welcome it... I spent part of the day thinking about the long hot days years ago when my kids were babies and we lived crammed in between others in cramped and crappy little trailer in one of the very worst trailer parks.. But as bad as it was we did have a wonderful slipping slide.. the neighbor kids called it the slippdy slippdy slippdy slide.. Anthony.. David and Phoebe... Beth .. Beckie and Andy.. Melissa.. Krystal and Brian.. and so many other children.. would gather there every morning to run and fall down in the cold water laced with cheap dish washing liquid.. I must admit that I wasn't the same nice person then that I am now.. I was mean and wouldn't let some kids play.. but eventually they did wear me down and I allowed them to join us .. of course they did first have to accomplished all of the goals I set for them to do.... It was hard to be mean when they sat just on the outside of my string fenced yard and sweat.. pitifully.. sadly.. dirtily.. even now I can still remember the absolute joy that ricocheted around the trailer park the afternoon that we opened the slippdy slippdy slippdy slide to all of the kids in the neighborhood... it and some cool-aid Popsicles were the talk of the town.. the next morning kids from the next trailer park up the road were sitting outside my string fence before I even opened my door.. the rumor had spread like wildfire.. there must have been a hundred of them waiting .. hoping that Miss Meany would let them slide.. I know I'm old and yes.. maybe even fat.. But I wonder what my fine neighbor folks would think If I put on some old shorts and spread out a roll of heavy duty plastic.. doused it with some dish washing liquid... and lay a garden hose on it weighted down with a red brick.. and got me a good running start.. and flopped right down in the freezing water.. and slid out across the field.. I'm thinking I could go almost all the way to the road.. don't big people go farther?.. I know Mason would love it.. I bet the dogs would even give it a try... I guess maybe it would be a bit too much ... But I did enjoy the memories.. they didn't really make things any cooler but I did laugh and that helped some.. I thank you for visiting my blog today on this super hot Thursday... I have shared some haiku with you today.. Feel free to comment.. Have a wonderful day!
Patsy





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A Piercing Morsel

buzzing bumblebee
fat with sweet summer nectar
the lizards head swells

Written BY: Patricia Sawyer
10-22-2009


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Fermented

drunken waxwings spill
yellow belly stained crimson
with wild cherry wine

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
10-22-2009


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Finally Summer

sitting on the steps
counting flashes of fireflies
we welcome summer


Written By: Patricia Sawyer
6-2-2010





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It's a Thunderous Thursday!

"I have forced myself to begin writing when I've been utterly exhausted, when I've felt my soul as thin as a playing card ... and somehow the activity of writing changes everything." ~ Joyce Carol Oates

"You and I know that there is a correlation between the creative and the screwball. So we must suffer the screwball gladly." ~ Kingman Brewster Jr.

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."
~ C. S. Lewis

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Today is Thursday.. the day of the week that I share three things with my readers.. welcome to my blog today! .. I Sit listening to the thunderous roar of a storm that rides a hot wind closer and closer to us.. I am keeping a wary eye on the wind that whips the huge old trees in my yard this way and that.. I would hate for any of them to fall.. not only would I hate to be without their shade but I am very aware that they might crush this old Trailer that I call home.. We have been very lucky so far with these old oak trees... all around us many of the neighbor's trees have toppled in the last few years.. we have had limbs as big around as me to fall.. booming as they slammed into the ground.. but so far.. ( said with fingers crossed!) our trees have remained standing.. I am not afraid of storms.. in fact I enjoy them most of the time.. I have been known to venture out into a raging storm to get a dog and bring him into the house or to make sure windows were rolled up or even to drag drenched clothes from a line.. for many years I had an old rocker on the porch and would go there as soon as I had an idea that a storm was coming.. But today I will be keeping an eye out for the wind in my big trees.. the trees are old.. a few weeks ago a limb fell that could have smashed a person.. we know that we will have to have the trees took down someday.. But Lord I don't want to.. so I'll say a prayer for safe passage through the storm.. and watch from the window as the much needed rain falls from the roaring sky!.. Now.. on to the three things!

#1-"METALLIC"

Thursday Challenge is a place for photographic fun and learning. A theme is announced on their site each week. You may either take a new photograph related in some way to the theme or select one that you have taken previously; Then submit your single permanent link there:

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#2- Wordless is now open any time any day..for your posting pleasure.. you can go wordless every day if you want to.. I do know that it is supposed to be wordless and I do try.. but wordless is really hard for someone who loves to talk as much as I do!..
My photo for today I call "Shared Responsibility"...

Dave and I wanted to live in the woods.. after buying this place we set about trying to plant our own little patch of woods.. we soon realized that some of our pines were way to close to each other.. earlier this year I was amazed to spot this nest resting on limbs from two separate trees.. each young pine holding on tightly to it's half of the birds nest..

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#3- One Word Acrostic.. almost done now with the acrostic poem writing class I have been taking at Allpoetry.com I have learned many new and exciting things about writing these little poems with a hidden message.. I have thoroughly enjoyed this class. I have done very well with it to if I do say so for myself.. I love to learn new ways to write poetry.. for this assignment we had to write two poems with hidden messages.. by writing a sentence and then using each word as a starting word for a line we more or less explain our title sentence.. this poem actually fits me very well.. I only have one more assignment before graduating this class... won't you wish me well on my final exam poem??



I Try to Learn Daily!

I struggle to be invisible.
Try to understand my plan.
To others I appear dense..
Learn more about me to see..
Daily I am ignored as secrets are revealed..


Written By: Patricia Sawyer
5-26-2010

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Thanks to everyone who has visited with me on my blog tonight.. I hope you enjoyed you stay.. Have a wonderful Night!
Patsy

Three Things for Thursday!

"Better three hours too soon than a minute too late."
~ William Shakespeare

"Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men." ~ Confucius

"There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves."
~ Will Rogers


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The Thursday Thunks questions for this week are brought to you by Berleen, the color of her rocking tan and the number 45.


# 1 ~ Driver's Ed. Demon #1 is taking it right now. Did you pass your driver's test the first time you took it? ~ No I didn't. the tie rod end fell off of my car throwing me and the tester in a deep ditch.. next time I went he ditched out the back door..

# 2-You are sitting outside on your deck in your comfy lawn chair, feet are up and the temp outside is perfect. There are no bugs to bite you and ruin the night... it's peaceful and all you can hear is the birds singing and an occasional cricket. Whats in your hand? ~ which hand? What night of the week is it? can I have more than one thing?... wait.. do birds sing at night???

# 3 - How many graduation parties and weddings do you have to attend this summer? OK.. how many are you invited to? ~ Well Emily married Luke and I had to go to that one.. being she is my daughter who I love... I was invited to two graduations but not to parties.. I hate shopping for people.. I always give graduates money..

# 4- There is no other choice in the matter - you must transform into a different race, but the catch is that you get to pick which race. What will you now be? ~ first of all.. I don't like this question.. but to be fair.. I'll choose.. I'll be Thai like my very longest time best friend..

# 5 - Bud is walking along a beach barefooted and steps on a piece of glass buried deep in the sand. His foot is bleeding... does he cry, swear or stomp around on his other foot?
~ The Bud I know would do all three!

# 6 - I'm gonna take you fishing... are you going to be a whiny baby and not bait your own hook and when you catch a fish am I gonna have to take it off the hook for you? ~ Please do NOT touch my Pole!!!!

# 7- Hamburger buns - sesame seeds or not? ~ Not

#8- From Demon #1: Whats your favorite flavor of water? ~ I really like my water coffee flavored... but clean flavored is nice too..

# 9 - Eclipse is coming out this month... are you going to see it? ~ I might if I don't forget.. I'll write it down..



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#2~Thursday Challenge is a place for photographic fun and learning. A theme is announced on their site each week. You may either take a new photograph related in some way to the theme or select one that you have taken previously; Then submit your single permanent link there.. The theme for this week is.. "URBAN" (Buildings, Traffic, Graffiti, Signs, People,...)



Street performers... that has got to be the tallest
uni-cycle I have ever seen!



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#3~ A Poem - this poem was written for a contest.. we were asked to read a poem called "Did Not" and then were asked to write our own poem on what the one we read made us think of..


Not US!! NO WAY!

the silvery shivers were something new
I hoped and wondered if you felt it too
there were so many words I wanted to say
and then I heard.. Not US! NO WAY!

you kissed my lips and held my hand
I wanted to claim you and move on with my plan
I prayed "I love you" is what you would say
but instead you uttered Not US! NO WAY!

be my best friend you asked with a smile
never seeing my evil plot to beguile
and make a trip up the aisle some day
as everyone screams NOT THEM! NO WAY!

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
6-7-2010

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I welcome comments!.. They help me to know who has visited me and let me know when people have enjoyed their visit..Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful night!
Patsy

Three for Thursday!

"Most people who succeed n the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit." - Robert H. Schuller

"It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dreams of yesterday are the hopes of today and the reality of tomorrow." - Robert H. Goddard

"To achieve the impossible, it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought."
- Tom Robbins





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#1~ a few Haiku for you!

Seaside

daylight emerging
sleepy harbor roars to life
fishwife hawks her wares

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
1-10-2010

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A Winter Day

gray morning skies
empty of sweet bird song~
I carry fire wood

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
1-10-2010

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Waiting on Sunrise

at the distant shore
a bathing blue heron~
my cork vanishes


Written By: Patricia Sawyer
10-16-2009











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#2~The Thursday Challenge for today is the theme "ROUND" (Circle, Sphere, Curves, Moon, Clock, Coins,...) Snowballs?!

This is Kirstin with her ~almost~ round snow ball


that she made when we had a rare snow a few weeks ago.. she is so funny.. I asked her where the rest of her snowman was and she said she only needed a ball to have her picture made with and that there was really no need to finish him because he would melt anyway! Children are way to smart!!


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#3~ Just a thought~ all of tonight's quotes deal with the word impossible.. It seems to me that almost every day now we are faced with more and more things that seem impossible to overcome.. Jobs are so hard to find and lets face it bosses can be picky.. they ask for the nearly impossible and if you can't measure up they can dive right back into the pool of job seekers just on the slim... if not the impossible chance of finding someone who can do what they want done.. and eventually they will find someone desperate enough to do what they want the way they want it done.. My electric bill is impossible!.. I held my breath as I carefully tore it open... IMPOSSIBLE!! How can it keep going higher and higher? I have nothing left to turn off..Every one I know is talking about the impossible electric bills.... Food prices are continually on the rise.. The store thought I would pay almost four dollars for one tomato.. I left It there and guess what.. it is possible to have just a bacon and lettuce sandwich.. Soon I will have tomatoes growing here and it will seem impossible to get them all fixed and packed into jars but somehow I will manage to do it.. I am hoping for a good harvest.. Reading over the quotes I thought about all the times in my life that I thought something was impossible.. many of those things seem silly now.. I guess that the thought I would like to share is that nothing is as impossible as it may seem at this moment.. impossible things will be accomplished with hard work and sometimes with more than one try.. but one does have to try! If you have a dream that seems impossible find out all you can about what it will take to set your dream in motion.. many times it is a simple solution that is needed to accomplish the impossible! Have a great day!
Patsy

Three for Thursday!

"I wish you a tolerable Thursday. That's all any of us can hope for."
~ April Winchell

"This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays."
~ Douglas Adams

"A room without books is like a body without a soul."
~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

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#1-) Quick Snap: In My Room


thanks to Sh1ft.org I now have a good idea of what my junky bedroom looks like to other people.. with it's dolls and tins and baskets overflowing with books.. as you can see I have way to much stuff.. but am unlikely to part with any of our treasures.. If you have never been to Sh1ft.org you should check them out.. I love their quick snap projects..


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#2-)a haiku



Paratrooper

nerves fiddle-string taut
heavy pack upon his back
free fall into fray


written By: Patricia Sawyer
1-12-2010



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#3-) Every month at my poetry club meeting someone comes up with an assignment for the entire club to write.. a few months ago they tossed a few ideas around and finally someone said we should all write about Rodney... Rodney being our youngest member and though he doesn't write at all he does come to every meeting and sets up his equipment to play music for our entertainment just in case we were to have a few minutes that he could show us what he loves...
I am a relatively new member compared to all of them.. I wasn't a member for the years that Rodney was growing up right before their eyes.. I have watched him for only a short time compared to all of them.. I was a little bit worried about my poem.. I think I did ok.. Maybe you will comment to let me know what you think.. Have a great Thursday!!
Patsy






Rodney

Round eyes smiling
you greet everyone you meet.
respectful..musical..
quiet and neat..

Overcome with shyness
when we ask you to speak..
but with your music
you're neither timid nor meek..

Do you get bored
as we recite the time away?
sometimes.. leaving no time
for the songs that you would play..

Never an unkind word
have I heard you utter..
unlike most teens who curse
belittle and mutter..

Every single meeting
you set to entertain
then you tear it all back down
not ever to complain..

You are a rare young man
a great pleasure to know...
with a warm and welcome smile
everywhere you go..

Rodney they say that fate
is how lives are set apart
so I thank the fated stars
that you have touched my heart..

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
11-22-2009

Three for Thursday!

"A man's true wealth is the good he does in the world. Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. But you are eternity and you are the mirror."
~Kahlil Gibran

"What a holler would ensue if people had to pay the minister as much to marry them as they have to pay a lawyer to get them a divorce." ~ Claire Trevor

"Imagination is like a lofty building reared to meet the sky; fancy is a balloon that soars at the wind's will." ~ Frank Gelett Burgess

1:)~ Just rambling! ~~ Today has been a pretty ordinary day.. I slept till almost 1:30pm...That part wasn't ordinary.. I'm usually up early.. I did wake up for a few minutes and looking at Dave there sleeping soundly.. I decided to just stay there and sleep along with him.. His work schedule means that I write and sleep while he works and he sleeps while I cook.. clean.. and compute.. we did all the normal daily things we do.. Most of our daily joint work revolves around out animals.. feeding takes a while longer when everyone has water frozen in their drinking containers.. the pig squealed and squealed this morning.. I had already went back for an apple and then for some bread with peanut butter and scratched her butt before I realized her water was frozen... as soon as we fixed that she went about munching on her red apple.. we had a few eggs this morning that were cracked open.. frozen.. but we also had a few that were not frozen and the chickens were fine.. when I checked on them all just before dark they were all roosting quietly.. they will be up and crowing at around 4am.. I guess they go to sleep early to get an early start... The weather channels are calling for snow tonight.. we never get snow.. well actually there have been a few snows here in my lifetime.. someone asked me if I had been to the store.. I just laughed at them.. in the southeast if there is even a rumor of snow the grocery store fills up and all the milk and bread vanishes... and people know we never get snow.. and even if a few flakes were to fall during the night it will melt just as soon as the sun rises.. oh well.. I don't have bread but I have a bread machine.. I have a well stocked pantry and a freezer as well.. I personally would like to see a little snow... I did check to be sure that my camp stove and the fuel were in the laundry room.... just in case... after all it never hurts to be prepared! If it does indeed snow... maybe I'll have a snowman party like I did when Cooper and Emily were small... It was just me and the two of them who lived here then and they were itching to get outside and catch a cold.. the snow was about an inch deep.. just a dusting at best.. I really think it took all we could roll up to make the three balls we needed.. he was a sad snowman for sure but they loved him... They both had a fit the next morning when all that was left of him was Anthony's old hat.. Emily's scarf.. some wet charcoal .. and a wilted carrot.. Maybe instead of a snowman party I'll just stay inside where it is warm.... after all it will be just another ordinary day! Have a wonderful night.. stay safe and warm where ever you are..
Patsy

2:) A Pantoum ~
3:) ~ a Haiku~

Poems.... I wrote this first poem for a contest and was delighted to discover that is a featured Poem on PoetrySoup this week.. folks always want to know what I get paid to be featured.. I get paid nothing.. but I still love to be a featured poet.. in fact I have been featured two week in a row.. the second poem was featured last week and has just passed into the final round in the contest it was entered into.. the contests began with almost a thousand entries.. the final round has narrowed the field to 263... I know I am still a needle in a haystack but at least I made it this far! YAY ME!!! Winning this prize would mean a small sum of money.. maybe enough to buy me some new pens and notebooks! I think you may have read these two poems before but maybe you will enjoy them a second time around..


~Omega~

In a place of standing stones
a mighty beast awakens
Ivory ribcage aglow
fire raging in his belly
a mighty beast awakens
scaled wings flutter
fire rages in his belly
he is Omega the last of his kind
scaled wings flutter
Ivory ribcage aglow
He is omega the last of his kind
In a place of standing stones.

Written BY: Patricia Sawyer
12-4-2008

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~Wish~

dandelion spores
scatter with a breath's wind~
I make a wish

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
6-23-2009

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Three for Thursday! What a week!

"God always takes the simplest way." ~ Albert Einstein

"There is no way to prosperity, prosperity is the way."
~ Wayne Dyer

"May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house. " ~ George Carlin
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#1~ This way.. That Way.. Which Way??



Turning off of the main road.. in the direction of the pointing yellow arrow.. that promised a Wildlife Preserve.. onto a rough and bumpy dirt road.. Dave and I wound and weaved through some trees.. passed some gated dirt trails.. crossed a shallow creek..where teenagers crowded the narrow bridge.. doing only God knows what in the light rain.. besides giving us dirty looks that is..the road didn't seem to be going anywhere.. yet it didn't seem to have an end....after what seemed like ten miles in Dave said.. "my gasoline warning light is on".....pulling into a road side clearing to turn around and head out.. we finally discovered this sign.... and another post with two photo's under glass nailed up on it..



An Aiken Gopher Tortoise... This is the "sensitive species" that the sign above mentions.. this small glass covered photo had a simple request.."Take Care!" just to the right of that Photo was another one also covered by glass.. This handsome fellow
had only a one word warning below his photo... "BEWARE!"

Seeing these wonderful signs made me wonder if I really wanted to walk on the nature trail.. I suddenly became very weary and offered to wait right there for Dave if he wanted to take a stroll over the field we could see just ahead... being too much of a gentleman to leave me there in the misting rain alone.. Dave naturally declined my offer and we headed out.. taking the same path as we had traveled into the sad little wild life preserve.. we slowed down as we crossed the narrow teenager filled bridge.. I gave them dirty looks right back and then smiled as one of them looked guilty.. I guess I shouldn't have flashed my camera in their direction... Finally we emerged from the dirt road.. we felt lucky.. a person could get lost back there.. From now on maybe we will stick to the main roads..
Patsy

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#2~ Thursday Thunks!


1. Isn't showing a condom commercial during sex rehab with Dr Drew almost like showing a pain narcotic or an alcohol commercial during intervention? ~~I reckon it might be.. then again maybe they can get someone who is still a sex addict to at least practice safe sex.. Is sex rehab a real thing?.. I bet it's made up just for this crazy question..

2. Burger King and Ronald McDonald met Colonel Sanders in a dark alley. They beat him down for just serving chicken and not sharing his "11 herbs & spices". The Colonel goes down. Begs for his life. Where do they go to eat afterward?~~ I hate to say it but I hate both the Burger King king and that creepy hamburger eating clown.. I hate the commercials .. I hate the posters.. I hate them.. they both look like perverts to me.. I actually met the very nice Colonel Sanders when I was a child at one of his restaurants..
he came out to where we were sitting and gave My Daddy back the cost of our food and complimented my parents on how well behaved we children were.. It was not everyday a family with eight children went into restaurants or stores.. we were often commented on.. We behaved.. we knew better than to misbehave in public.. I'd say the creepy clown and the pervert king went to Subway to eat..

3. You take a shower, go to leave the bathroom and the door is stuck. Due to humidity and moisture it won't budge. It will not open. No one else is home. You can't go out the window. How long do you sit in the bathroom and how do you occupy your time?~~ If I was going to take a shower and no one was here but me.. I would leave the door open.. no way I'd fit through the tiny windows in my bathroom and I am not about to be shut up in a little room for long.. I'd tear the door down.. or tear my hands off trying... so I just leave it open.. problem solved...

4. You are a rock-star, but you need a cool rocker name. What is it and how did you decide on that name?~~ I will never be a rock-star.. I won't need a fancy name.. I will just be Patsy.. My Mama and her friend Patricia decided on my name.. I do like it though!

5. Have you ever gotten naked at a family function? ~~I would say NOT.. what kind of family would I have if we had clothing optional family gatherings?..

6. If purple ate yellow, what color would come out? brown..

7. The closest paper and pen to you right now. What color are they?~~ White paper in the printer and a cup slam full of pens in a rainbow of colors..

8. Corn chips or potato chips?~~ Corn Chips please.. the scoop kind if i can get some dip with that..

9. You are forced to swallow either a diamond or a piece of coal. Don't ask. Just do it. Which do you choose?~~ I think that's a stupid choice.. but if I have to I'll swallow the diamond.. then when I get home I'll eat a loaf of bread and drink a bottle of Castor oil.. Now who wants to buy a diamond???

10. If your mouse decided to attack your keyboard, who would win?~~ I would win because if my mouse starts attacking anything it will be killed with a large hammer..

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#3 ~ an acrostic poem ~

A Gift ~ Life!

Wisdom and wishes
openness of mind
respectful and resolute
daring yet kind
strong and determined

obstinate and bold
friends of our youth
~our friends when we're old

love everlasting
~forever and a day
Instinct keen and cunning
~ a talent they say
freedom .. free rein
~ some far fetched ideas
enduring and enjoying
~ God's gift of the years

written by: Patricia Sawyer
9-8-2009
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This has been a very long and sad week for me.. this week started with the death of a young man who once worked with me and who's life took a tragic turn after he was shot in a robbery where two of his co-workers and friends died... needless to say that the "Rumor mill" has worked overtime this week with stories from the super fantastic to the plain old lie.. I have had a blue gazillion phone calls and text messages asking me for information I just don't have..and if I did have all the info people want I would most likely not share what I consider private information.. The only thing I can tell them is that I sure am going to miss him!

~~~ Shaun Edwards ~~~
June 17th, 1982- December 8th, 2009