Stella On the Eighth of September, Two Thousand and Four; I brought a Black Labrador Home through my door. Twelve years have passed, Each day is a blessing; Even when you trip me up While I’m dressing! Stella, my love, We may not have long; But I’m not giving up on you, While your spirit […]
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Poetry for Photography
I always seem to set myself challenges during August. One involves geocaching and one photography. For the latter I use the brilliant prompts from Fat Mum Slim to get my daily photo 🙂 As MumTurnedMom’s The Prompt is still on Summer Holidays I thought I’d share August’s prompted photography with you and a rhyming couplet for each […]
A Walk With Nature
I’m ridiculously behind with sorting out photos from days out but, this week, I finally finished a trip Stella and I took to Gooderstone Water Gardens in Norfolk, back in June. Someone in a Norfolk photography group on Facebook recommended it and when I saw that it was dog friendly too (“DOGS on leads with […]
Post 40 Bloggers Writing Prompt: Blogging
Writing Prompt 24: How Do You Feel About Blogging Compared To When You First Started? It was quite a long time ago Lisa started this blog that you know She shared her pictures and writing And hoped that they were inviting Stella featured often of course Plus the odd tale of her divorce She […]
Post 40 Bloggers Writing Prompt: You and Sport
I wasn’t sure which writing prompt to choose this week as the Post 40 Bloggers one is ‘Endings’ and last week’s poem seemed a bit too close to that for me to write something else on that theme. So, whether wisely or not, I let the good people of Twitter choose for me by picking […]
When: Part 2
Last week I wrote a poem inspired by a Post 40 Bloggers writing prompt. This week I felt a follow-up was needed as, as some of you rightly guessed, it was semi-autobiographical! If you saw my Instagram on Monday night you may also have guessed that things hadn’t quite gone to plan! The week […]
#Post40Bloggers Writing Prompt: When
‘When’ is #76 in the list of writing prompts for us Post 40 Bloggers, there’s plenty to choose from if you fancy a go. It doesn’t even have to be creative writing, some are designed to be anecdotal or topical. However, you know how I work by now, so, here’s a new poem. Embed […]