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Delicate beauty

Are you “for real”?

Magical existence

Only a child’s mind observes

With enigmatic expression

#JusJoJan 2019 Daily Prompt – Jan. 4th

Photo courtesy of our own cyranny.com.

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Observing with gratitude

Your spiky features

White and glistening

Forgive my attempt to see you close

You disappear so quickly

Your magical designs

All unique

Another enigma of nature.

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https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2019/01/03/rdp-thursday-spiky/

http://cyranny.com/2019/01/04/gratitude-word-of-the-day-challenge/

http://fivedotoh.com/2019/01/04/fowc-with-fandango-forgive/

http://lindaghill.com/2018/12/31/just-jot-it-january-2019/enigma/

Impatience anew

Not staying the plan, covered

Till it’s the springtime

https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2019/01/02/heeding-haiku-with-chevrefeuille-january-3rd-2019-happy-new-year/

Oh my, oh my, please act with haste

Could you please copy and paste?

A simple request is all I ask

My hooves can’t complete the task.

This doesn’t happen often unless

I start to hurry when under stress

It seems my stripes start to unhinge

And wow, it causes quite a twinge!

If you could help, I’d be obliged

If you glued my stripes back side by side.

https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2019/01/01/photo-challenge-245/

When first I thought of what the doctor said, “There are two choices for your “redo” after bladder removal: “The Cadillac and the Ford.” Thinking this was madness at first, I chose the most used, most reliable, the Ford. That was 2015 after bladder cancer. That is why I started the blog. I was recuperating and turned to my iPad. I met a great person online and he encouraged me to write a blog. It started with “Oh, that kind of bag” as a first post title but that post has disappeared somewhere. He came up with that title, designed my first blog, and I came up with the blog title, The Bag Lady. I assumed–and you know what that stands for–that anyone faced with this set of circumstances would like to have honest answers to their questions. I also threw humor into the posts, because it really is funny most of the time. To date I have only had one inquiry. I guess that means I explained it very well or they just gave up (halfway) into reading my blather.

This was May and by the time the flowers of autumn appeared I was well into a daily routine without constant leaks, laundry, changing bed linens and able to go in public with confidence. It took a long time for that to happen. I was delivered from my misery by a helpful phone assistant at Hollister. Thank heavens for their people who were much more knowledgeable than the urologist and his videos of home care after surgery or visiting nurses who were the greatest, but had no solutions for my leakage problems. Plastic surgery was considered along with other things, but getting the right appliance (bag) was the answer. For the most part, now I feel just like the rest of you.

FOWC with Fandango — Deliver

FOWC with Fandango — Madness

http://afterwards.blog/2019/01/01/writing-prompts/flowers-of-autumn/

http://lindaghill.com/2018/12/31/just-jot-it-january-2019/

If you hold it up like this, you can see it. We may be stuck behind these walls, but the piece of glass shows us the outside world. It’s so exciting!

https://crimsonprose.wordpress.com/2019/01/03/crimsons-creative-challenge-8/

The gifts opened

Wishes conveyed

Now it’s time

To see what you paid

Open the checkbook

For a long stare

You’d be amazed what’s missing there

Of course you were hopeful

There’d still be some left

For January bills

But there must have been theft!

The deposits made were quite a few

But now you see how much you withdrew

Your significant other looks right down their nose

You spent that much, tempers arose

Your only excuse is “I was going freeform,

It’s so popular now, caused a firestorm”

Their reply is short, not so sweet:

Go back to your job and back on your feet.

A tale of remorse and overspending

Sadly these days, it’s never ending!

💲💲💲💲

Hopeful – Word of the Day Challenge

Writing Prompts

“You know you’re getting old when you buy a sexy sheer nightgown and don’t know anyone who can see through it.”

Joan Rivers

http://lindaghill.com/2018/12/31/just-jot-it-january-2019/

The Mourning Cloak

The best of life is what I have

My life is long and sweet

I will visit every flower

I flutter to and meet.

Writing Prompts

Opening up the gift, exclaimed

Oh my god, I have been maimed!

This must be a mistake

How rude of you, you rake!

I could never make this fit

Looks like an elephant sized knit

Thought you were the friendly kind

But just look here at what I find

This gift is certainly a disgrace

From me you’ll receive no embrace.

Sorry, don’t mean to seem ungrateful

I realize I’m acting hateful

Next time please don’t just surmise

Ask me what is my true size.

Weekly Writing Challenge #174