exhausting sunshine
spending all energy now
save some heat for us
cold winter months it’s needed
melting icy chill filled days
when regal grayish clouds reign
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#TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 73, bussokuseki, 7/14/26
Tanka Tuesday
Category: Uncategorized
Limerick Time
Joe’s just eating lunch on his deck
Saw his arm had red bumpy flecks
Allergic to bees
He started to sneeze
Now food at his table’s a wreck.
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Laughing Along With A Limerick
MLMM Wordle
The town was sending the wrong message again. The bench for the running team today was only half full and families not showing up for meets caused a box of complaints to pile up in the coach’s office. The sound of the teammate’s anxiety was prevalent. When the coach benched the team’s lowest performing students, there was a boycott.
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MLMM Monday Wordle #485
WDYS 7-13-26
people disappeared
see new world
What do you see # 349- 13 July, 2026
SYW 7-13-26
Here are this week’s questions:
1. How do you like your eggs? Any way☺️
2. Do you have a cooked breakfast or something like cereal, fruit, toast etc? I don’t eat breakfast.
3. What is your favourite fruit? I love them all but Palisade Peaches my best.
4. Have you ever made wine or homemade beer? No but my uncles did.
Gratitude: I am grateful to have a doc appointment today. And the sun is shining and the grass is being mowed, so smells lovely!
Share Your World 13th July 2026
The Sunday Whirl
Joe was sitting on the mat, in typical lotus position, trying to exhale deeply and begin meditating. His chi had been disturbed last night and now by a slight wind coming from where, he didn’t know. He always closed the windows and locked the doors because in order to meditate he needed a quiet atmosphere. At the same time he felt it, he was unaware of a ghost like shape high up in the corner of the ceiling. It made itself known by presenting weird glows of color. That got Joe’s attention and he was scared. He had received some voicemails warning of a coming electrical storm and since he had fallen asleep last night listening to a scary story, he figured there must have been some sort of electric spark that made him think it was a shape. Joe hurriedly left the room and noticed as he shut the door, the entire room was in colors. He decided to call the realtor the next day.
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Wordle 765
Six Sentence Story
“I look like I’m blown up like a balloon, look at me!” Julie pleaded with her friend to see what she saw in her mirror.
“No you don’t, your nose looks a bit red that’s all.”
“That’s all? I must be allergic to those nutrition bars, I’m starting to itch all over! Help!”
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Friendly Fill-ins #528
Hi everyone. Time for the fill-ins. I came up with the first two sentences and my wonderful co-host, Lorianne of Four-Legged Furballs came up with the second two. If you didn’t do a post for them, you can also answer in the comment section. Thank you to all who participate. Don’t forget to add your link to the hop so everyone can visit you. The link is open until Wednesday night.
1. If I were to start a museum, it would be a museum of wolves.
2. If I see a spider one more time I am going to lose my mind.
3. The Easter bunny is the strangest thing I believed as a child.
4. If my life had a mascot, it would be a wolf.
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This prompt via Di and Kymber😀 and a new prompt (for me) from the bloggers below:
Friendly Fill-Ins Week 528
Song Lyric Sunday
• Try to use the prompt words or at least conform to a general theme, as you see it. If the song you select does not meet the criteria, then please explain why you chose this song.
• It would be good if you could post the lyrics to the song of your choice, as this is helpful for the people that want to follow along with the music.
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1966 was a great year, as I was married to the love of my life on July 3! Such an eventful time, the sixties decade, I can look back with happiness and sorrow. Living in Houston, Texas I can relate to the heat of summer. Even if I was lucky enough to have an air conditioned car, (I did not) I could burn myself getting in to ride anywhere. My tiny apartment did have a/c so it was a refuge. A trip to grocery shop never lasted long because most stores didn’t have much a/c either and the heat and humidity in that part of the US was intense. Some of the bands those days are comical looking, usually looking like this one or immaculately portrayed by the Kingston Trio. Since I brought them up, I included one of the videos and lyrics to the serious side of the sixties, “Where Have All The Flowers Gone” by The Kingston Trio.
“Summer in the City” by The Lovin’ Spoonful ‧ 1966
Hot town, summer in the city
Back of my neck gettin’ dirty and gritty
Been down, isn’t it a pity?
Doesn’t seem to be a shadow in the city
All around, people lookin’ half dead
Walkin’ on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head
But at night, it’s a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come on, come on, and dance all night
Despite the heat, it’ll be alright
And babe, don’t you know it’s a pity
The days can’t be like the nights
In the summer in the city
In the summer in the city
Cool town, evening in the city
Dressed so fine and lookin’ so pretty
Cool cat lookin’ for a kitty
Gonna look in every corner of the city
‘Til I’m wheezing like a bus stop
Runnin’ upstairs, gonna meet you on the rooftop
But at night, it’s a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come on, come on, and dance all night
Despite the heat, it’ll be alright
And babe, don’t you know it’s a pity
The days can’t be like the nights
In the summer in the city
In the summer in the city
Hot town, summer in the city
Back of my neck gettin’ dirty and gritty
Been down, isn’t it a pity?
Doesn’t seem to be a shadow in the city
All around, people lookin’ half dead
Walkin’ on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head
But at night, it’s a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come on, come on, and dance all night
Despite the heat, it’ll be alright
And babe, don’t you know it’s a pity
The days can’t be like the nights
In the summer in the city
In the summer in the city
Source: LyricFind. Songwriters: John Benson Sebastian / Mark Douglas Sebastian / Steve Boone. Summer in the City lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Where Have All the Flowers Gone
Song by The Kingston Trio ‧ 1962
Where have all the flowers gone
Long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone
Long time ago
Where have all the flowers gone
Young girls picked them, every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?
Where have all the young girls gone
Long time passing
Where have all the young girls gone
Long time ago
Where have all the young girls gone
Gone to young men, every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?
Where have all the young men gone
Long time passing
Where have all the young men gone
Long time ago
Where have all the young men gone
Gone to soldiers, every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?
Where have all the soldiers gone
Long time passing
Where have all the soldiers gone
A long, long time ago
Where have all the soldiers gone
Gone to graveyards, every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?
Where have all the graveyards gone
Long time passing
Where have all the graveyards gone
Long time ago
Where have all the graveyards gone
Gone to flowers, every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?
Source: LyricFind. Songwriters: Peter Seeger. Where Have All the Flowers Gone lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Concord Music Publishing LLC, Royalty Network
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Mid-Summer State of Mind
Senhai Saturday
rusty crag carving
through bright snow covered softness
strength wins the contest
—
sunshine weather heat
melting bares the rocky peaks
springtime is coming
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SenHai Saturday #60
The Bag Lady 
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