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#SoCS June 11/16 – mb

11 Jun 2016 17 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, mb, Socs

Linda’s prompt…

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “mb.” Find a word that has those two letters in it, in that order, and base your post on it. Have fun!

I’m off to the Annual Blogger’s Bash today so this will have to be short and sweet…

But it can’t have escaped the notice of you, my readers, exactly how excited I have been about today!

Right now, I’m like a time bomb about to explode with all the nervous energy I’m producing!

It’s pretty embarrassing, me, a grown woman, acting like a teenager about to go to her first party!

But seriously, I can’t wait!

Sues’s Photo prompt #writephoto – walking on air

09 Jun 2016 22 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Poems Tags: #WritePhoto, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Sue Vincent, tanka, Walking in the air

Another beautiful photo prompt from Sue…

heather 2015 derbyshire, higger tor, beeley circle, edensor, bak 038

A blanket of cloud
Covers the mossy ground
Hiding what’s below
An illusion created
I feel I could walk on air

Ritu 2016

#writephoto

‘Say Something’-FFF36 #Flashfiction

07 Jun 2016 18 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Fiction, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Christina Aguilera, fff, Flash Fiction Foray, Say Something, That final goodbye, the book blogger

Tuesday is also Matt the Book Blogger’s Flash Fiction Prompt day!

Neon Music Sign

The prompt song is Christina Aguilera’s ‘Say Something’.

It’s funny, this song reminds me of my Lil Princess, as she always sings it, and I didn’t know what the song was… (Getting old, me!) Well, now I know!

Inspired entirely by the part in the video where the elderly man is with his sick wife… ( I had tears in my eyes watching that part of the video…

“Bet, say something. Bet? Lillibet? My sweet, I know you can hear me. Just give my hand a squeeze so I know you’re not annoyed with me. I’m sorry I didn’t get your favourite gingernuts. The doctor wasn’t sure you’d be up to eating them. But I did sneak in a Bakewell Slice. I know how much you love them.”

Frank looked at the sleeping figure, and his eyes welled up. His Bet was such a chatterbox, you couldn’t keep her quiet usually.

He felt a hand come to rest on his shoulder.

“Granddad, you need to say goodbye now.”

Hugh’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Week 28 – Glorious

07 Jun 2016 25 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Photography, Poems Tags: #Hugh'sweeklyphotochallenge, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Glorious, Helsinki, Hugh's Photo Challenge, Peacocks, Scarlet Ibises

Tuesday is also Hugh’s Weekly Photo Challenge!

The prompt this week is Glorious.

1. Take or choose a photo that you’ve taken which interprets Glorious.
2. Create a new post on your blog entitled “Hugh’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Week 28 – ‘Glorious’
3. Add the photo(s) you have taken to the post and tell us a little about what you are showing.
4. Create a pingback to this post or leave a link to your post in the comments section so other participants can view the post.

So there were some glorious views in Helsinki while we were there, last week, but something else struck me as ‘glorious’. The colour of these Scarlet Ibises…

And the colours on the tail feathers of this Peacock…

The vibrant colours
Of these birds of a feather
Simply glorious

Ritu 2016

#RomanticTuesday – Eternity

07 Jun 2016 20 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Poems, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #RomanticTuesday, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Challenge, Eternity, poem, tanka

So, it’s not like I have nothing better to do… the last term of the academic year means my first set of end of year reports, and that is a BIG task!

But then my Blog Sis Erika throws me a spin ball, and I have to hit it! She has opened the challenge to write something romantic on a Tuesday! #RomanticTuesday.

Heart, Hands, West, Love, Trust, Eternity, Woman

Image from Pixabay

Eternity – A Tanka

When two become one
Unspoken vows are taken
Simply, hearts exchanged
A love that lasts forever
Promise of eternity

Ritu 2016