Monday Haiku Time with the Lovely Ron!
The prompt words are
Rhyme & Reason
Two for this week…
I need no reason
To write you a rhyme of love
You just inspire meRitu 2016
Writing a sonnet
A reason for every rhyme
But not for haikuRitu 2016
RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #111-Rhyme&Reason
22 Aug 2016 33 Comments
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Thursday photo prompt – Glimpsed – #writephoto
21 Aug 2016 25 Comments
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Sue’s brilliant photo prompt for her #writephoto challenge.
Ethereal
She is there
My Guardian AngelLooking in on me
In my hour of need
Though I may sit
Alone inside
One glance
Is all it takes
To feel secureKnowing
My Guardian Angel
She is there
EtherealRitu 2016
Finishing touches!
21 Aug 2016 52 Comments
in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Arts & Crafts, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, books, Bookshelves, Sonu Singh, Sorting out
That day of rest was definitely needed!
We had a generally good sleep, with one interruption at 3am… Lil Princess… it’s like some strange time for her, she always seems to wake then! But I got her back to her new bedroom, settled her and we ended up all sleeping until 9am!
And today was another hugely productive day!
I got my Arts and Crafts things all sorted and packed! And even Sonu Singh gave a helping hand!
And after a long afternoon, the landing looks like this!
Just the filing cabinet to be moved, when my brother in law can come and help!
And my addictive drugs are packed and labelled and put away in the attic!
Hubby Dearest had been busy too, finally reconnecting the PC up. We needed to rehome it, as the study, its old home was now a bedroom! He was convinced we should set it up in the bedroom, and that I should ‘lose’ my storage boxes for my photo albums and costume jewellery. I know I need to sort through that too, but there was no way I was having the PC in the bedroom. The TV is enough, without more electronics in there!
And I got my way! It has now been set up in the Dining Room, and all is well!
And what of all those books? Well, I have around 4 boxes of books that we have deemed not necessary for us now ready to be distributed to school/charities, along with new but not played with toys! And the rest? I hate to say goodbye to books, so we kept the lion’s share!
One shelf in the Dining Room, and one each in the kid’s rooms!
I even managed to give our bedroom a little sort out, but it was just cosmetic… there is plenty I could be doing there too, but that’s for another adventure time!
So I think I can sleep a happy sleep…
Spidey’s Serene Sunday – Part 79
21 Aug 2016 24 Comments
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“I don’t think of the misery but of the beauty that still remains” – Anne Frank
What a truly positive quote to start this Sunday with.
A small girl who inspired so many…
Even through all her sad experiences, her words truly inspired many all these years after they were written. A diary that she probably never thought anyone else would read. She was able to still see the sunshine through the clouds.
A diary is a wonderful thing to keep. I kept many over the years. And this blog is almost a journal of my last couple of years. But the actual actions of writing, physically, in a diary, now that is a skill I believe we should all pass on to our children.
I was so happy that my own two were so excited by their new desks (lovingly built by yours truly!) that they promptly sat down last night and started scribbling away in their own diaries!
And tonight, they were there again…
It makes me proud to know I have somehow managed to foster the love of the written word within my own children, whether it be their own writing or reading books. Who knows… maybe you’ll be reading one of their books!
I’ll leave you with a question Peeps, and in the meantime, have a wonderous Sunday, chilling, just spare a thought for Ritu, tirelessly sorting through boxes……
How have you, or will you encourage your own children, or young people around you?
Downtime
21 Aug 2016 28 Comments
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It was a full on 8 days, and the task appeared to be never ending.
The kid’s rooms are done, yes, but the rest of the house looks like a bomb has hit!
I had every intention of getting a bit of general cleaning done today, then starting the sort through of my arts and crafts items… These need packing and storing in our attic, so I know where things are, and can get them when I need them…
Books replaced by boxes of my addict’s supply of Arts and Crafts materials!
But after the main areas of the house got the thorough cleaning they deserved, and lunch was served to all, I showered, popped to the shops and ate something.
And realised I could not get up! Exhaustion had totally set in! It was like I could not face another day of rooting through boxes!
In fact, my hands and finger joints felt so sore, arthritic, almost!
I decided that today had to be a downtime day.
Boxes can wait… it’s not like they can go anywhere themselves!
And speaking of boxes…
…this is the dining room downstairs right now!
I am itching to get things sorted here, but the first two pictures give you an idea of the things we need to remove and get rid of, to charity, or a good home before I can begin to finish resetting the PC up in its new home in the dining room!
I guess phase 5 will begin tomorrow when my poor weary joints have had another nights rest!
Slow and steady wins the race, though, so I will get there, before the end of the holidays! Two weeks to go…
Sleep tight peeps!
