22 May 2016 18 Comments
in Family, Spidey's Serene Sundays Tags: Birthday 70th, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Pops, SereneQuote, Spiderman, Spidey, Spidey's Serene Sunday
I dedicate this week’s Spidey’s Serene Sunday to my Pops who is celebrating his 70th Birthday today!
“Men are like wine. Some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.” C.E.M. Joad
Happy Birthday Pops, you are a vintage that no one will ever replicate!
Love you so much, and wish you the most wonderful day! Hope to be with you soon to celebrate in a special way !
21 May 2016 14 Comments
in Challenges, Poems Tags: #TJ's Household Haiku Challenge, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Footstool
This week TJ gave us the prompt of a footstool.
A quick initial haiku…
Life has worn you out
Come and rest your weary legs
Upon my smooth backRitu 2016
I don’t have one, as such, and could only think of the small embroidered one we bought my Mother-in-law this birthday. It’s cute, and has a little drawer in the side, as the children thought their grandma could do with a secret hiding place for her pens and glasses! But I wasn’t able to get the photo… maybe later this week.
Then I remembered that I do have one, but it’s not mine!
It belongs to the kids. A miniature armchair and footstool set that Lil Man was gifted on his 1st birthday, by my parents.
You’re never too young
To relax with your footstool
And your matching chair!Ritu 2016
21 May 2016 24 Comments
in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Brake/Break, Linda G Hill, Socs
It’s Saturday SoCS time!
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “brake/break.” Use one, use them both, but whatever you do, enjoy!
Always use your brakes with your emotions… don’t speed off down the emotional highway without checking them. Slow down, make sure you are travelling down the right road… You don’t want to end up with a heart that breaks…
Short and sweet today 🙂
Happy Saturday Peeps!
19 May 2016 44 Comments
in Challenges, Poems Tags: #WritePhoto, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Poetry, Sue Vincent, tanka, The Glade
Sue has given us a beautiful moss covered glade as a prompt for this week’s challenge.
Use the image to create a post on your own blog… poetry, prose, humour… by Wednesday 25th May and link back to this post with a pingback. Please make sure that the pingback works and if not, copy and paste your link into the comments section of this post.
A tanka from me today.
A russet carpet
Upon which lay stepping stones
Of deep emerald green
“Come to me,” the sun invites
“tread the path that no one has…”Ritu 2016
18 May 2016 30 Comments
in Challenges, Fiction, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #Writespiration, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Blowtorch, Flash in a flash
Sacha is testing us again!
Get a timer, set it for 120 seconds and when and ONLY when you are ready to do the challenge, scroll to the very end of the post to see the one-word prompt. Write hard and fast until your time is up.
Blowtorch
Pulling the ramekins out of the oven, I was really pleased with the results.
Dave loved Crème Brulee and I was determined to make this meal the best thing he had ever eaten. Never having made this before, I was following the instructions to the letter.
Now, what was next? Sprinkle sugar, ok.
Then using your blowtorch, caramelise the sugar.
Blowtorch?! No one told me I needed a blowtorch?!
“Mum! Dad! Have you got a blowtorch?”
“Yes love,” Dad answered, “it’s in the shed, I’ll just go get it.”
Moments later, Dad arrived with his protective mask and an industrial blowtorch. “Right love, what needs welding?”
The prompt word was Blowtorch.
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