Oklahoma Sandy and Family in Norman Oklahoma...

are safe.  I just spoke to her on the phone.  The thunder storms still hang over them but hopefully the worst has passed.  These tornadoes tonight followed some of the same paths as the previous disaster.  Major flooding and I know many things have happened that cannot be seen til daylight. The storming is expected to hang on for hours.

Sandy our Oklahoma Transient does not know how their home fared but they have dodged the severe weather. Sandy, Hubby, Son and Dogs are safe.

Pray for all  in the middle of this true test of courage and faith.

Out To Pasture...

Sparkles of Imagination for Open Link

Sparkles 

like dreams

take many forms 

but it takes our vision

for them to be born.

Join the creative contributions at IMGWRT.

The Mag 170...Horses

Tess Kincaid at Magpie Tales presents a creative challenge weekly.  Add your creation and read others.

Ponytail by Last Exit 

How would I know
The empty spot
They left
When I "gifted" my horses 

The visit of strangers
Reminded me
Of my loss
My gift

The smell
The feel
The strength of horses
Touched my heart again

Leaving me empty
Once more
As I herded them
Toward their home.

Black And White...

picture

of black and white dog.

Like Learning How To Drive...

Canon EOS Rebel T4i DSLR 18MP Camera w/ 2 Lenses, Bag & 8GB SD Card

I decided it was time for me to take some GOOD pictures. I've grown lazy with Marcy providing beautiful pictures and I choose.   I've had a point and shoot for years...just increased the MPs.   In the beginning I owned a 35mm and knew how to use it.  Those days are long gone.

I have thirty days to decide IF I am capable of using this bad boy or not then I will keep or return.

Today I played with a few things growing At The Farm.

Pie cherries

These won't last long.

The birds have already discovered them.

Baby peaches

and mulberries.

Not sure if I can drive this big camera or not.

Surprises Appear...

Sometimes odd things show up 

In my water garden

Like plumber's art

Blooming lilies

And pecan blooms

A new hidden statue

and a nice surprise left by Hubby.

Always a surprise around the water garden.

Today...

 the scenes kept changing

the fronts blew in and out

Between the rains I took a walk.

Shared my tiny discovery with Hubby.

Prayer Needed...

I am sure no one has escaped the knowledge of the great tragedy passing through New Castle and Moore Oklahoma.

There is no imagining this loss...of life, of loved ones, of property.  Please remember all in your prayers.

I have word my friend and her family close to Norman (just a skip and a hop from the center of this mess) Oklahoma are okay.  She called. Now that is a friend...in the midst of all this, she was worried that I would be worried!

Today they volunteer where they are needed.

Pray there will be more survivors and not just recovery.

Today I wept for lives lost, the young who will never grow old and the dreams that were lost in mere seconds.

God bless every one.

The Mag 169

Magpie Tales with Tess Tincad presents a writing challenge each week at The Mag. Join.  Read.  Enjoy.

Eventually we know

A weed is a weed

And not wishes

We cannot refrain

From hoping

As we blow

Wishes

And seeds

To the winds

Wishes grow weeds

Lighthouses fall

As do we

I admire those

Who still dream

While I cannot sleep

Cracking Up!

Brave...

pecker!

You Talkin'...

to me?

Open Link Night Week 96...

dVerse Poets is giving free rein to creativity in this poetic adventure.  Your subject, your style, your creation...enjoy the contributions from many.

Two weeks of  reflections
Entertained
By a Greg Iles page turning thriller
Iced with Tiger's Curse
And Water For Elephants

A week plus two with illness
And pills with allergic reactions
And probing needles
Finished by misaligned back
And pockets full of pain

Free style nonsense
Patterned after insanity
Lay on pages
Crying out to be dissected
And critiqued

Many will gallantly try to find
Beauty and balance in these lines
Of purely crafted nonsense
And say, "Oh, how beautiful"
While I ice pack my ass

Waiting for the pain meds
To kick in.
Chocolate
Caffeine
And Kindness make it tolerable.

Grounded From Flight...

P. Wood looks for keys.

dVerse~Poets Pub Terza Rima...

• dVerse~Poets Pub poetry challenge  This Thursday our challenge was a Terza Rima rhyming poetry in tercets...what the ???  Anyway, here's my attempt.  "The first and third lines of each subsequent stanza rhyme with the second line from the stanza before, so the rhyme scheme is aba bcb cdc and so on.  You need at least three stanzas to produce the musical effect of the chain-rhyming."

Revealed as a snake in the grass, 

Injecting your venom

Withdrawing was low class 

My personal prison

 Was this empty shell

Newly arisen

I have rebelled 

By floating away 

I've escaped your hell

Images...

A creative challenge by IGWRT.  Join the challenge or just be entertained by the collective creations.

Before
Behind
Beside
Which
Image
Holds
The
Truth

Spring Gardening...

Was a joint project

but TP soon grew weary of the work.

Dreaming...

I can't say
I do not dream
I feel my eyes
Move quickly
Observing worlds
As I sleep
I dream
But the memories of it
Slip away
And lay on the edge
Just out of reach
Enough to be strangers.

Playing with Real Toads

Tulip

A Road That Leads To Real Toads

Lance and His Dog by Edward Lear

Is my choice of subject for

Our challenge by IGWRT presented here

Lance knew not what fate awaited him

Along with his dog Jim

They had cavorted and recklessly played

Within the garden so artfully laid 

When done there were only limbs.

Oh but there was a saving grace

The pair hadn't destroyed the place

As they bowed to receive their chewing

The master noticed what they'd been doing.

Chaotic action had one intent to accent this beautiful face.

Join the fun,

Create and read

Stop by Real Toads

And see what they need.

Spring Continues Wordlessly

Bird Brain...

optical illusion.

I Own A Gun

Crazies will find a way
Long after the disarming
To disrupt, damage and kill

I own a gun 

As I own all my tools; 

Responsibly, respectfully and rightfully.

I own a gun 

Because our freedom still stands

And our flag still waves.

God Bless America!

Forty-five words for Imaginary Garden With Real Toads  for the "unprompted" poetry challenge.