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April is National Poetry Month.  I had hoped to write and post more poetry this month here on this blog, but time has a way of getting away from me, and now spiders have begun to build webs in the corners of my blog, and the month is nearly over.  Some of the bloggers that I visit have been writing and posting a poem every day from a list of poetry prompts.  I didn't sign up to do that because I knew I wouldn't get it done.  I thought I might use the prompts, however, to occasionally give me a jumping off point for my poetry.  You can see the list of prompts on the March 30th entry of JL Dodge's blog  here if you are interested. The poem I am writing for today is using the first prompt in the list which goes like this: " Grab the closest book. Go to page 29. Write down 10 words that catch your eye. Use 7 of the  words in a poem. For extra credit, have 4 of them appear at the end of a line." The ten words that I chose from page 29 of a nearby book were...

I have some random pictures this week to share with you---just a few glimpses into my world from the last few days. My nephew graduated from college.  He is my brother's oldest son. That is his sister, the youngest member of my brother's family standing next to him.  I'm not sure what the official name of his degree is, but he has been studying a form of biology that deals with the genetics of plants.  He is going on to attend a branch of Ohio State University at the Agricultural Technical Institute in Wooster, Ohio to get a Master's Degree and wants to work eventually in developing different hybrids of plants. I had to work, but my husband had some time off.  He took a trip out to Marblehead, Ohio on Lake Erie to visit his mother.  He took this picture of the sunset over the lake.  I thought it was quite pretty and peaceful looking. One of the flower beds in the park right now is doing particularly well and is full of color. Unfortunately, a neighborhood d...

"I tot I taw a putty tat! I did, I did! I did tee a putty tat!" This giant stuffed Tweety Bird was hanging from a booth as a prize at a local carnival in the park last summer. It made me smile to see it hanging there with its fur-lined hat, so I took a picture of it. What could be more mellow than taking in the sights at a summer carnival in the park? To visit other bloggers posting for Mellow Yellow Mondays, click on the butterfly badge below.